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Full name Ramiz Hasan Raja
Born August 14, 1962, Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab
Current age 45 years 327 days
Major teams Pakistan,Allied Bank,Islamabad Cricket Association,Lahore,Pakistan National Shipping Corporation,Punjab,Service Industries
Also known as Rameez Raja
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Other Commentator
Relations Father - Saleem Akhtar,Brother - Wasim Raja,Brother - Zaeem Raja
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
57
94
5
2833
122
31.83
2
22
3
34
0
ODIs
198
197
15
5841
119*
32.09
9226
63.31
9
31
33
0
First-class
183
304
20
10392
300
36.59
17
63
103
0
List A
298
295
28
9490
131
35.54
15
56
62
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
57
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
198
1
6
10
0
-
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-
10.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
183
509
343
6
2/2
57.16
4.04
84.8
0
0
List A
298
145
110
6
4/43
4/43
18.33
4.55
24.1
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v England at Karachi, Mar 2-6, 1984 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Apr 26-30, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 6, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 21, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1977/78 - 1996/97
List A span
1976/77 - 1997/98
Profile
The younger brother of Wasim Raja, Ramiz has become more noted as a cricket commentator than he was as an opening batsman or Pakistan captain. Urbane, affable and well-spoken in English - the Rajas' father was Pakistan's top civil servant - Ramiz has become the voice of Pakistan cricket. As a right-hand batsman who favoured the leg side, he never scored the runs he should have - only two centuries in 57 Tests - and seemed to have disappeared, only to be brought back as captain after Salim Malik when the match-fixing controversy began. It was widely rumoured that certain players found his integrity inconvenient, and worked to have him removed shortly after Pakistan managed to lose their first home series, under Rameez, to Sri Lanka in 1995-96. He somehow managed to combine his role as a television commentator with that of chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board, although that uneasy conflict was not popular in all circles. He resigned from the post of the CEO in August 2004 citing increasing media commitments as the reason for his decision.
Scyld Berry June 2006
