00:00Hassan Raza's story is one of the rare beginning and unfulfilled promise in Pakistan cricket
00:06folklore.
00:07In a land where prodigies are often thrust into the cauldrons of international cricket
00:12at tender ages, his debut still stands apart.
00:15A mere 14 years and 227 days old, when he first donned the test cap, it was a record-breaking
00:23entrance that stirred excitement across the cricketing world.
00:27Young Hassan Raza showed admirable compoyer, his technique neat and timing exquisite but
00:33the fairytale start was short-lived.
00:35Let's enjoy the vintage memory of Hassan Raza debut innings.
00:57That shot must give this youngster a lot of confidence.
01:04That shot must give this youngster a lot of confidence.
01:10That shot must give this youngster a lot of confidence and the four-runs on that ball was
01:25paged.
01:26Little outside the office term, he had a perfect timing of the cut shot which crossed the borderline
01:31before us.
01:32It must give full a lot of confidence to the youngster.
01:38Cut it between the gap.
01:39It was a very beautiful stroke of Hassan Raza.
01:40It was a very beautiful stroke of Hassan Raza.
01:45It was a very beautiful stroke of Hassan Raza.
01:52It was a very beautiful shot.
01:54It was a very beautiful shot.
01:58It was a very beautiful shot.
01:59It was a very beautiful, heartless, heartless, heartless, and heartless.
02:05It was a very talented look.
02:07I've never seen him.
02:08I've seen him batting.
02:09But I've seen him.
02:10I've seen him.
02:11I've seen him.
02:12I've seen him.
02:13I've seen him
02:38assalamualaikum and good morning everyone welcome to the Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad on the second
02:45morning of the second and final test match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe Pakistan overnight 114 for
02:52three are now 127 for four things have been happening this morning saw some fine a couple
02:59of strokes from say Denver before he was out and it is Hassan Raza now driving and driving exquisitely
03:07and beautifully through extra cover for four more runs for Pakistan beautiful shot by Hassan
03:14Brian Strang just string just a bit and Hassan Raza on it like a flash
03:24Hassan Raza has got a very easy stance there he driving this ball through the covers using his
03:30feet a bad impact together for four hours early in the morning was see Makram he prefer to have
03:38there it is once again dismissal of size and where the ball was wide outside the of a stone
03:44say the nor went out of way to play the shot got a tickle and he was caught behind
03:49so then we're scoring 81 16 falls Strang to Hassan so early in the morning was see Makram prefer to take
04:04the heavy roller in order to make the wicket more dry take the moisture out Baron pack together the same
04:11way as Zaheer Barth used to do in his days it's going to get a couple of course that he doesn't
04:21have that high back lift of Zaheer that's right the way he used to play that for the flourish but
04:27the cover drives are not dissimilar to that of that great master and I think the wrist work there
04:33it is he is deflecting the ball to the left side for a comfortable two runs the wrist work reminds one
04:40of other but anyways I said too early to tell and that is it I so told you it was too early to tell
04:47he's outcourt absolutely straightforward catch in the slips so Pakistan lose another wicket
05:01how does that out for twenty seven a lungs forward on this ball which was moving away and offered
05:10a simple catch to the keeper to the first lay David Houghton bringing off the catch the ball was
05:24little outside the office turn moving away and cast aside after his early appearance he retreated to
05:31the grind of domestic and a team cricket where his bat spoke loudly and often years later fortune beckoned
05:39again when he was recalled for the 2002 and three charges series against australia there he produced
05:46fighting knock of 54 not out and 68 but both were painstakingly slow if he weighed down by the burden
05:53of proving himself to more testing in zimbabwe forward yet the selector's faith faded once more
06:00hassan raza was a delightful timer of the ball the sort of best man whose drive caressed the trough and
06:06those flicks whispered to the boundary robs still the elegance that creates domestic pitches never
06:11quite blossomed under the harsher light of international cricket his crowning moment in pakistan colors
06:17came in 2006 leading the a team to the victory in the euro asia cup in abu dhabi but his hopes of
06:24another test recalled him when he joined the unsentient indian cricket league a move that effectively
06:31shut the doors on his return a joint in pakistan domestic arena and a prolific accumulator of runs
06:38hassan raza remains a reminder of how promised alone does not guarantee permanence at the highest
06:44level and how the leap from local hero to international star can be the longest strides of all
06:50as far as the hassan raza stats he appeared in seven test matches batting in 10 innings scoring 235 runs
06:58at an average of 26.11 with the highest score of 68 and 250s to his name he faced 608 balls with a
07:06strike rate of 38.65 and he held five catches with no stumping as a baller he delivered just six balls
07:14conceding one run without taking any wickets and he had an economy of one in one day international he
07:21featured in 16 matches batting in 13 innings aggregating 242 runs at an average of 18.61 with
07:30the top score of 77 150 and a strike rate of 50.41 across 480 balls faced his fielding brought only one
07:39cash although listed as a part-time baller he recorded no bowling figure in odis hassan raza first-class
07:46carrier was prolific he played 232 matches 360 innings 48 nut outs compiling 13 949 runs at a durable
07:57average of 44.70 including 36 centuries and 63 50s his highest score in this format was a commanding 256
08:07and he took 221 catches over his carrier with the ball he delivered 1661 balls captured 18 wickers
08:16at an average of 59.11 with the best figure of 2 for 11 although he never captured a 5 wicket haul
08:24in domestic list a carrier he played 197 matches scoring 5155 runs across 171 innings with 40 times
08:35not out he averaged 39.35 hit 8 centuries and 27 50s with the highest score of 115 not out taking 82 catches
08:45and making two stumping as a baller he delivered 1034 balls took 29 wickets at an average of 33.34 with
08:54the best figure of 3 for 17 though he had no four or five wickets in an inning in the shortest formats
09:00of t20 cricket hassan raza played 36 matches and innings remaining not out eight times he scored 920 runs
09:08at an average of 32.85 with a strike rate of 111.65 telling 350s and a top knock of 74 not out he also
09:17picked up 19 catches with no stumping bowling wise he delivered 117 balls claimed 11 wickers at an
09:25excellent average of 15.09 with the best figure of three for 13 although again no four or five wicket
09:32halls were achieved hassan raza carrier remains one of the cricket's great what-if stories a record
09:38breaking debut at just 14 years old flashes of elegance with the bat and a mountain of runs in
09:44domestic cricket yet an international journey that never quite reached its full potential his timing
09:51and stroke play were a joy to watch but the transition from domestic dominance to consistent
09:56success at the highest level proved elusive cricket fans what are your thoughts was hassan raza a victim
10:03of circumstances or did he simply never seize his moment share your views below if you like this video
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