Now we will talk about one of the best all rounders of Pakistan cricket and one that has been around in the golden generation of players for Pakistan and he scored lots of runs and also took a lot of wickets throughout his career. He has retired now but his impact is still felt as no one has been to take his place to his level . We will talk about his records below.
Abdul Razzaq played international cricket from 1996-2011 and he has made 7000 runs and taken close to 370 international wickets. He has played 46 Test Matches for Pakistan and he made 1948 runs at an average of 28.62 with 3 Test hundreds. He took 100 wickets in test cricket at an average of 36.94 and he has taken 1 Five wicket haul in test cricket. In ODIs he has played 265 ODIs and he has made 5080 runs at an average of 29.71 with 3 ODI hundreds to his name. He has taken 269 ODI wickets at an average of 31.84 with 3 Five wicket hauls to his name. Let’s look at his Top 5 Best Performances.
134 vs Bangladesh (2002)
This was the highest score in test cricket of Abdul Razzaq and it came against Bangladesh in a crucial test match when Pakistan needed it. He came into bat at number 6 and he made 134 from 235 balls and he hit 17 fours and 4 big sixes which means a total of 92 runs in boundaries. He was responsible for the win for Pakistan and it established him as a capable batter.
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5/35 vs Sri Lanka (2004)
This is the best bowling performance of Abdul Razzaq in test cricket and his only 5 wicket haul in test cricket and it came against Sri Lanka and he bowled 23.1 overs and only gave away 35 runs and took 5 wickets and broke the back of the Sri Lankan team and Pakistan won this match by 6 wickets and Abdul Razzaq was at the peak of his powers. He was establishing himself as the mainstay of Pakistan cricket.
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3/67 and 4/88 vs India (2006)
This was the best combined performance from Abdul Razzaq in a test match and it came against India in 2006 in a famous test match win for Pakistan. In the first batting innings for India he took 3 important wickets for 67 runs in 16 overs and in the all important 4th innings he again got 4 wickets for 88 runs in 18.4 overs and he was the star of the match and as a result Pakistan won the match by a massive 341 runs. This was the last leg of his impressive test career.
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112 vs South Africa (2002)
The best batting performance of Abdul Razzaq in ODIs was this match against a great South Africa team in 2002 where Pakistan were batting first and they made a mammoth 335 in 50 overs and Abdul Razzaq came to bat at number 3 and made 112 runs in 120 balls and he hit 13 fours and 2 sixes in this innings which means a total of 68 runs in boundaries. Pakistan won the match by 182 runs in one of their biggest wins in ODIs.
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6/35 vs Bangladesh (2002)
The best bowling performance by Abdul Razzaq in ODIs was this incredible spell of bowling that he produced against Bangladesh in 2002 when Bangladesh were batting first in this ODI then Abdul Razzaq bowled 9.5 overs for just 35 runs and took 6 wickets in his spell which resulted in Bangladesh getting only 220 runs in 50 overs and Pakistan won the match by 8 wickets in the end. He would play ODIs till 2011.
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