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Abdul Razzaq |
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| Player Details |
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| Team Name |
Pakistan |
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| Full Name |
Abdul Razzaq |
| Date of Birth |
30th November 1981 |
| Place of Birth |
Punjab (India) |
| Sun Sign |
taurus |
| Batting Style |
Right Handed |
| Bowling Style |
Right-arm fast-medium |
| Player Type |
Allrounder |
| Height |
5'10 |
| Weight |
65.5 Kg |
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| Player Profile |
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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. 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, there are signs lately that he could end up as a very solid allrounder. Which isn't such a bad thing, given how rare they are.bsdgh |
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PCB warns rebel quartet of 'long-term' bans ( 4th Sep, 2007 )
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Pak selector accuses Razzaq of not taking practice seriously ( 23rd Aug, 2007 )
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Shoaib had opposed selection of Yousuf, Razzaq: report ( 23rd Aug, 2007 )
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I have decided to retire because I am hurt: Razzaq ( 21st Aug, 2007 )
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Yousuf, Razzaq have signed ICL deals: report ( 16th Aug, 2007 )
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Washout deprived us of competition, practice: Malik ( 6th Jul, 2007 )
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Woolmer made no difference: Razzaq ( 16th Apr, 2007 )
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We will do well in World Cup: Inzamam ( 4th Mar, 2007 )
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