Farveez Maharoof

A few days later he took his 50th T20 wicket when he dismissed Martin Guptill in Lancashire's 10-wicket win against Derbyshire, and in the process helped dismiss Derbyshire for their lowest total in the format.

In the last match of the season, Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950 when they shared the title.

In the final Maharoof scored 52 runs while opening the batting and dismissed Sachithra Senanayake to claim his 200th wicket in list A matches.

Mohamed Farveez Maharoof (பர்வீஸ் மஹூஹ்ஃப், ෆර්වීස් මහරූෆ්: born 7 September 1984), or Farveez Maharoof, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs.

In December 2003 and January 2004, at the age of 19, Maharoof toured India with the Sri Lanka A team for a tri-series with India A and Pakistan A. He took nine wickets in the series at an average of 11.77, the best average of the tournament; Maharoof was named Man of the Match in the tournament's final, which Sri Lanka A won.

A month later, Maharoof was appointed captain of Sri Lanka Under-19s for the Under-19 World Cup.

He had some experience of leading teams, having captained school sides and the national youth sides.

In one of the matches, Maharoof scored 56 to help his team to victory over Australia and was named Man of the Match.

He first made his impression in the 2004 U19 World Cup in which he captained the Sri Lankan team.

He enjoyed a prolific school career for Wesley College, with a highest score of 243 and best bowling figures of 8 for 20.

An all-rounder, he made his Test debut in 2004.

At domestic level, he has represented Bloomfield, Nondescripts, Wayamba, Delhi Daredevils, Lancashire and Barisal Burners.Nowadays he acts as an international cricket commentator for Sri Lanka.

He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.

In April and May 2004, Maharoof was part of the Sri Lanka team that toured Zimbabwe for five ODIs and two Tests.

Two players, including Maharoof, made their ODI debut in the third match of the series while three of the Sri Lankan regulars were rested.

He took three wickets as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 35, the lowest score in ODI history.

In the final two matches of the series, Maharoof took another wickets, finishing the series with five at an average of 16.60.

The inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), an eight-team domestic twenty20 competition, was held in 2008.

Maharoof was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for $225,000.

He took 15 wickets in the tournament at an average of 16.60, making him the equal ninth-highest wicket-taker in competition.

While playing for in the IPL in 2008, Maharoof was teammates with Australia seam bowler Glenn McGrath; according to Marahroof, McGrath helped him with his bowling variations, making a "huge difference", and introduced more control to his slower ball.

For his performances in 2008, he was named in the ESPNcricinfo IPL XI.

Maharoof got married on Saturday 18 July 2009 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Many Sri Lankan and Pakistani cricketers attended the all-rounder's wedding.

Born in Colombo, Farveez Maharoof began playing cricket around the age of eight.

He also played football until he was twelve and touch rugby.

Maharoof, who attended Wesley College in Colombo, began as a wicketkeeper-batsman and only began bowling regularly from under-13 cricket onwards.

Five players were absent with the flu in one match and Maharoof was called upon to bowl.

He took six wickets, including a hat-trick, and from then on concentrated on fast bowling.

On 17 March 2011, it was announced that Maharoof would be joining Lancashire County Cricket Club for the entire English cricket season.

He joined Lancashire with the intention of forcing his way back into Sri Lanka's Test team.

He made his first-class debut for the club on 20 April, taking the place of injured captain and bowler Glen Chapple.

Batting at number eight Maharoof scored a century and took two wickets in the match as Lancashire won by an innings and 20 runs; it was just the seventh time a player had scored a century in their maiden first-class match with Lancashire.

After the second Test, Maharoof returned to play for Lancashire.

Towards the end of June he was forced to miss a County Championship due to a stiff back.

On his return to Sri Lanka, Maharoof finished as the leading run scorer in the 2011–12 Premier Limited Overs Tournament, a domestic competition.

His team, the Nondescripts, won the Tier A title for the first time in five years and Maharoof was the competition's leading run-scorer.

His strong performances for the Nondescripts team led to a recall to the ODI squad for the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series with India and Australia.

Maharoof was due to leave in mid-June to participate in the inaugural season of the Sri Lanka Premier League, planning to return to Lancashire in August, however the tournament was postponed until 2012.

He captained Kathmandu Kings XI in Everest Premier League 2017 held in Nepal.