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Mohammad Irfan

Mohammad Irfan
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Personal information
Full name Mohammad Irfan Soharwardi
Born (1982-06-06) 6 June 1982 (age 34)
Gaggu Mandi, Punjab, Pakistan
Height 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 212) 14 February 2013 v South Africa
Last Test 23–26 October 2014 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 178) 10 September 2010 v England
Last ODI 21 December 2015 v England
ODI shirt no. 76
T20I debut 25 December 2012 v India
Last T20I 27 February 2016 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009–present Khan Research Laboratories
2005-2014 Multan Tigers
2016-present Islamabad United
2015 Lahore Lions
2015-present Dhaka Dynamites
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 57 40 55
Runs scored 28 48 215 70
Batting average 5.60 4.36 6.71 7.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 14 12 31 10*
Balls bowled 712 2,617 6,606 2,754
Wickets 10 78 141 83
Bowling average 38.90 31.02 27.13 25.57
5 wickets in innings 0 0 8 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 3/44 4/30 7/113 5/67
Catches/stumpings 0/0 8/– 9/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 May 2014

Mohammad Irfan (Urdu: محمد عرفان‎) (born 6 June 1982) is a Pakistani left arm fast bowler. He is very notable for his height and pace. His height of 7'1" (216 cm) makes him the tallest player to play first-class and international cricket, a title that was previously shared by former West Indian fast bowler Joel Garner and Australian pace bowler Bruce Reid, both of whom are 6'8" (203 cm).

After impressing coaches at the NCA Irfan got several offers from First Class teams including Habib Bank and ZTBL. However it was KRL opener, Azhar Ali, who convinced KRL coach Rashid Iqbal to give Irfan a trial with Khan Research Laboratories (KRL). Azhar had seen Irfan take 4 wickets against Pakistan A and had immediately called KRL telling them that Irfan would be a good fit for their team. Irfan went for the trial and got selected.


He made his first class debut in the QEA Trophy in October 2009 playing for Khan Research Laboratories. He bowled economically but was unable to take any wickets in a high scoring game. In his second first class game, Irfan took 7–113 in the second innings and 9 wickets overall in the match. His first wicket in professional cricket was of young Pakistani international batsmen Ahmed Shehzad. He also took the wicket of Imran Farhat and injured Hasan Raza with a bouncer before taking his wicket.

Irfan continued to impress early on in his first class career. In his third match he grabbed 11 wickets to help his side to the first win of the championship. He recorded 5/27 in the first innings and 6/96 in the second innings.


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