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Nasser Rasool
Nasser Rasool (17th july 1991) is a cricketer who currently plays for shiregreen in his 2nd season after his successful run in wingerworth in sheffield and derbyshire league in 2008 with bat and bowl scoring 170 runs (10 games) averaging 29.00 with bat and 19 wickets averaging 15.01 with the ball. His performance are still remembered for his career best bowling (5-5) against yulgrave lodge and career best score 56 against chesterfield barbarians, according to Nasser his best performance in his entire career. He is known as one of the most feared and the most accurate bowler in doncaster & sheffield premier division.

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Early/Personal life
Nasser has 8 brothers and 2 sisters. Hedar Rasool is his brother who also plays for shiregreen as a batsman. All except two of the brothers are younger than him. His mother is a house worker and his dad used to work in factories His brother Ali (4th eldest) spend a lot of time with him playing cricket when he was 7 and taught him the basics about bowling and batting. he used to be a batsman when he was young which his schoolmates used to call him 'afridi'. When he was in school, he used to make runs by slogging and made quick fifties when opening the batting. he couldn't bowl then but his brother taught him how to. Nasser used to spend most of his childhood watching cricket on videos and attend other clubs where his brother Hedar used to play and watch him also supported him. Hedar wanted him to learn how to bowl as he had a natural in swing whilst bowling to his brother Ali so he used to make him bowl at him for hours and slowly became a bowler. All he wanted to learn then was how to grow his pace so he used to watch his favourite bowlers Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis of how they swing the ball both ways and used to practise it in his backyard. In his school, he was recognised as the most quickest and sharpest bowler they ever faced.

First professional cricket
he used to play for his school Fir Vale and took 3 wickets on his debut at the age of 12. His brother Hedar took him to caribbean training camp and recommended for him to play their U15s team. In 2004 (his 1st season in caribbeans) he didn't have much contribution in his first season as he never used to bat or bowl. In 2005 after he original captain left, he came back into the team and had a successful year with the bowl taking at least 20 wickets and the match against wath is remembered as he heroically bowled their main batsman middle stumps of the ground after them needing 6 runs in last over and Nasser won them the match. 2006 season he again had a successful year with the bowl with 19 wickets in his name. his worse hit form was the next year 2007 where he injured himself in under 17s trying to stop the bowl and resulted him stepping on the bowl, lost balance and twisted his ankle. After missing two matches he played with an injury not healed as he was needed for big games such as sheffield collegiate and whittley hall (top two best teams in their league). his form slumped as he got expensive in that season and taking less wickets which he only took 10 wickets. 2008 was his last game after he retired from under 17/15 and wanted to play for mens team.

Wingerworth career
he was going to play for caribbean 2nd XI after his impressive career in his under 17/15s team. whilst Nasser returning home from school he saw Steve Taylor (coach of Hedar) outside his garden and Steve wanted him to play for his team wingerworth. he wanted to play for caribbeans but his brother wanted him to play for Steve's team. Nasser agreed. he opened the bowling in his first game against baslow and took a wicket in his first over. This won him praise even though he lost the match. after 5-6 weeks which he was out of cricket, he played against chesterfield barbarians at home and he played without a helmet for the first time hitting 56 which almost won them the game but lost by 7 runs after he got out when needing 10 runs. he got more praised and recognised not just from his teammates but from other clubs too. he carried on performing with bat and bowl especially the most remembered performance with the bowl (5-5) against yulgrave lodge. this earned him young player of the year award as he won nearly all of the votes and won best bowling averages.

Move to shiregreen
Hedar wanted Nasser to come play for his team shiregreen and waiting at least 5 months for his transfer from Wingerworth to come. It arrived before 4 games of season starting and he had permission to play for them. his form with the bowl earned him praise as he took 2-20 in his first season whilst opening the bowling (which he wasn't supposed to but one of their opening bowler was late. his most remembered match ever is when playing for 1st team playing in his first game for them against wickersley 2nds in south yorkshire division 1. shiregreen making 201-5 with his brother Hedar smashing 85 in that match. Wickersley was on their way to victory with needing 31 of 11 overs (170-4) they used Nasser at this situation when they thought the game was over as they have lost. eventually Nasser took 3 wickets for 12 runs in his 7 overs to restrict them from 170-4 to 192-9 winning the match by 9 runs. This made him a star. he also took his career best 6-26 for 2nds against scholes which resulted their relegation of that division. His bowling was in rapid form but his batting slumped as he only made 96 runs averaging 9. he is currently playing in his second year continuing his rapid form with the ball.

Cup game
His performance in cup games was positive especially his 5 wickets for 12 runs in the semi final against sheffield civil service which they proceeded into the final. his performance was not repeated in the the final but his figures was 8-0-29-0 was economical. they lost in the final against caribbeans by 2 wickets which eventually shiregreen should have won as they restricted them from 50-2 to 113-8 chasing 156. he stated "from my point of view and everyones point of view, shiregreen should have won but well played caribbeans to win the final and because of the spectators that gave us support in the final and a massive praise to our team for performing well with bat, bowl and field".