In the midst of the 2025 Cricket Newfoundland and Labrador season, Muhammad Ali Raza of the NL Tigers has quietly entered an untouched territory. He is now the first batter in Cricket NL history to hit 200 sixes across official formats. During the course of this summer, he also crossed the 3000 run milestone. Both numbers speak volumes not just about his longevity but about the kind of cricket he plays.
Since his debut in 2017, Ali Raza has built a reputation as a boundary hunter. His career strike rate sits around 160, and the bulk of his scoring comes in fours and sixes. This is not just about aesthetics, it is about intent. He is the kind of player who backs his hitting, game after game. More than half of his career dismissals have been caught, which says something about how he plays. He goes for it. Sometimes it sticks, sometimes it does not. But the approach never really changes.
Across both T20 and F40 formats, Ali has notched 9 centuries and 20 fifties, for a total of 29 scores over fifty in less than a decade. These are not hollow stats. They have come in winning causes, pressure situations, and tight finishes. His current batting average is close to 50, which, considering the pace he bats at, puts him in a rare bracket. The risk and reward balance, at least in his case, seems to be working.
What stands out is how consistent his progression has been. There have not been many dips. Season after season, he has been among the runs. First as a middle order basher, now as a top order mainstay. He is the kind of player who explosive, and not afraid to take the game on. But the biggest number, the one that truly sets him apart, is the sixes. Over 200 now, with Ranvir Rana of Mavericks just behind him with 189 sixes in recorded history.
With the season still ongoing, there is every chance those numbers continue to rise. But even if they do not, what Ali Raza has already achieved places him firmly among Cricket NL’s most statistically dominant players of the modern era.