Reply With QuoteShahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq are one of the best LOIs all-rounders Pakistan ever had. When on song both can win match single handedly either with Bat or Ball. What if you have to choose one? Who it will be?
Abdul Razaaq
A versatile all-rounder who can bat and bowl at every position in the team. When he started he was a genuine quick but lost his pace due to fitness problems. He can be defensive when needed and can switch gears at any moment. Once he decides to go after bowlers he can be one of the most destructive batsmen with cleanest hitting ability. He is bang bang for some reason. His services has been grossly underutilized by the Pakistan team especially during twilight of his career. He has not been used to the full potential and continues to be sidelined.
Shahid Afridi
Fans Favourite for thrill and energy he causes his surroundings. He was picked as bowler but announced himself with boom boom "the quickest 100". His 36 ball hundred was such that it will have everlasting impact on his career. Everybody including himself forgot that he was primarily a leg spin. Though over the years his more failures than success with the bat enforced him to revive his prime trade that is bowling still his fans fancy his destructive innings with bat which are few and far between.
Their Overall stat comparison shows
.... Mat Runs HS Bat Av 100 Wkts BBI Bowl Av 5s
A.R 265 5080 112 29.70 3 269 6/35 31.83 3
S.A 359 7303 124 23.48 6 358 7/12 33.72 9
Performance against top 7
. . . Mat Runs Hs Bat av 100 Wkts BBI Bowl Av 5s
A.R 227 4429 112 28.57 2 220 5/31 34.10 2
S.H 298 5946 109 22.52 5 263 7/12 38.57 4
Their performance in won matches
. . . Mat Runs Hs Bat av 100 Wkts BBI Bowl Av 5s
A.R 145 2726 112 40.08 3 176 6/35 24.92 2
S.H 200 4699 124 29.74 5 260 7/12 24.60 9
Interesting Facts
Afridi has won 30 MoM awards, however 12 of those came against teams other than top 7. He has 04 Man of tournment awards.
Afridi has total 9 five wicket hauls of which 5 are against minnows so no surprice that his bowling average is 38.57 against top 7 teams.
Three times he took 05 wkts and made 50+ in same match.
Abdul has won 18 MoM awards in total only 3 are against minnows (other than top 7). He has also won 04 Man of tournment awards
His batting avg in won matches is 40.
