By Charles Randall

Rashid has taken 26 wickets in six first-class matches

There are plenty of clues that Adil Rashid, 19 at the start of the England A tour of Bangladesh, is still young as a professional cricketer.

The leg-spinning all-rounder has not yet met his new captain at Yorkshire, Darren Gough, let alone played on the same field.

And he does not know much about the incoming coach Martyn Moxon, the former England batsman who has been tempted back from Durham.

Facts about Rashid are not due to appear in the usual reference books until this spring, and he has remained largely anonymous in Bangladesh.

He has been nurtured by the management while he recovers from the back injury that was the price for his spectacular start in the County Championship last summer, including a six-wicket haul against Warwickshire on his debut at Scarborough.

Out in Bangladesh he has only bowled few overs and his batting has been almost non-existent outside the nets.

His only first-class appearance, limited by rain at Bogra, produced one wicket from 25.1 overs.

Nevertheless, the England selectors see great potential in Rashid, who is Bradford-born to Pakistani parents.

Peter Moores, the Academy director and England A coach, says: "What I like about Adil is his aggression as a cricketer in all three disciplines. Certainly you need the skills, but that aggressiveness in all three is quite rare."

If you're good enough to play in Yorkshire's first team, you'll get a chance, whatever colour, religion, whatever Adil Rashid

That might make it sound as if Rashid is a punchy, short-fused character off the field, but that is not the case.

He has simply found a way to express himself in cricket, exploiting a beautifully-grooved action that might take him to the very top.

Rashid had never played on the sub-continent before this tour, and it was perhaps fortunate for him that he was regarded as too young to join the England Under-19 one-day tour of Bangladesh last winter.

Results-wise, the trip was an utter embarrassment, with all eight matches lost to Bangladeshi opposition.

Though he performed well against India in the Under-19 home series last summer, Rashid admitted he was surprised by his Yorkshire call-up.

"I was very, very nervous on my debut. My hands were all sweaty and I was shaking all over at the start, but I got used to it," says Rashid.

"I'm quite proud to be the second [after Ismail Dawood] British-born Asian to play for Yorkshire in the championship.

"It shows that if you're good enough to play in Yorkshire's first team, you'll get a chance, whatever colour, religion or whatever."

The next step has been valuable experience with England A. On a slow, low strip at Bogra, leg-cutters from Rashid sometimes turned sluggishly past the bat, but a couple exploded off the outside edge past a surprised slip.

"I got a few to turn and bounce with extra effort. I think I've got to do that every ball instead of the occasional one. You have to put extra pace on the ball to make it zip."

The weather in Bangladesh has been like an English summer, a reminder of the season ahead, though Rashid has to gain Yorkshire selection in competition with Mark Lawson, another former England Under-19 player.

Perhaps the prize will be to talk to Shane Warne, his cricket hero. "Hopefully I'll meet him next season, if I play against him, and get a good few tips."