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edit>> Raja also bowled flat finger spin with his right hand
Are we sure about this ? Finger spinning leg spinner ?
>> and the bowling averages with 7 wickets at 18.7.
Majid Khan topped the bowling averages with 4 wickets at 17.50 [1]
>> In all, he played in 250 first-class matches, scoring 11,434 runs at an average of 35.18, including 17 centuries, and taking 558 wickets at an average of 29.05.
As per cricketarchive, 11386 @ 35.03 [2]
>>His finest hour in Test cricket was the tour to the West Indies in 1976-77, when he topped the Pakistani batting averages with 517 runs at 51.7
Average was 57.44. 10 innings and 1 notout. Tintin (talk) 10:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the careful reading. I'm glad someone is checking what I write! (I already corrected a mis-reading from the Guardian obit, about the West Indies' long undefeated streak at the Barbados)
- I meant wrist spin. No idea why I wrote finger spin.
- The claim of topping both averages in that series was from here, but I will change to being second on the basis of your link. Perhaps I should have noticed that none of the other obits make the claim.
- Cricinfo says 11,434 first-class runs at 35.18. No idea why cricket archive says something different, but until we know which it right and why they differ, I will stick with the cited source.
- I have no idea where 51.7 comes from - all of the sources say 57.4. I can only think that I wrote 517 twice, and added a decimal point to the second one!
- Thanks again. Perhaps you should check Clyde Walcott for me... -- ALoan (Talk) 11:25, 4 September 2006 (UTC)