Pakistani Cricket Playeres: Ramiz Raja

Ramiz Raja Biography

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Ramiz Raja
Pakistan

Full name Ramiz Hasan Raja

Born August 14, 1962, Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab

Current age 51 years 297 days

Major teams Pakistan, Allied Bank, Islamabad Cricket Association, Lahore, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, Punjab, Service Industries

Also known as Rameez Raja

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Other Commentator

Relation Father - Saleem Akhtar, Brother - Wasim Raja, Brother - Zaeem Raja
Batting and fielding averages
    Mat     Inns     NO     Runs     HS     Ave     BF     SR     100     50     6s     Ct     St
Tests     57     94     5     2833     122     31.83             2     22     3     34     0
ODIs     198     197     15     5841     119*     32.09     9226     63.31     9     31         33     0
First-class     183     304     20     10392     300     36.59             17     63         103     0
List A     298     295     28     9490     131     35.54             15     56         62     0
Bowling averages
    Mat     Inns     Balls     Runs     Wkts     BBI     BBM     Ave     Econ     SR     4w     5w     10
Tests     57     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -
ODIs     198     1     6     10     0     -     -     -     10.00     -     0     0     0
First-class     183         509     343     6     2/2         57.16     4.04     84.8         0     0
List A     298         145     110     6     4/43     4/43     18.33     4.55     24.1     1     0     0
Career statistics
Test debut     Pakistan v England at Karachi, Mar 2-6, 1984 scorecard
Last Test     Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Apr 26-30, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut     New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 6, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI     India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 21, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span     1977-1997
List A span     1976-1998
Profile

On and off the field, in Pakistan cricket, it will be difficult to find a more stylish man than Ramiz Raja. In Pakistan's post-90s mess of scandal, dirt and intrigue, he also emerged, importantly, as a rare man of integrity and considerable dignity on the field and in administration. As an opening batsman Raja arrived on the scene the next Majid Khan. His basic game was built on solid, understated elegance. Some of the leg-side play was outstanding and the flick to square leg soon became a signature stroke. Why he didn't score more runs in Tests remains a mystery, though his importance to Pakistan's strong ODI sides of the 80s and early 90s cannot be underestimated. In the World Cups of 1987 and 1992 he was a key figure and as well as taking the catch that won it for Pakistan in 1992, he scored two hundreds through the tournament. His integrity and seniority helped him in captaining Pakistan late in his career, but the qualities became of greater use after he retired. First, as a bright, dynamic chief executive of the Pakistan board he was instrumental in bringing about a prosperous period in the early 2000s, including negotiating a breakthrough in Pakistan-India ties. The series won an important Laureus award for bringing the countries together through cricket. But by then he had also become an articulate voice of Pakistan the world over as a television commentator. That career has gone from strength to strength so that in the modern turmoil of Pakistan cricket, Raja's has been an authoritative, informed and sane voice amid the madness.