Hasan Raza Test Debut Innings vs Zimbabwe in 1996

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Hasan Raza’s cricket journey is as fascinating as it is bittersweet. Bursting onto the scene in 1996 at just 14 years and 227 days, he became the youngest player ever to debut in Test cricket — a record that stunned the cricketing world. With a graceful batting style and flawless timing, he looked destined for greatness.  But despite his elegance and prolific domestic form, Hasan’s international career never truly blossomed. After a brief debut, he was dropped, only to return years later with fighting knocks of 54 and 68 against Australia* in Sharjah. Yet, inconsistency and slow scoring rates saw him sidelined again. He went on to dominate Pakistan’s domestic circuit, amassing thousands of runs in First-Class, List A, and T20 cricket, leading the Pakistan A team to victory in the 2006 EurAsia Cup. However, his decision to join the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League all but closed the doors to an international comeback.  Today, Hasan Raza remains one of Pakistan’s most intriguing cricket stories—a player of immense talent whose Test and ODI records don’t reflect his true class. Was he a victim of timing and politics, or did he simply fail to seize the biggest stage?  📢 Cricket fans — share your thoughts in the comments! Do you think Hasan Raza deserved more chances, or was his international chapter written too soon?  Hashtags #HasanRaza #PakistanCricket #YoungestTestCricketer #CricketHistory #CricketLegends #PakistanBatting #CricketRecords #PakistaniCricket #CricketDocumentary #CricketStories #PakCricket #DomesticCricket #CricketFans

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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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