Abdul Razzaq

Full name Abdul Razzaq

Born December 2, 1979, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 30 years 266 days

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Hampshire, Hampshire 2nd XI, Hyderabad Heroes, ICL Pakistan XI, Khan Research Labs, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Middlesex, Pakistan International Airlines, Surrey, 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 240 207 51 4640 112 29.74 5807 79.90 2 22 343 110 33 0
T20Is 19 18 8 257 46* 25.70 196 131.12 0 0 13 13 2 0
First-class 116 182 27 5195 203* 33.51 8 27 32 0
List A 297 255 60 5851 112 30.00 2 31 45 0
Twenty20 59 56 14 1149 109 27.35 816 140.80 1 3 108 49 9 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 240 230 10223 7997 256 6/35 6/35 31.23 4.69 39.9 8 3 0
T20Is 19 14 249 280 14 3/20 3/20 20.00 6.74 17.7 0 0 0
First-class 116 18516 10778 340 7/51 31.70 3.49 54.4 11 2
List A 297 13019 10440 346 6/35 6/35 30.17 4.81 37.6 12 3 0
Twenty20 59 54 1085 1311 67 4/13 4/13 19.56 7.24 16.1 2 0

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.