Happy birthday spinner Abdur Razzak

Today is the 35th birthday anniversary of Bangladesh cricket superstar Abdur Razzak.

On June 15, he was born in Khulna. 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.

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.

Though he has played just nine Tests, he has been more successful in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is Bangladesh’s leading wicket-taker in the format. He is the first Bangladeshi to take 200 wickets in ODI.