Rashid highlights Yorkshire's Asian talent

‘Adil's a lovely lad who bristles with a really nice confidence,' Byas says. 'He obviously has limited experience at the moment, but he is capable of batting in the top four or five in domestic cricket. He is also a magnificent spinner - the longer he bowled against Warwickshire, the better he got. Adil is just one of a number of young cricketers from an Asian background who we think an awful lot about. And if they're good enough, they'll play.'

This is, of course, the same Yorkshire who have, in some quarters, been pilloried down the years for not giving Asians a fair crack of the whip. While there may have been more than a grain of truth in the accusations a decade or two ago, it is demonstrably not the case now. Apart from the Bradford-born Rashid, there are currently a further seven players of Asian background at the county's academy and plenty more in the various age-group sides.