Abdur Razzak (cricketer)

Not to be confused with Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) or Abdul Razzak Rajib.

Abdur Razzak
আব্দুর রাজ্জাক
Personal information
Full name
Abdur Razzak
Born (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 42)
Khulna, Bangladesh
NicknameRaj
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 45)16 April 2006 v Australia
Last Test8 February 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 73)16 July 2004 v Hong Kong
Last ODI25 August 2014 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.41
T20I debut (cap 1)28 November 2006 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I27 August 2014 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.41
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–presentKhulna Division
2008Royal Challengers Bangalore
2012Khulna Royal Bengals
2013Rangpur Riders
2015Sylhet Super Stars
2016Chittagong Vikings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 13 153 34 137
Runs scored 245 779 41 2,817
Batting average 17.50 13.43 4.10 16.96
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/10
Top score 43 53* 9 97
Balls bowled 2,817 7,965 730 37,205
Wickets 28 207 44 634
Bowling average 59.75 29.29 19.04 28.52
5 wickets in innings 0 4 0 41
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 11
Best bowling 4/63 5/29 4/16 9/84
Catches/stumpings 4/– 32/– 10/– 52/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 March 2023

Khan Abdur Razzak (Bengali: খান আব্দুর রাজ্জাক; born 15 June 1982) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Abdur Razzak is the first Bangladeshi to take 200 wickets in ODIs. He is also the first left arm spinner and second spinner after Saqlain Mushtaq to take a hat-trick.

He made his first-class debut at Bangladeshi domestic level for Khulna Division in the 2001/02 season. 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 figures of 7 for 17 in one game in Dhaka.

Though he played just nine Tests, was more successful in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and was Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker in the format in 2013, when he reached the 200 wickets milestone.[1]

In January 2018, he became the first Bangladesh player to take 500 wickets in first-class cricket.[2] After an absence of four years, he made a comeback to the Test squad on 8 February 2018 against Sri Lanka, taking 4-63 opening the bowling, but Bangladesh lost the match by 215 runs.[3] In November 2019, he took his 600th first-class wicket, becoming the first Bangladeshi bowler to reach the milestone.[4]

In February 2021, Abdur Razzak announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[5]

  1. ^ "Records / Bangladesh / One-Day Internationals / Most wickets", ESPNcricinfo, archived from the original on 30 March 2013, retrieved 24 October 2011
  2. ^ Isam, Mohammad (17 January 2018). "Abdur Razzak and Tushar Imran climb first-class summits". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ Fernando, Andrew Fidel. "Sri Lanka bat; Abdur Razzak returns after four years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ Isam, Mohammad (2 November 2019). "Abdur Razzak becomes first Bangladeshi bowler to bag 600 first-class wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Shahriar Nafees and Abdur Razzak announce retirements, will take up posts with BCB". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2021.