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.

Umer Rashid
Personal information
Full name
Umer Bin Abdul Rashid
Born(1976-02-06)6 February 1976
Southampton, England
Died1 April 2002(2002-04-01) (aged 26)
Concord Falls, Grenada
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–1998Middlesex
1999–2001Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 41 71
Runs scored 1,421 594
Batting average 25.37 14.48
100s/50s 2/7 0/1
Top score 110 82
Balls bowled 4,216 3091
Wickets 49 73
Bowling average 42.30 33.34
5 wickets in innings 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/103 5/24
Catches/stumpings 12/– 23/–
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

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  1. ^ Dellor, Ralph (2 April 2002). "Another cricket tragedy as Umer Rashid is drowned". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  2. ^ Sussex all-rounder dies, BBC Sport, 2 April 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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