Razaullah joined the Akmal Khan Cricket Academy in Mardan during the 2022–23 season.[2] He played cricket at the inter-district level before being selected for the Abbottabad Region under-19 team.[2]
Razaullah made his domestic career debut for Peshawar in the 2025–26 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He took 30 wickets in the tournament and also scored a century in one of the matches.[6]
International career
In August 2026,he was named in the Pakistan cricket team squad for the away tour of England.[7][8] He made his Test debut on 9 September 2026,against England in Edgbaston,Birmingham.[9] He took four wickets in the first innings.[10] He was noted for his pace,consistently hitting the 90 mph (145 kmh) mark,and since 2010 only Mark Wood,Jofra Archer,Dale Steyn,Anrich Nortje and Shannon Gabriel had bowled faster spells in England.[11] During the match,Razaullah hit his maiden Test half century off just 43 balls,batting at number 9 against England.[12] He eventually scored 81 runs off 63 balls while hitting 9 sixes - the most sixes by a No. 9 batter in a Test innings. He equalled Tim Southee's record for most sixes by a debutant in a Test innings while also equalling Ben Stokes' record for most sixes in a Test innings in England.[13][14]
↑Shukla, Pranav (12 September 2026). "Pakistan's Razaullah Khan scripts history, enters record books on Test debut". Yahoo Sports. The 21-year-old, batting at No. 9, smashed nine sixes during his 81 off 63 balls against England on Friday, setting a new mark for the most sixes by a No. 9 batter in a Test innings. The Pakistan debutant also matched the record for the most sixes in a Test innings in England. Ben Stokes had hit nine against Australia at Lord's during the 2023 Ashes. Razaullah's effort also equalled Tim Southee's record for the most sixes by a batter on Test debut. Southee had struck nine maximums against England at Napier in 2008.
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