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Full name Adeel K Raja
Born August 15, 1980, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Current age 28 years 15 days
Major teams Netherlands,VRA Cricket
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
10
6
2
19
8*
4.75
77
24.67
0
0
2
0
2
0
First-class
6
7
0
62
28
8.85
221
28.05
0
0
0
0
List A
19
11
5
57
14*
9.50
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
10
10
408
366
10
4/42
4/42
36.60
5.38
40.8
1
0
0
First-class
6
554
337
5
1/15
67.40
3.64
110.8
0
0
0
List A
19
810
684
16
4/42
4/42
42.75
5.06
50.6
1
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Netherlands at Colombo (RPS), Sep 16, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI
Netherlands v Bermuda at Amstelveen, Aug 8, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2004
Last First-class
Netherlands v Bermuda at Amstelveen, Aug 13-15, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2002
Last List A
Netherlands v Bermuda at Amstelveen, Aug 8, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Part of the World Cup squad in South Africa 2003, he featured in the opening two matches against India and England, but lost his place before returning to take 4 for 42 against Namibia in the Netherlands' only World Cup win to date. Four years on he is now an established member of the side and, although facing competition from Mohammad Kashif, his experience against some of the worlds major sides has aided his development. The assault from Shahid Afridi at the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 when he was clobbered for 5 sixes in 8 balls taught him a valuable lesson and now the Dutch bowlers have learnt to contain rather that try to attack batsmen in the shorter form of the game. A prodigious spinner of the ball with excellent control, the Dutch coaching staff believe he could play a significant role in the Caribbean during the 2007 Wold Cup. His career hit the buffers when he was banned for two years, one suspended, after failing a random drugs test in 2007. He is another who has come through the Dutch age groups and toured England with the Under-17 side in 1997. Alan Curr February 2007
