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Abdul Razzaq, one of Pakistan’s finest.
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Born on the second of December 1979, Abdul Razzaq would go onto become Pakistan’s most cherished Cricketers, despite his career going through several ups and downs.
Making his international debut at the young age of 17, he came into the side as a bowler who could swing the bowl both ways, and was also able to use reverse swing and bat a bit, on his debut, against Zimbabwe he took two wickets for 29 in 7.3 overs and was not required to bat.
Razzaq soon became a regular in the ODI side but had to wait until 1999 to make his test debut, which came against Austaralia, it was a forgetful outing as he registered scores of 11 and 2 and didn’t get any wickets, hence his techniques were always questioned for tests.
He was also a vital part of the 1999 Pakistan World Cup side in which Pakistan were runners up, he was also the man of the series in the tri series in Australia with Australia and India, in which he also hit McGrath for 5 Consecutive 4s in one of the matches.
In 2000 he also became the youngest Cricketer to take a test Hat Trick, which came against Srilanka, with his batting he had two modes Block or Blast, between 2002-2004 he suffered a slump in his bowling form, however he wasn’t dropped, he was also part of the 2003 World Cup.
His best performance in Test Cricket came in 2006 in Karachi against India where he took 7 wickets in the match and scored 45 and 90, a combination of injuries and poor form put his test place in question, a knee injury also meant that he missed the 2007 WC
Which as we all know was a disastrous campaign for Pakistan, Razzaq played his last test in December 2007, poor performances in the practice matches saw him being omitted from the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship, and he announced his retirement from international Cricket.
He signed up for Worcestershire towards the end of the county season and also signed up for the ICL, he took his retirement back but served 2 years in the ICL, after quitting the ICL and ICL being banned he was included in the 2009 T20 WC which Pakistan won, Razzaq was impactful.
He became a regular in the limited overs side again and played one of the best ODI innings against South Africa in 2010, chasing 287 Pakistan were reduced to 136-5 in 29.2 overs, that’s when Razzaq came in and smashed a 72 ball 109 with 10 sixes, Pakistan won by 1 Wicket.
That innings earned him the tag of BANG BANG, he was also a part of the 2011 World Cup but didn’t enjoy much success and was dropped from the ODI side, he continued to play T20Is and was part of the 2012 T20 WC squad.
He injured himself in a T20I series against South Africa in 2013, and was never selected again, hence he was never given a farewell match, nonetheless he is still one of Pakistan’s greatest ever.
An interesting fact about Razzaq is that he was addicted to spinach and earned the the tag of Popeye amongst his team mates.
Abdul Razzaq Test and ODI stats.
Abdul Razzaq T20I stats.
Arguably Pakistan’s greatest All Rounder after Imran Khan.
The match winner.
The man who could do anything on the Cricket field.
The Abdul Razzaq.
The match winner.
The man who could do anything on the Cricket field.
The Abdul Razzaq.
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So a Huge Thanks to both these Gents.
And the thread was inspired by the amazing work of @Qalanadar2
So a Huge Thanks to both these Gents.
