Career
Nielsen was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Farooq represented Denmark Under-19"s in 4 youth One Day Internationals in 1998, He later made his debut for Denmark in a List A match against Northamptonshire in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his only List A match he was dismissed for a duck by Steffan Jones.
With the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 30 runs.