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Full name Abdul Razzaq
Born December 2, 1979, Lahore, Punjab
Current age 28 years 166 days
Major teams Pakistan,Asia XI,Hyderabad Heroes,ICL Pakistan XI,Khan Research Labs,Lahore,Middlesex,Pakistan International Airlines,Worcestershire
Also known as Abdur Razzaq
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
231
198
49
4465
112
29.96
5584
79.96
2
22
333
103
31
0
T20Is
2
2
1
27
17*
27.00
22
122.72
0
0
5
0
0
0
First-class
110
172
27
4961
203*
34.21
8
25
30
0
List A
283
242
57
5560
112
30.05
2
29
41
0
Twenty20
12
11
2
327
63
36.33
218
150.00
0
2
43
10
3
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
231
221
9797
7658
246
6/35
6/35
31.13
4.69
39.8
8
3
0
T20Is
2
2
36
58
3
3/30
3/30
19.33
9.66
12.0
0
0
0
First-class
110
17511
10239
313
7/51
32.71
3.50
55.9
10
2
List A
283
12317
9843
323
6/35
6/35
30.47
4.79
38.1
11
3
0
Twenty20
12
12
258
329
15
3/30
3/30
21.93
7.65
17.2
0
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 Abu Dhabi, May 20, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Islamabad v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Islamabad, Nov 7-10, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
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 have been signs recently that he is 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. Since then, a combination of injuries and poor form have called his Test place into question. He missed the Test series against South Africa with an injury and looked terribly rusty in the ODI thumping thereafter. A knee injury days before the 2007 World Cup meant Pakistan missed his presence in a disastrous campaign. 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.
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.
Osman Samiuddin August 2007
