ADIL RASHID is hoping to use the lessons learnt on his pilgrimage to Mecca to fire England to T20 World Cup glory this autumn.
Adil Rashid
The 34-year-old leggie was given special dispensation by the ECB and Yorkshire CCC to fulfil one of the five pillars of Islam during a busy summer of cricket.
It meant he missed out on T20 Blast matches for his county as well as both whiteball series against India earlier this month.
He has now returned to the fold, with team-mates asking plenty of questions about his Islamic tradition and how he coped with the searing heat that topped 45C (113F).
He has found that a few things have changed too, with a new captain in Jos Buttler as England start their build-up towards what will be Rashid’s fourth T20 World Cup in Australia in October.