Pakistani Cricket Players: Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography

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Full name Abdul Razzaq

Born December 2, 1979, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 34 years 297 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
Abdul Razzaq
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     32     29     10     393     46*     20.68     337     116.61     0     0     21     21     2     0
First-class     123     193     28     5371     203*     32.55             8     29             33     0
List A     334     288     67     6558     112     29.67             3     35             49     0
Twenty20     137     121     27     2524     109     26.85     1918     131.59     1     9     219     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     32     22     339     395     20     3/13     3/13     19.75     6.99     16.9     0     0     0
First-class     123         19206     11155     355     7/51         31.42     3.48     54.1         13     2
List A     334         14195     11384     379     6/35     6/35     30.03     4.81     37.4     13     4     0
Twenty20     137     125     2415     3073     133     4/13     4/13     23.10     7.63     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
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
T20I debut     England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I     Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai (DSC), Nov 15, 2013 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut     1996/97
Last First-class     Habib Bank Limited v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Lahore, Jan 14-17, 2014 scorecard
List A debut     1996/97
Last List A     Habib Bank Limited v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Lahore, Jan 19, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debut     Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20     Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai (DSC), Nov 15, 2013 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl     Team     Opposition     Ground     Match Date     Scorecard
22     ZTBL     v Habib Bank     Lahore     19 Jan 2014     LA
53*, 0/2     ZTBL     v Habib Bank     Lahore     14 Jan 2014     FC
0/40, 57     ZTBL     v National Bnk     Islamabad     11 Jan 2014     LA
0/14, 0     Pakistan     v South Africa     Dubai (DSC)     15 Nov 2013     T20I # 336
10     Pakistan     v South Africa     Dubai (DSC)     13 Nov 2013     T20I # 334
27, 1/45     ZTBL     v Sui Gas     Islamabad     5 Nov 2013     LA
4, 32, 0/9     ZTBL     v Sui Gas     Islamabad     31 Oct 2013     FC
12, 1/19     ZTBL     v WAPDA     Islamabad     28 Oct 2013     LA
1/46, 3, 2/18, 0     ZTBL     v WAPDA     Islamabad     23 Oct 2013     FC
2/12     Chuis     v Rwenzori     Nairobi     11 Aug 2013     Other 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.