Azeem Rafiq

Azeem Rafiq

Azeem Rafiq in 2017
Personal information
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
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.