Abdul Razzaq Biography

Abdul Razzqa Biography

Full name Abdul Razzaq

Born December 2, 1979, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 33 years 326 days

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Duronto Rajshahi, Hampshire, Hampshire 2nd XI, Hyderabad Heroes, ICL Pakistan XI, Khan Research Labs, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Leicestershire, Melbourne Renegades, Middlesex, Pakistan International Airlines, Surrey, Worcestershire, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Also known as Abdur Razzaq

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

  

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	46	77	9	1946	134	28.61	4741	41.04	3	7	230	23	15	0
ODIs	265	228	57	5080	112	29.70	6252	81.25	3	23	382	124	35	0
T20Is	30	27	10	383	46*	22.52	320	119.68	0	0	20	21	2	0
First-class	120	188	27	5279	203*	32.78			8	28			33	0
List A	330	284	67	6440	112	29.67			3	34			49	0
Twenty20	135	119	27	2514	109	27.32	1901	132.24	1	9	218	107	19	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	46	76	7008	3694	100	5/35	7/155	36.94	3.16	70.0	4	1	0
ODIs	265	254	10941	8564	269	6/35	6/35	31.83	4.69	40.6	8	3	0
T20Is	30	21	333	381	20	3/13	3/13	19.05	6.86	16.6	0	0	0
First-class	120		19023	11080	352	7/51		31.47	3.49	54.0		13	2
List A	330		14099	11280	377	6/35	6/35	29.92	4.80	37.3	13	4	0
Twenty20	135	124	2409	3059	133	4/13	4/13	23.00	7.61	18.1	2	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, Nov 5-9, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, Nov 27-Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, Nov 1, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai (DSC), Nov 18, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Oct 2, 2012 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis - Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Rawalpindi, Nov 2-5, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	1996/97
Last List A	Leicestershire v Australians at Leicester, Jun 21, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Khan Research Labs v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Karachi, Jul 20, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2/12	Chuis	v Rwenzori	Nairobi	11 Aug 2013	Other T20
57, 2/10	Chuis	v Nile Knights	Nairobi	10 Aug 2013	Other T20
55, 2/28	Chuis	v Rwenzori	Nairobi	9 Aug 2013	Other T20
1/10, 56*	Chuis	v Nyatis	Nairobi	9 Aug 2013	Other T20
2/33, 0	Chuis	v Rwenzori	Nairobi (Club)	8 Aug 2013	Other T20
1/23	Chuis	v Nyatis	Nairobi	7 Aug 2013	Other T20
0/26, 46	ZTBL	v Khan RL	Karachi	20 Jul 2013	T20
8, 2/19	Lahore Lions	v Wolves	Lahore	9 Dec 2012	T20
0, 2/24	Lahore Lions	v Stags	Lahore	8 Dec 2012	T20
1/22, 14*	Lahore Lions	v S Stallions	Lahore	7 Dec 2012	T20

Profile

Abdul Razzaq was once rapid enough to open the bowling and remains composed enough to bat anywhere, though he is discovering that the lower-order suits him nicely. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Razzaq gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue as he demonstrated in a match-saving fifty against India in Mohali in 2005. Just prior to that he had also played a bewilderingly slow innings in Australia, scoring four runs in over two hours. When the occasion demands it though, as ODIs often do, he can still slog with the best of them: England were pillaged for a 22-ball 51 at the end of 2005. and then again for nearly 60 runs in the last three overs of an ODI in September the following year.

It has hardly been smooth sailing though through his career. He suffered a slump, particularly in his bowling, between 2002 and 2004 when, though his place in the team wasn't under threat, there was uncertainty over how best to use him. But there were signs he was rediscovering some of his old guile if not his pace and nip. And if the pitch is in anyway helpful to seam - as it was in his first and only Test five-wicket haul at Karachi in 2004 or against India at the same venue in January 2006 - he can be a proper danger. Though Kamran Akmal's hundred overshadowed all in the Karachi win over India, Razzaq's performance was easily his most emphatic as an allrounder: he scored 45 and 90 as well as taking seven wickets in the match. A combination of injuries and poor form put his Test place into question and a knee injury days before the 2007 World Cup meant Pakistan missed his presence in a disastrous campaign.

A lackluster comeback to international cricket against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi and mediocre performance in the practice matches saw Razzaq being omitted from the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championship and consequently announce his retirement from international cricket. He then went on to sign for Worcestershire towards the end of the county season as well as signing up with the Indian Cricket League, which ruled him out of Pakistan contention. He took back his decision to retire but committed himself to the ICL for two seasons, during which he served the Hyderabad Heroes as one of their star players.

After a global amnesty and quitting the ICL, he was welcomed back to the Pakistan fold for the World Twenty20 in England and made an immediate impact as Pakistan won the tournament. His Test comeback also looked set to be complete after he was included in Pakistan's 15-man squad for the tour of Sri Lanka in June. Early in his career he promised to be Pakistan's most complete allrounder since Imran Khan, and though for a variety of reasons he hasn't translated that into achievement, his country wouldn't mind having just a very solid allrounder.
Osman Samiuddin June 2009

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