Azeem Rafiq
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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]
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Full name | Azeem Rafiq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 33) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 6 November 2021 |
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.