Yousef Majid (born 8 September 2003) is an English cricketer who plays for

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. He is a left handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler.

Early life

Majid attended

Cranleigh School Cranleigh School is a Private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey. History It was opened on 29 September 1865 as a boys' school 'to provide a sound and plain education, on the principle ...

and was part of the 2022 Academy intake at Surrey. He made his Second XI debut in 2021. He has also played for Slough CC, Chesham CC, Cranleigh CC.

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. Majid made his List A debut on 2 August 2022 in the

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against

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at Guildford. He took a wicket with his fifth ball on debut.

International career

On 25 August 2022 Majid was called up to the England under-19 cricket team for the test series against Sri Lanka under-19s. In December 2022 he was selected for the England U-19s to play

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in January 2023 under head coach

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Majid, Yousef Living people 2003 births English cricketers Surrey cricketers People educated at Cranleigh School Cricketers from Slough 21st-century English sportsmen