Mohammad Irfan
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| Full name | Mohammad Irfan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009/10–present | Khan Research Laboratories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohammad Irfan (born 06 June 1982) is a Pakistani left-arm medium-fast bowler, hailing from Punjab. His height is a reported 6 foot 10 inches, which would make him the tallest player to play first class cricket. His belated entry into Pakistani cricket at the age of 27 was facilitated by former Pakistani fast bowlers Nadeem Iqbal, Aaqib Javed and Pakistani fan site PakPassion.net. [1]
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. [2]. 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. [3]
Before he was given a lucrative break in first class cricket, Irfan contemplated giving up the game and was working for a plastic pipe company. His exact height is yet undertermined with with various ranges around the 6'10 mark given. This height would make him the joint tallest cricket player of all time alongside English cricketer Will Jefferson.