Razzaq performs very good (although maybe never to this extent) every now and then but this interview makes it sound like he has not been happy about how he has been handled.
Every time he does well I think this guy has very good potential but then there are too many weird performances by him to follow up. Is it really mismanagement as he suggests? His stats are extremely ordinary though.
This recent innings make me think that this was a very promising talent 10 yrs ago that has gone unfulfilled. Perhaps due to a mix of mismanagement and lack of focus and discipline on his own part?
Razzaq has underachieved in tests for sure but his one-day record is not bad - 4837 runs in 245 ODIs, batting average 30.61; 259 wickets, bowling average 31.53 - not spectacular by any means but not bad either http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39836.html
Asif and Waleed.. very true that avg of 30 for an all rounder is good.. I just meant that when I see him bat well I feel that he has/had the potential to be more than just a good/decent lower order batsman... perhaps a bit closer to the league of bevan and dhoni..
His bowling has completely gone down the drain and he only has himself to blame for that. If even Shoaib Akhtar can bowl like he is these days at his age, there is no reason why Razzaq can't lift himself up in that department of his game. His fielding was never great and it's even worse now.
As for his batting, I would call him a moody batsmen. Sometimes he shows such great potential but sometimes he gets out so cheaply like he did in the first ODI. Plus, he only has 2 gears while batting, 1st or 5fth.
Don't know about others but Razzak is as unpredictable a player as Afridi or the whole Pak team it self.
Not a great potential for competing against tops in WCup.
As for his batting, I would call him a moody batsmen. Sometimes he shows such great potential but sometimes he gets out so cheaply like he did in the first ODI. Plus, he only has 2 gears while batting, 1st or 5fth.
True say. 1st gear or 5th. And his 1st gear is nothing special.
Pakistani players much like Pakistan team have a habit of going from hero to zero really quickly. They are all talented but not consistent enough. And they all like to blame other for their faults. So man up, Razzaq.
Razzaq is only the person who never took in any politics so that's why always mishandled. But now he can improve his bowling as Waqar Younis is there to guide him.
But i must say he must come on top order. He can face fast bowlers very easily so under the current circumstances he is the best man to support Pakistan battling line up. he can stay at crease for long time and i can't see any other member to do the same.
Razzaq is only the person who never took in any politics so that's why always mishandled. But now he can improve his bowling as Waqar Younis is there to guide him.
But i must say he must come on top order. He can face fast bowlers very easily so under the current circumstances he is the best man to support Pakistan battling line up. he can stay at crease for long time and i can't see any other member to do the same.
He must be included in Test Squad.
I think Afridi and Waqar both have something against Razzaq..... IF u guys think Razzaqs Bowling has gone down, check his bowling stats in english county or ICL records, even in T20 worldcup when he was regular #2 bowler he performed. So i think Afridi and Waqar dont utilize him properly, probbaly on purpose. I have noticed that Afridi tries to isolate Razzaq since he has made a come back. However Razzaq keeps playing a special knock so Afridi really cant sit him out.
True, but all these are Top order batsmen in ODI, meaning lower order batsmen ( I know Abdul Razzaq played at many positions) like Razzaq should have more “not outs” therefore a higher average than than 30s. But being tulle baaz, hit and miss player, the average is OK.
True you will (or should) have more notouts (which will boost your overall average) if you are a lower order batsman but you are equally likely to get out or sacrifice your wicket for the team’s cause by taking unnecessary risks or playing improvised risk-filled strokes in the death overs, strokes that you w’d probably not play or not have to play as a top-order batsman!
And Steve Waugh, Yuvraj and Collingwood are all lower middle-order batsmen