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Rashid cites family illness for Championship absence
- Updated: September 19, 2016
Adil Rashid has defended his request to be omitted from Yorkshire’s final County Championship match of the season, against Middlesex at Lord’s starting tomorrow, citing a family illness as an additional reason for his absence.
Rashid, whose busy year has included stints with Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash and a leading role in England’s World T20 campaign in India, asked to be excused from Yorkshire’s potential County Championship decider because he needed to rest ahead of England’s tour of Bangladesh, which gets underway at the end of the month.
Yorkshire go into the final round needing victory against the current leaders, Middlesex, to have any chance of securing their third title in a row, and they will have to do so without the services of either Rashid or Jonny Bairstow, who was controversially refused permission by the ECB to take part in the contest.
Jason Gillespie, preparing for his final match as …
