(1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 33) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm off break
Role
All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2008–2014
Yorkshire (squad no. 30)
2011
→ Derbyshire (on loan)
2016–2018
Yorkshire (squad no. 30)
2019
Lincolnshire
FC debut
6 June 2009 Yorkshire v Sussex
LA debut
30 August 2009 Yorkshire v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition
FC
LA
T20
Matches
39
35
95
Runs scored
873
252
153
Batting average
20.78
18.00
11.76
100s/50s
1/4
0/1
0/0
Top score
100
52*
21*
Balls bowled
5,433
1,353
1,937
Wickets
72
43
102
Bowling average
39.73
29.65
24.40
5 wickets in innings
1
1
1
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
Best bowling
5/50
5/30
5/19
Catches/stumpings
15/–
15/–
36/–
Source: CricInfo, 6 November 2021
Azeem Rafiq (Urdu: عظیم رفیق; born 27 February 1991) is an English cricketer who played professionally in England for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. A right-arm off-spin bowler, Rafiq played for the county between 2008 and 2014 and 2016 and 2018, making his senior debut at the age of 17. He captained the England under-15 and under-19 sides, and in 2012 became the youngest man to captain a Yorkshire side as well as the first person of Asian origin to do so.[1]
In September 2020, Rafiq made accusations of racism and bullying in Yorkshire. An independent report found that a number of his accusations were true and the case became a major media story in the United Kingdom. It led to several resignations at the club and was the subject of investigations by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in the British parliament.
^Hashim, Taha (17 August 2020) The extraordinary life of Azeem Rafiq, Wisden online. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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