The Zimbabwean all-rounder has been prominent for the Rapids throughout the competition, chipping in with the bat and forming a reliable middle-over partnership with fellow spinner Usama Mir.<\/p>\n
Despite not yet taking a wicket in the competition, Raza has been going at an economy rate of just over seven, in what have been some efficient spells for his team, often thrown the ball by skipper Brett D\u2019Oliveira in times of need.<\/p>\n
It is that trusting relationship with the Worcestershire Captain that has helped the team make a positive start to the tournament, something Raza hopes will continue as the group stage goes on.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the focus is put on your wickets, and how many you are picking up, but actually, for me, I ask myself, if I didn\u2019t take wickets, did I contribute with the ball anyway? Did I control the game? Did I make life easier for my teammates and my bowling partner? Working in partnerships is so key.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am happy with my economy rates, and as long as we are winning games, that is really all that matters to me because I can contribute in a number of ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cDolly made it clear that he is going to use me and my tactics, my understanding and knowledge of the game, which was obviously very nice of the Captain to say.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrett and I assess the wicket before a game, we share notes, and I like to do my thorough analysis on each and every batter, what they do, where they are strong, so we speak about that a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, both of us are working towards the same goal, which is to help us win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Zimbabwean all-rounder has been prominent for the Rapids throughout the competition, chipping in with the bat and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-622156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}