ADIL RASHID wants to play as much cricket as possible in a bid to build up his confidence.
The Yorkshire leg-spinner is pre-season training with county colleagues less than a week after arriving back from a frustrating tour of South Africa with the full England squad.
He only bowled one competitive over on the whole tour which went for 25 during a Twenty20 international at Centurion in mid-November.
For the rest of the trip he was consigned to the twelfth man duties, and was subsequently omitted for the tour of Bangladesh.
“I wasn’t too disappointed (to be left out),” said the 21 year-old. “I knew that if I didn’t go to Bangladesh I would be able to go to Abu Dhabi (with the England Lions) and then Barbados with Yorkshire to play some games.
“Personally, the more I bowl the more confident I get.
I didn’t get that opportunity in South Africa, so hopefully in this pre-season and (county) season I’ll get to bowl more.”
Selected as a back-up to Graeme Swann for the recent tour, he slipped down the pecking order to fall behind Kent off-spinner James Tredwell who was only called up as injury cover.
And Yorkshire director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon has expressed his concerns over the player’s handling in the last week.
Rashid continued: “It was very frustrating, but it would have been frustrating for anyone.
It can be part and parcel of being an England cricketer.
It’s behind me now, and I’m looking to the future.”
Yorkshire chief executive Stewart Regan, meanwhile, has revealed the club are looking to bring in a replacement overseas signing to cover the absence of Ryan Harris for the first month of the county season.
But he does not expect that to be South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel.
■ Scarborough Cricket Club is to receive a facelift at the hands of the biggest volunteer programme in British sport.
As the famous old North Marine Road ground prepares to stage its 124th annual festival this year, NatWest CricketForce is to organise the improvement of facilities over the weekend of March 26-28.
Members, friends and families, plus local and national businesses, are being encouraged to help in a project which is seen as crucial to the future of cricket at Scarborough.
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