Full name Azeem Rafiq
Born February 27, 1991, Karachi, Sind
Current age 29 years 324 days
Major teams England Under-15s, England Under-17s, England Under-19s, Yorkshire, Yorkshire 2nd XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Education Holgate School, Barnsley
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 39 | 47 | 5 | 873 | 100 | 20.78 | 1576 | 55.39 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
List A | 35 | 24 | 10 | 252 | 52* | 18.00 | 266 | 94.73 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
T20s | 95 | 37 | 24 | 153 | 21* | 11.76 | 164 | 93.29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 39 | 61 | 5433 | 2861 | 72 | 5/50 | 8/115 | 39.73 | 3.15 | 75.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
List A | 35 | 32 | 1353 | 1275 | 43 | 5/30 | 5/30 | 29.65 | 5.65 | 31.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
T20s | 95 | 95 | 1937 | 2489 | 102 | 5/19 | 5/19 | 24.40 | 7.70 | 18.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class debut | Yorkshire v Sussex at Leeds, Jun 6-9, 2009 scorecard |
Last First-class | Sui Southern Gas Corporation v Habib Bank Limited at Karachi, Nov 13-16, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Yorkshire v Sussex at Scarborough, Aug 30, 2009 scorecard |
Last List A | Yorkshire v Surrey at Leeds, Jun 13, 2017 scorecard |
T20s debut | Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard |
Last T20s | Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Aug 10, 2018 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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3/27, 13 | Lincolnshire | v Dorset | Wormsley | 25 Aug 2019 | Other T20 |
1/61, 16, 0/14, 12 | Lincolnshire | v Staffs | West Bromwich | 7 Jul 2019 | Other |
1/45, 59 | Lincolnshire | v Cumberland | Bourne | 30 Jun 2019 | Other OD |
0/10, 36, 1/45 | Lincolnshire | v Cumberland | Sleaford | 23 Jun 2019 | Other |
16, 1/15 | Lincolnshire | v Cheshire | Wallasey | 16 Jun 2019 | Other T20 |
- | Lincolnshire | v Cheshire | Wallasey | 16 Jun 2019 | Other T20 |
18, 1/24 | Lincolnshire | v Staffs | Scunthorpe | 9 Jun 2019 | Other T20 |
1, 1/10 | Lincolnshire | v Staffs | Scunthorpe | 9 Jun 2019 | Other T20 |
0 | Lincolnshire | v Cheshire | Lincoln | 2 Jun 2019 | Other OD |
0/14 | Lincolnshire | v Cumberland | Penrith | 26 May 2019 | Other T20 |
Offspinner Azeem Rafiq, who moved to England from Pakistan in 2001, played for England Under-15 and Under-17 sides, the latter as captain, as well as rising through the age groups at Yorkshire. However, the most significant honours came his way during the 2012 when he was named Yorkshire captain in the Friends Life t20, the first cricketer of Asian origin to take the role, and led Yorkshire to five wins from his six matches at the helm, handing over to Andrew Gale when the regular captain returned from injury with the side firmly on course to qualify for the quarter-finals. Gale was quick to praise the captaincy skills of his understudy, remarking that he admired his up-and-at-'em style and that he found himself on the same wavelength nine times out of ten.