Mohamed Riaz Farcy is a former

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er from Hong Kong. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,CricketArchive profile
/ref> He played for the Hong Kong cricket team between 1993 and 1998.Other matches played by Riaz Farcy
at CricketArchive

Biography

Born in Hong Kong on 15 January 1967, Farcy played first-class cricket in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

in 1989. He played three matches in the Lakspray Trophy for Colts Cricket Club and two for a Sri Lanka Board XI. He made his debut for Hong Kong in 1993, playing against Bangladesh. He then represented Hong Kong at the

1994 ICC Trophy The 1994 ICC Trophy (formally the ABN AMRO ICC Trophy) was a cricket tournament that took place in Kenya between 12 February and 6 March 1994. It was the fifth ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and acted as the Cricket World Cup qualification to ...

in Nairobi.ICC Trophy matches played by Riaz Farcy
at CricketArchive

Career

In 1996, he played for Hong Kong at the first ACC Trophy tournament and in the

Hong Kong Sixes The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is a Six-a-side international cricket tournament held at the Kowloon Cricket Club comprising between eight and twelve teams. Organised by Cricket Hong Kong, it is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The t ...

. He also played in the

Tuanku Ja'afar Cup The Tuanku Ja'afar Cup was a cricket tournament contested by the national sides of Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. It is named in honour of the late Tuanku Jaafar, the former Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan and Yang di-Pert ...

that year, setting the record for the highest score in the tournament's history when he scored 178 against Thailand. He represented Hong Kong in the

1997 ICC Trophy The Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 March and 13 April 1997. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh national ...

in Kuala Lumpur, winning the man of the match award after scoring a

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against Italy.Scorecard
of Hong Kong v Italy, 28 March 1997 at CricketArchive He played in the Hong Kong Sixes a second time in 1997, and his last known appearance for Hong Kong was in the 1998 ACC Trophy, his last match being the semi-final against Malaysia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farcy, Riaz 1967 births Living people Hong Kong cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Hong Kong people of Sri Lankan descent