Contact Admin. Rashid was part of the England squad that won the Cricket World Cup. Previously a player with England Unders , in December , he was called into the full England Test squad, for the Test matches to be played in India. He was then selected for the full tour of the West Indies. Rashid is only the third Yorkshire-born Asian to play first-team cricket for Yorkshire, [4] and the first of Pakistani origin.
Rashid was born in Bradford , West Yorkshire , and is of Pakistani background. His brothers Haroon and Amar are also cricketers. Rashid showed promise from a young age: Jenner spotted him as a year-old, [5] and, in early July , aged 17, he took 6β13 for Yorkshire's Academy youth team. In , he played a number of games for Yorkshire Second XI, making four successive centuries.
Rashid made his county cricket debut against Warwickshire at North Marine Road , Scarborough , as a replacement for injured overseas batsman Darren Lehmann. From mid-August until the end of the season, he held down a regular spot in the Yorkshire side. During the winter, Rashid suffered from a stress fracture in his back [3] [32] and missed England Unders' tour of Malaysia, but he recovered well enough to be picked for the β07 England A tour of Bangladesh.
Adil is probably the best young cricketer in England I think he could play an allround role for England in the future. Rashid was considered to play for England's Under side again in their series against Pakistan , but his Yorkshire coach Martyn Moxon showed displeasure at the idea of Rashid being pulled away from county cricket.
The selectors decided that as Rashid had progressed to the next level of cricket, having appeared for England Lions, and therefore he shouldn't be pulled out of county cricket to play for England Unders.
