Farooq Kirmani (born 1 June 1955) is a former international

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er who represented the Canadian national team between 1982 and 1991. He was born in

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, and played at first-class level there before emigrating to Canada. A right-handed middle-order batsman, Kirmani made his first-class debut in February 1972, aged 16, playing for the

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in the BCCP Patron's Trophy.First-class matches played by Farooq Kirmani
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. He scored a maiden half-century the following season, making 76 not out against the

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. In May 1974, Kirmani played a single match for the

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in the Kardar Summer Shield, a knock-out competition. He returned to the Karachi Whites for the next edition of the Patron's Trophy, and later in the 1974–75 season represented

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in the Pentangular Trophy, a one-off event played in

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. Kirmani's final first-class appearance came in January 1975, when he played a game for Sindh B in the

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. After emigrating to Canada, Kirmani made his international debut at the

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in England. He finished with 122 runs from his three innings, and against

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made his team's highest score of the tournament, 107 runs.ICC Trophy matches played by Farooq Kirmani
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. At the 1986 edition of the tournament, Kirmani scored 191 runs, behind only

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and Ron Dipchand for Canada. He made two half-centuries, scoring 51 against

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and 57 against

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. For the

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, Kirmani was appointed Canada's captain, replacing Clement Neblett from the previous event. Neither he nor his team had much success – Canada were knocked out in the second round, winning only half of their six matches overall, and Kirmani made only 90 runs in six innings. He played his last match for Canada the following year, aged 36, appearing against the

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.Miscellaneous matches played by Farooq Kirmani
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

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