Abdur Razzak (cricketer)

Abdur Razzak
Bangladesh
Personal information
Full name	Khan Abdur Razzak
Nickname	Raj
Born	15 June 1982 (1982-06-15) (age 26)
	Khulna, Bangladesh
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
Test debut (cap 45)	16 April 2006: v Australia
Last Test	29 February 2008: v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 72)	16 July 2004: v Hong Kong
Last ODI	9 October 2008: v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	41
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001-present	Khulna Division
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	3	77	41	120
Runs scored	84	417	1,157	751
Batting average	21.00	14.89	20.66	13.65
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/6	0/0
Top score	33	33	83	39
Balls bowled	546	4,001	9,015	6,112
Wickets	2	109	132	183
Bowling average	168.50	26.01	29.98	22.52
5 wickets in innings	0	1	5	3
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	1/109	5/33	7/11	7/17
Catches/stumpings	0/–	18/–	14/–	31/–
Source: CricketArchive cricketarchive.com, 11 October 2008

Abdur Razzak (Bengali: আব্দুর রাজ্জাক) (born June 15, 1982 in Khulna) is a Bangladeshi cricketer (not to be confused with Abdul Razzaq, a Pakistani cricketer).

He made his first-class debut at Bangladeshi domestic level for Khulna Division in the 2001/02. Best known for being a tall left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he helped guide his division to the National Cricket Title in his maiden season.

From there he was selected for Bangladesh A (training team for the full national squad) performing well against Zimbabwe A, including the excellent figures of 7 for 17 in one game in Dhaka.

Razzak was called into the Bangladesh national team for the 2004 Asia Cup One Day International tournament, making his debut against Hong Kong in July. He established himself as a regular fixture in the squad although he was not a regular in the starting eleven. He made his Test debut in the second Test of the Australian tour of Bangladesh in April 2006.

He has been called for throwing (straightening his arm during the bowling action) numerous times in the past at local level, an issue that resulted in him being reported by International Cricket Council match referee Roshan Mahanama during the 2004 Asia Cup in an attempt to improve his bowling action. Later he worked on his action and changed it to a legal way. After that he was recalled by the selectors but could not find his form immediately. But slowly he managed to perform consistently and become a regular member of the national side. He was also the only Bangladeshi player selected to play in the IPL (US $120,000).

[edit] Teams

[edit] International

• Bangladesh (current)

[edit] Bangladeshi divisional

• Khulna Division

[edit] Indian Premier League

• Royal Challengers Bangalore

[edit] Career bests

[edit] One Day International

ODI Debut: vs Hong Kong, Colombo, 2004 Asia Cup
Last ODI: vs Zimbabwe, Dhaka, 2006/07

• Razzak's best ODI batting score of 21 was made against India, Colombo, 2004 Asia Cup
• His best ODI bowling figures of 5 for 33 came against Zimbabwe, Bogra, 2006.

[edit] First-class

• Razzak's best first-class batting score is 83
• His best first-class bowling figures are 7 for 11

[edit] List A Limited Overs

• Razzak's best List A batting score is 35 not out
• His best List A bowling figures are 7 for 17

[edit] Rating

• On April 4, 2007 Razzak achieved his highest ever position of 8th on the ICC Cricket Rankings for current bowlers in one-day international matches.

[edit] External links and references

• Cricinfo player profile of Abdur Razzak
• HowSTAT! statistical profile of Abdur Razzak

v • d • e Bangladesh squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 1 Habibul Bashar (c) • 2 Shahriar Nafees • 3 Tamim Iqbal • 4 Aftab Ahmed • 5 Saqibul Hasan • 6 Mohammad Ashraful • 7 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) • 8 Mohammad Rafique • 9 Abdur Razzak • 10 Mashrafe Mortaza • 11 Shahadat Hossain • 12 Tapash Baisya • 13 Syed Rasel • 14 Rajin Saleh • 15 Javed Omar • 16 Farhad Reza • Coach: Whatmore Baisya was injured during the world cup and replaced in the squad by Reza.