Umer Rashid
Umer Bin Abdul Rashid (6 February 1976 – 1 April 2002) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex and Sussex County Cricket Clubs.
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| Full name | Umer Bin Abdul Rashid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1976 Southampton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 April 2002 (aged 26) Concord Falls, Grenada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1995–1998 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 9 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rashid played as an allrounder who bowled slow left-arm orthodox and batted left-handed. He was a member of the Marcus Trescothick led 1995 Under-19 series against South Africa. In one of the games he struck 64 from number 11 and made 97 not out in another. With the ball he took 10 for 71 in one of the unofficial Test matches played.
His first-class debut came in 1996 for Middlesex before he moved to Sussex in 1999. He made 2 centuries in his career, an innings of 110 against Glamorgan and 106 at Chester-le-Street. His slow left arm bowling gave him 49 first-class wickets and a best of 5 for 103 against Northampton.
In 2002 Sussex travelled to Grenada for a pre-season tournament. He had been swimming at a popular tourist spot Concord Falls when his brother Burhan got into trouble. Rashid drowned attempting to rescue him.[1][2]
References
- Dellor, Ralph (2 April 2002). "Another cricket tragedy as Umer Rashid is drowned". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- Sussex all-rounder dies, BBC Sport, 2 April 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.