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Azhar v Pakistan - A Statistical Analysis
Atul Kahate - 7 June 1999

In what could be the make or break of his career, Mohammad Azharuddin needs to come well with bat against pakistan on Tuesday at any cost. It would be interesting to look at Azhar's record against Pakistan. His average against them is not bad (31). But it is the manner of his dismissals that has been interesting.

The following table shows the way he has been dismissed by the Pakistani bowlers.

No  Bowler             Team  B   C   LBW  HW  St  Total  %age
		     					
  1 Saqlain Mushtaq    Pak    0   6   0   0   1     7    15.56
  2 Aqib Javed         Pak    0   5   2   0   0     7    15.56
  3 Mushtaq Ahmed      Pak    0   4   0   0   0     4     8.89
  4 Wasim Akram        Pak    1   1   2   0   0     4     8.89
  5 Aamir Sohail       Pak    0   2   0   0   1     3     6.67
  6 Azhar Mahmood      Pak    0   3   0   0   0     3     6.67
  7 Tausif Ahmed       Pak    2   0   0   0   0     2     4.44
  8 Abdul Qadir        Pak    0   1   0   0   1     2     4.44
  9 Waqar Younis       Pak    1   1   0   0   0     2     4.44
 10 Mohammad Hussain   Pak    0   1   0   0   0     1     2.22
 11 Abdur Razzaq       Pak    0   1   0   0   0     1     2.22
 12 Imran Khan         Pak    0   0   1   0   0     1     2.22
 13 Manzoor Elahi      Pak    0   1   0   0   0     1     2.22
 14 Shahid Afridi      Pak    1   0   0   0   0     1     2.22
 15 Shahid Nazir       Pak    0   1   0   0   0     1     2.22
 16 Shoaib Akhtar      Pak    0   1   0   0   0     1     2.22
 17 Tahir Naqqash      Pak    1   0   0   0   0     1     2.22
 18 Salim Jaffer       Pak    0   1   0   0   0     1     2.22
 19 Akram Raza         Pak    1   0   0   0   0     1     2.22
 20 Salim Malik        Pak    0   1   0   0   0     1     2.22

    TOTAL                     7  30   5   0   3    45
This table shows the run slabs of Azhar against Pakistan (0-9, 10-19 and so on). As can be seen, he has gone under double figures as many as 23 times (38% of his innings) against Pakistan!
Slabs    0   10  20  30  40  50  60  70  80  90 100 150 175 200 Total  %age
Count   23   7  10   7   4   2   2   1   1   1   2   0   0   0  60   100.00

Count   18   7  10   7   4   2   2   1   1   1   2   0   0   0  55
%age    33  13  18  13   7   4   4   2   2   2   4   0   0   0 100

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)