Black Cricket players

[Fourteenth Eye]

I think they are trying to take it into the inner cities. You often see the likes of Pieterson & Monty on ssn promoting Kwik-Cricket which is a sort of urban variation of the game.

It really does need to be played more in schools tho.

 

[Chicken Run]

QUOTE=Fourteenth Eye;2478472]I think they are trying to take it into the inner cities. You often see the likes of Pieterson & Monty on ssn promoting Kwik-Cricket which is a sort of urban variation of the game.

It really does need to be played more in schools tho.[/QUOTE]
Damn right, I went to Patcham Fawcett in the early 80's and we had cricket teams for all years, admitedly some of the lads would use the cricket bats as weapons when word of Stringer coming over the hill got out

 

[Uncle Buck]

Probably does not help that 2 of the more promising Afro-Caribbean players from the last 10 years (Headley and Tudor) have both had to retire due to injury.

The lad at Surrey (Jordan) is more than likely to play for the Windies as well.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

(1) Not all black England qualified people in this country are of West Indian origin: there are thousands of Nigerians, Somalians, Ghanaians etc, none of which have a tradition of cricketing excellence.

(2) Many people of West Indian origin here in the UK are second, third, even fourth generation, and the cricketing ties probably aren't so strong. Even those who do like cricket may not feel any kind of affinity with the WI team any more, firstly because they're crap and secondly because they've lived in Hackney or Streatham all their lives.

(3) as has been said, there's little cricket played at schools in the inner city areas, which is still overwhelmingly where the Afro-Caribbean population live. Basketball is the most popular sport in urban schools- cricket doesn't quite have the same credibility, does it?

 

[London Calling]

QUOTE=Fourteenth Eye;2478472]I think they are trying to take it into the inner cities. You often see the likes of Pieterson & Monty on ssn promoting Kwik-Cricket which is a sort of urban variation of the game.

It really does need to be played more in schools tho.

Damn right, I went to Patcham Fawcett in the early 80's and we had cricket teams for all years, admitedly some of the lads would use the cricket bats as weapons when word of Stringer coming over the hill got out
[/QUOTE]

I remember at the BHA Grammar, first year lining up.

Question went out by the Cricket coach, "who plays regularly for a club or has private training?", up went the hands,

"rights that's it then"

I had had trails for Brighton Boys and never given a chance.

With that attitude, you do wonder how we do well at any sport?

 

[Trigger]

The lad at Surrey (Jordan) is more than likely to play for the Windies as well.

Don't forget that lad at Sussex, 'Englands' very own Dwayne Smith.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Don't forget that lad at Sussex, 'Englands' very own Dwayne Smith.

Another medium pace bowler...

 

[Storer68]

And they say if you go to Yorkshire, every weekend Cricket pitches are full of asians playing, but none ever play for Yorkshire

But don't sterotype, some of these Asian lads are as quick as ****.

Adil Rashid
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]

 

[Gwylan]

As someone pointed out earlier, Michael Carberry has been spoken about as a possible England player for some time - he might well get a chance soon.

 

[Storer68]

 

[vulture]

england had norman cowans in the 80s then gladstone small trying to think of other black/Asian
players to play for england

Alex Tudor
Monty Panser
Rapi Bopra
Oais Shar
habib

that is quite a poor return if you compare to the footie team

 

[London Calling]

Adil Rashid
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

THAT'S ONE AND A GOOD POINT AND I IMAGINE THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER, OR A COUPLE COMING THRU THE RANKS

BUT STATISTICALLY A POOR REFLECTION OF YORKSHIRE'S POPULATION.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

england had norman cowans in the 80s then gladstone small trying to think of other black/Asian
players to play for england

Alex Tudor
Monty Panser
Rapi Bopra
Oais Shar
habib

that is quite a poor return if you compare to the footie team

*cough* I still remember this as though it was yesterday. The guy was an utter genius on his day (not frequently enough!).

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Also Joey Benjamin, although it was only a fleeting visit in the side. He was awful.

 

[Strike]

Not forgetting the Anglo- Asians Mark Ramprakash, and Nasser Hussein.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

that is quite a poor return if you compare to the footie team

there's more footballers than cricketers

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Sorry mate but you are the first in this thread to give him the sort of attention you accuse him of seeking

"All that is required for evil to flourish is that good men do nothing"

 

[dougdeep]

(1) Not all black England qualified people in this country are of West Indian origin: there are thousands of Nigerians, Somalians, Ghanaians etc, none of which have a tradition of cricketing excellence.

(2) Many people of West Indian origin here in the UK are second, third, even fourth generation, and the cricketing ties probably aren't so strong. Even those who do like cricket may not feel any kind of affinity with the WI team any more, firstly because they're crap and secondly because they've lived in Hackney or Streatham all their lives.

(3) as has been said, there's little cricket played at schools in the inner city areas, which is still overwhelmingly where the Afro-Caribbean population live. Basketball is the most popular sport in urban schools- cricket doesn't quite have the same credibility, does it?

Good points, there isn't much room for cricket pitches in inner city schools.