Adil drops red alert!
13-8fav Prominent, went 2nd over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, not much room and lost 2nd inside final furlong, unable to quicken, stayed on same pace, 5th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Nonios at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan. 3-1 Tracked leaders, effort on inner over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Shamrokh at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol. 33-1 Steadied start, held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway on outside over 1f out, edged left and went 2nd well inside final furlong, not quite reach winner, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Nonios at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
9-4fav Mid-division, switched outside and headway inside final 2f, ridden 1f out, stayed on to challenge and every chance inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 8, hd behind Langlauf at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb ‘17. 11-2 Held up behind, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon clear, stayed on strongly, won at Bath 1m 2f Handicap (6yo+) (5) gs in Aug beating Silver Dixie by 8l, 7 ran. 5-1 Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden under 2f out and no impression 1f out, no extra, kept on one pace final furlong, 7th of 13, 9l behind Uncle Henry at Dundalk 1m 4f mdn stks pol in Jan. 5-1 Led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 8l behind Mambo Dancer at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-85 (4).
14-1 Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on and no impression, 4th of 8, 9l behind Eynhallow at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jul. LEGSPINNING all-rounder Adil Rashid will not play red-ball cricket for Yorkshire in 2018.
Rashid, now a firm fixture in England’s one-day and T20 teams, approached Director of Cricket Martyn Moxon to outline his plans for the forthcoming campaign.
These new terms were accepted and the club will now work with Rashid to facilitate his request, with a review of the situation anticipated to take place in the Autumn.
The club remain firmly in favour of Rashid continuing to play redball cricket for the county in future, but are in the process of renegotiating a contract which reflects his decision to solely play white ball cricket this year.
“It’s obviously Adil’s decision,” said Moxon. “He contacted me recently and explained that he wanted to focus solely on whiteball cricket and concentrate on becoming the best white-ball cricketer he could possibly be.
“From my point of view it’s disappointing because I think Adil has got the ability to play in all three formats of the game, not only at county level, but also at international level.”
Rashid, who took six wickets on his First Class debut against Warwickshire in 2006 and has amassed 38 dismissals in 10 Test matches for England, hopes this newly-fashioned approach will pay off.
“It’s for this season coming and to see how it goes,” said Rashid.
“At this moment in time in my career, I just feel that white-ball cricket is where I am best, enjoying it most and where I feel I can develop and offer a lot more.
“That was my main thought process. It’s not me saying I’m finished from red ball, it’s just me saying that this summer I’m going to concentrate on white ball and see where that takes me.
“England and Trevor Bayliss were happy with the decision.”