Another Azeem to lead England in U-19 World Cup

[JeeraBlade]

Well, if Azeem Ghuman can lead Pakistan in U-19 World Cup next year, then England have named another Azeem -- Azeem Rafiq who was born in Karachi as the captain for the World Cup.

CC Under-19 World Cup 2009-10 Azeem Rafiq reinstated as captain Cricinfo staff December 16, 2009 Azeem Rafiq, the 18-year-old Yorkshire offspinner, has been named England's captain at next year's Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. A 15-man squad had already been announced last month. Rafiq, born in Karachi, has returned to the post he relinquished midway through England's recent one-day series in Bangladesh. He was first appointed captain for last summer's home one-day international series against the same opposition, which England lost 2-1. He had been embroiled in a registration row during the 2008 summer, having made his debut for Yorkshire in a crunch Twenty20 match against Nottinghamshire last season. Rafiq was subsequently found to be ineligible to play first-class cricket in England. The club were excluded from the Twenty20 Cup and fined £1000. England's first match in the group stages will be against Hong Kong on January 16, followed by Afghanistan on January 18 and India, the current World Cup holders, on January 20

http://www.cricinfo.com/u19wc2010/co...ry/439719.html

Azeem's Player Page:
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/354259.html

[ammarz]

".....it subsequently emerged that he was not properly registered and furthermore that he did not have a British passport and so, under ECB regulations, was ineligible to play for the county" from cricinfo

If that was the case then how was he able to represent England under 15 and under 17 as a player. guess someone wasnt paying attention to his passport then?!

[mindless slogging]

Originally Posted by ammarz ".....it subsequently emerged that he was not properly registered and furthermore that he did not have a British passport and so, under ECB regulations, was ineligible to play for the county" from cricinfo If that was the case then how was he able to represent England under 15 and under 17 as a player. guess someone wasnt paying attention to his passport then?!

Ahh, I remember this. This was the domestic T20 right? Apparently there is different registration for county matches than for U15/17 matches. He could represent and captain the juniors national side, but still needed registering to be eligible to play for his county. Boycott was furious at the abandonement of the game for that.

[dblock]

Has a thorough Yorkshire accent, big things are expected of him:

http://e.yimg.com/ni/icccricket/iccu...fiq-150110.mp3

[Yaser]

he's rated higher than Rashid, and can bat abit.