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Abdul Razzaq Biography

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Personal information

Full name Abdul Razzaq

Born 2 December 1979 (age 34)

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Nickname Bang Bang Razzaq, The Razzler,Soldier

Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style Right hand bat

Bowling style Right arm fast-medium

Role All-rounder (bowler and batsman)

International information

National side

Pakistan

Test debut (cap 157) 5 November 1999 v Australia

Last Test 1 December 2007 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 111) 1 November 1996 v Zimbabwe

Last ODI 18 November 2011 v Sri Lanka

T20I debut (cap 1) 28 August 2006 v England

Last T20I 15 November 2013 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years Team

1996–2007 Lahore

1997–1999 Khan Research Laboratories

2001–2002 Pakistan International Airlines

2002–2003 Middlesex

2003–2004 Zarai

2004– Lahore Lions

2007 Worcestershire

2007–2009 Hyderabad Heroes

2008 Surrey

2010 Hampshire

2010 Sialkot Stallions

2011–Present Leicestershire

2011–2012 Melbourne Renegades

2012–Present Duronto Rajshahi

2012–Present Wayamba United

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI T20I FC

Matches 46 265 32 122

Runs scored 1,946 5080 393 5,318

Batting average 28.61 29.70 20.68 32.23

100s/50s 3/7 3/23 0/0 8/28

Top score 134 112 46* 203*

Balls bowled 7,008 10,941 339 19,191

Wickets 100 269 20 355

Bowling average 36.94 31.83 19.75 31.41

5 wickets in innings 1 3 0 13

10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 2

Best bowling 5/35 6/35 3/13 7/51

Catches/stumpings 15/– 33/– 2/– 33/–

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.

Top all-round form (2010)

With players like Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik suffering from selection issues, it was Razzaq who took up the role of a senior player in the Pakistan cricket team. He was selected in the squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 and performed admirably with the bat scoring five sixes during the tournament. Pakistan crashed out of the tournament after losing to Australia in the semi-final. Razzaq then took part in the 2010 Asia Cup.

In July 2010, Razzaq played in the two T20Is against Australia as Pakistan won both matches comfortably. He wasn't selected for the Test series against Australia and England and next played in the September 2010 Twenty20 and ODI series against England. The Pakistan team had been surrounded by Spot-fixing allegations as the team lost both Twenty20 matches due to low morale. Razzaq missed the first two ODI's against England because of a back-strain as Pakistan lost both matches. He returned to the third ODI and scored 31 runs in a fruitful partnership with Shahid Afridi before Afridi was run out and Razzaq was subsequently caught in the deep square leg as Pakistan were bowled out for 241. England opened the innings strongly before Umar Gul removed six batsmen and Razzaq took two wickets to seal a 23-run victory for Pakistan.

Razzaq's lower order destruction also became helpful for his domestic team the Lahore Lions as he scored 138 runs from his four innings including a superb 73* in the final to help guide his team to victory in the 2010-11 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup.

On 31 October 2010, in the second One Day International against South Africa, Razzaq played a match-winning innings of 109* off 72 balls at a strike rate of 151.38, his third One Day International century. The innings which contained seven fours and ten sixes saw Pakistan to a one-wicket win with one ball remaining and level the 5-match series.

Abdul Razzaq