Yousef Majid

Yousef Majid

Personal information
Born	(2003-09-08) 8 September 2003 (age 21) Slough, Berkshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2022–present	Surrey (squad no. 68)
Only First-class	26 September 2024 Surrey v Essex
List A debut	2 August 2022 Surrey v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 1 19 Runs scored 5 31 Batting average 5.00 3.87 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 5 7 Balls bowled 180 852 Wickets 2 15 Bowling average 64.00 52.40 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/128 3/74 Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 September 2024

Yousef Majid (born 8 September 2003) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a left handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler.

Early life

Majid attended Cranleigh School and was part of the 2022 Academy intake at Surrey.^[1] He made his Second XI debut in 2021. He has also played for Slough CC, Chesham CC, Cranleigh CC.^[2]

Career

He was awarded a short term professional contract in the summer of 2022, this came after he took 10 wickets in two Second XI Championship games which included a second innings 6-54 at Radlett against Middlesex.^[3][4] Majid made his List A debut on 2 August 2022 in the 2022 One-Day Cup against Leicestershire at Guildford.^[5] He took a wicket with his fifth ball on debut.^[6]

International career

On 25 August 2022 Majid was called uo to the England under-19 cricket team for the test series against Sri Lanka under-19s.^[7] In December 2022 he was selected for the England U-19s to play Australia in January 2023 under head coach Michael Yardy.^[8]

References

1. "Yousef Majidl". kiaoval.com.
2. "ACADEMY PLAYER YOUSEF MAJID HAS BEEN REGISTERED FOR SURREY COUNTY CRICKET CLUB AND HAS GIVEN BEEN A SHORT-TERM CONTRACT FOR THE DURATION OF THE ROYAL LONDON ONE DAY CUP". kiaoval.com. 28 July 2022.
3. "Cricket: Surrey hand short-term contract to academy player Yousef Majid". londonnewsonline.co.uk. 28 July 2022.
4. "Middlesex second XI v Surrey second XI Radlett 38th game". Sec sports.com.
5. "royal london one day cup surrey-vs-leics-group a". espncricinfo.com.
6. "Youthful Surrey lose opening Royal London Cup game". Southwark News. 3 August 2022.
7. "Young Lions add five players to squad for second Test against Sri Lanka U19s". ECB.co.uk.
8. "JAMAL RICHARDS SET FOR ENGLAND U19S TOUR OF AUSTRALIA". essex cricket. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

External links

• Yousef Majid at ESPNcricinfo