Adil Rashid

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Adil Rashid
England
Personal information
Full name Adil Usman Rashid
Born 17 February 1988 (1988-02-17) (age 20)
Bradford, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm leg break
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–present Yorkshire (squad no. 3)
First-class debut 19 July 2006: Yorkshire v Warwickshire
Last First-class 2 June 2008: Yorkshire v Lancashire
List A debut 27 August 2006: Yorkshire v Surrey
Last List A 28 May 2008: Yorkshire v Lancashire
Career statistics
FC LA
Matches 32 13
Runs scored 1290 91
Batting average 34.86 13.00
100s/50s 1/9 0/0
Top score 108 41*
Balls bowled 5448 447
Wickets 85 10
Bowling average 38.63 35.30
5 wickets in innings 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/67 2/21
Catches/stumpings 15/0 6/–

As of 2 June 2008
Source: cricketarchive.com

Adil Usman Rashid (born February 17, 1988, Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England Under-19s. He is an all rounder, though his leg spin bowling is attracting particular attention, receiving coaching from Terry Jenner as part of an ECB programme to encourage wrist-spinners.[1] In 2006, ECB bowling coach David Parsons considered him the most talented young leg-spinner in the country.[2] Rashid is only the third Yorkshire-born Asian to play first-team cricket for Yorkshire,[3] and the first of Pakistani origin.[1]

Rashid showed promise from a young age. Jenner spotted him as a 14-year-old,[2] and in early July 2005, he took 6-13 for Yorkshire Academy against Sheffield United.[4] A few days later he hit 111 for Yorkshire Cricket Board Under-17s against their Cheshire equivalents in the Under-17s County Championship.[5]

In 2006, he played a number of games for Yorkshire Second XI, making four successive centuries.[2] This form, combined with a calf injury to Darren Lehmann, earned him the chance to make his first-class debut, against Warwickshire at Scarborough, but in the event it was his bowling which caught the attention as he took 6-67 in the second innings.[6] Rashid was called up by England Under-19s for the first Test against India Under-19s at Canterbury; he made 13 and 23 and took one wicket.[7] In the second Test, at Taunton, he produced an excellent all-round display, scoring 114 and 48 and claiming 8-157 and 2-45.[8] He also played in the third Test at Shenley, but made less of an impression.[9] From mid-August until the end of the season, he held down a regular spot in the Yorkshire side,[10] and at Headingley scored 63 against Nottinghamshire and shared in a fourth-wicket stand of 130 with Craig White to dig Yorkshire out of a hole at 42/3.[11]

That winter, he suffered from a stress fracture in his back.[1] However, he recovered well enough to be picked for the 2006-07 England A tour of Bangladesh, though his statistics in one first-class and one List A match were modest.[10] He started 2007 at Lord's, turning out for MCC against the 2006 champion county, Sussex.[12] Rashid's first County Championship game, at The Oval against Surrey a few days later, saw him hit 86 in the first innings, putting on 190 with Jacques Rudolph for the sixth wicket.[13] This established a new partnership record for that wicket for Yorkshire against Surrey, surpassing a mark that had stood since 1902.[14] At the end of April, he took 5-88 against Durham at Headingley.[15].

In June 2007 Rashid won both the YCCSA Young Player of the Year Award for 2006 [16] and the Neil Lloyd Young Cricketer of the Year Award for 2006 [17] and in July 2007 Rashid was called up to the England Lions side for a 4-day match against a touring Indian side. This would be a test for the young spinner as he had to bowl against the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Wasim Jaffer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly. Rashid spoke to Sky Sports about the chance to bowl at Tendulkar and said it had long been his dream to bowl out the 'little master'. He also stated "I'm not daunted. It will be quite a good challenge for me, bowling against the likes of Tendulkar." [18] On 16 August he scored his maiden first class century, 108 against Worcestershire at Kidderminster.

On 9 September Rashid was named Cricket Writers' Club 2007 Young Cricketer of the Year, while on 24 September he was awarded the title of PCA Young Player of the Year.[19]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Adil Rashid. ECB. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  2. ^ a b c McGlashan, Andrew (2006-08-09). Spinning into the spotlight. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  3. ^ Christopher, Lyles. "Rashid leads way for Yorkshire Asians", The Observer, Guardian News and Media Limited, 2006-07-23. Retrieved on 2007-05-12. "For the record, Ismail Dawood, who was born in Dewsbury, made his championship debut for Yorkshire in 2004, having already represented three other counties, while Ajmal Shahzad, then 18, played one-day cricket for the first team in the same season." 
  4. ^ Sheffield United v Yorkshire Academy in 2005. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  5. ^ Yorkshire Cricket Board Under-17s v Cheshire Cricket Board Under-17s in 2005. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  6. ^ Yorkshire v Warwickshire in 2006. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  7. ^ England Under-19s v India Under-19s at Canterbury, Jul 26-29, 2006. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  8. ^ England Under-19s v India Under-19s at Taunton, Aug 1-4, 2006. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  9. ^ England Under-19s v India Under-19s at Shenley, Aug 6-9, 2006. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  10. ^ a b Player Oracle. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  11. ^ Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire in 2006. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  12. ^ Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex in 2007. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  13. ^ Surrey v Yorkshire in 2007. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  14. ^ Warner, David. "Bowler leads glut of batting records in breathtaking start for Yorkshire regime", Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved on 2007-05-12. 
  15. ^ Yorkshire v Durham in 2007. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  16. ^ Adil Rashid presented with YCCSA Young Player of the Year Award 2006
  17. ^ Adil Rashid presented with Neil Lloyd Young Cricketer of the Year Award 2006
  18. ^ Rashid Sets Sights on Tendulkar. Sky Sports. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  19. ^ Gibson lands top award. ECB. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.

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