Adil Rashid

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playername = Adil Rashid


country = England
fullname = Adil Usman Rashid
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dayofbirth = 17
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yearofbirth = 1988
placeofbirth = Bradford
countryofbirth = England
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date = 27 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/88/88341/88341.html cricketarchive.com

Adil Usman Rashid (born February 17, 1988, Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England Under-19s.

Rashid is an all rounder, though his leg spin bowling is attracting particular attention, having already taken over 100 first-class wickets. He has received coaching from Terry Jenner as part of an ECB programme to encourage wrist-spinners.cite web | url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/players/yorkshire/adil-rashid,509,PP.html | title=Adil Rashid | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=ECB]

In 2006, ECB bowling coach David Parsons considered him the most talented young leg-spinner in the country.cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/256072.html |title=Spinning into the spotlight |accessdate=2007-05-12 |last=McGlashan |first=Andrew |date=2006-08-09 |publisher=Cricinfo]

Rashid is only the third Yorkshire-born Asian to play first-team cricket for Yorkshire, [cite news |first=Lyles |last=Christopher |title=Rashid leads way for Yorkshire Asians |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,,1827135,00.html |work=The Observer |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=2006-07-23 |accessdate=2007-05-12 |quote=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.] and the first of Pakistani origin.

Career

Rashid showed promise from a young age. Jenner spotted him as a 14-year-old,and in early July 2005, he took 6-13 for Yorkshire Academy against Sheffield United. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/82/82850.html | title=Sheffield United v Yorkshire Academy in 2005 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive] A few days later he hit 111 for Yorkshire Cricket Board Under-17s against their Cheshire equivalents in the Under-17s County Championship. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/82/82889.html | title=Yorkshire Cricket Board Under-17s v Cheshire Cricket Board Under-17s in 2005 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive]

In 2006, he played a number of games for Yorkshire Second XI, making four successive centuries.This form, combined with a calf injury to Darren Lehmann,earned him the chance to make his first-class debut, against Warwickshire at North Marine Road, Scarborough, but in the event it was his bowling which caught the attention as he took 6-67 in the second innings. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/85/85803.html | title= Yorkshire v Warwickshire in 2006 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive] 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. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/engine/match/239927.html | title=England Under-19s v India Under-19s at Canterbury, Jul 26-29, 2006| accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=Cricinfo] In the second Test, at Taunton, he produced an excellent all-round display, scoring 114 and 48 and claiming 8-157 and 2-45. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/engine/match/239928.html | title=England Under-19s v India Under-19s at Taunton, Aug 1-4, 2006 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=Cricinfo] He also played in the third Test at the Denis Compton Oval in Shenley, but made less of an impression. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/engine/match/239929.html | title=England Under-19s v India Under-19s at Shenley, Aug 6-9, 2006 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=Cricinfo] From mid-August until the end of the season, he held down a regular spot in the Yorkshire side,cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/cgi-bin/ask_the_player_oracle.cgi?playernumber=88341 | title=Player Oracle | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive] 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. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/86/86060.html | title=Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire in 2006 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive]

That winter, he suffered from a stress fracture in his back.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.He started 2007 at Lord's, turning out for MCC against the 2006 champion county, Sussex. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/107/107653.html | title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex in 2007 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive] Rashid's first County Championship game of the season, 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. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/107/107662.html | title=Surrey v Yorkshire in 2007 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive] This established a new partnership record for that wicket for Yorkshire against Surrey, surpassing a mark that had stood since 1902. [cite news |first=David|last=Warner |title=Bowler leads glut of batting records in breathtaking start for Yorkshire regime |url=http://www.yorkshireccc.com/reportscards/lvchampionship2007/asurryork |publisher=Yorkshire County Cricket Club|accessdate=2007-05-12] At the end of April, he took 5-88 against Durham at Headingley. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/107/107675.html | title=Yorkshire v Durham in 2007 | accessdate=2007-05-12 | publisher=CricketArchive]

In June 2007 Rashid won both the YCCSA Young Player of the Year Award for 2006 [ [http://www.yorkshireccc.com/news/copy_of_news716202446 Adil Rashid presented with YCCSA Young Player of the Year Award 2006] ] and the Neil Lloyd Young Cricketer of the Year Award for 2006 [ [http://www.yorkshireccc.com/news/news716202446 Adil Rashid presented with Neil Lloyd Young Cricketer of the Year Award 2006] ] 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." [cite web | url=http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=476570&CPID=469&clid=3067&lid=7201&title=Rashid+sets+sights+on+Sachin | title=Rashid Sets Sights on Tendulkar| accessdate=2007-07-13 | publisher=Sky Sports] 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. [cite web | url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/gibson-reaps-top-award,15154,EN.html | title=Gibson lands top award | accessdate=2007-09-25 | publisher=ECB]

In the 2008 season, he took a career best 7-107 against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. His batting form suffered in comparison to the previous season, but he scored a career best 111 in the vital final game of the season against Sussex.

References

External links

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* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/88/88341/88341.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive
* [http://www.yorkshireccc.com/players/capped_first_eleven/adilrashid Player Profile and Statistics : Adil Rashid] from Yorkshire County Cricket Club