The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
A spell in South Africa should make Monty Panesar a more assertive – and therefore better – cricketer All is very much not well in the cricket world of Monty Panesar. His top-dog England place has gone for now, and with the advent of Adil Rashid so has the touring that has been his for the last four winters. He has endured a miserable season in which his confidence has bled dry, and there...
The World of Cricket (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
So after a long summer of cricket that included the Ashes Test Series, the Hectic 7 match One Day Series between Australia and England and then the ICC Champions Trophy tournament England will be hopping on a plane and jetting off to South Africa for a long tour that will last from the 1st November to the 18th January. The squads were announced back earlier this month and there were a few surprises...
Danny Pugsley (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
For a team who have just won the Ashes England have made some bold moves for their four-Test tour to South Africa. With Andrew Flintoff in retirement from Test cricket and Steve Harmison omitted because of his lacklustre displays over the last three years, Liam Plunkett returns to the Test squad for the first time since 2007 to bolster the bowling while the uncapped all-rounder Luke Wright is included...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
• Luke Wright promoted to Test squad • Owais Shah left out of one-day party For a team who have just won the Ashes England have made some bold moves for their four-Test tour to South Africa. With Andrew Flintoff in retirement from Test cricket and Steve Harmison omitted because of his lacklustre displays over the last three years, Liam Plunkett returns to the Test squad for the first time...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
• Steven Davies, Adil Rashid and Luke Wright make Test squad • Steve Harmison left out of both sides due to inconsistency • Click here to see England's full itinerary in South Africa Kevin Pietersen has been included in a Test squad containing three uncapped players for the tour of South Africa. Pietersen, who was also named in the one-day squad, was today named alongside the uncapped...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
The Champions Trophy provides the next step in Adil Rashid's leg-spin education
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
• Australia on course for a series whitewash after fifth win • Eoin Morgan's half-century the highlight of England's 299 With the series won, Australia have one eye and a bit more on the Champions Trophy, which begins in South Africa in a little more than a week's time. They craved a run chase to test themselves and yesterday, on an excellent Trent Bridge surface and with England helped...
Danny Pugsley (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Fast bowler Steve Harmison and spinner Monty Panesar have been dropped from the England and Wales Cricket Board's list of centrally contracted players. All-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has retired from Tests and is recovering from knee surgery, has an increment contract rather than a full deal. Matt Prior, Graeme Swann and Graham Onions all step up from increment contracts to full, 12-month deals....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
• All-rounder overlooked for central contract due to injuries • But Prior, Swann and Onions get full-term deals Andrew Flintoff has been handed one of England's increment contracts for the next 12 months. The 31-year-old did not qualify for a full central contract because he is currently recovering from knee surgery. Matt Prior, Graeme Swann and Graham Onions are among the 11 players awarded...
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
England suffered a blow ahead of the second one-day international against Australia at Lord's when Stuart Broad was ruled out with a neck strain, while they also left out Adil Rashid despite his impressive performance in the opening match at The Oval
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
There is a strong Australian connection to Adil Rashid's progression into international cricket
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
Ever since he claimed six wickets on debut for Yorkshire at Scarborough in 2006, Adil Rashid has been the coming man of English cricket
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
Australia 260-5 England 256-8 This time the Australians left The Oval smiling. This time they read the wicket correctly. They played their specialist spinner, Nathan Hauritz, who picked up a couple of wickets, and they held their nerve to win by four runs. The match lacked many of the ingredients of a classic one-day encounter. Much of the batting was lacklustre on a surface that was less accommodating...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
Lancashire 276; Yorkshire 386-7 This Ashes series may have come too soon for Adil Rashid, but he underlined his credentials as a Test all-rounder of the near future with a maiden Roses century that made several small slices of history. Rashid's impressively patient 136 not out followed figures of five for 97 in Lancashire's first innings, the second time in consecutive championship matches that the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
Gerard Brophy and Adil Rashid compile a record Roses Match stand as Yorkshire rally against Lancashire at Headingley.
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