Adil Rashid targets England Test return if long-term shoulder injury relents

The Yorkshire spinner has a white-ball only deal for 2020 but still has ambitions of again representing his country in the longest format

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Yorkshire's Adil Rashid remains hopeful of returning to the England Test team but concedes his ongoing shoulder issues could yet derail those ambitions.

The 32-year-old has only played one Test since 2018 - against West Indies in Bridgetown - having prioritised white-ball cricket in recent years.

Rashid did sign an all-format deal with Yorkshire for last season but didn't play a single County Championship match.

A shoulder problem meant his fitness was nursed before and during the 50-over World Cup, before he was ruled out of the rest of the campaign in August.

He ruled himself out of contention for the Tests in Sri Lanka, insisting "I've got to earn that right" having largely ignored red-ball cricket in recent years.

But despite much of Rashid's focus being on the men's T20 World Cup in October and November, the leg-spinner has not totally given up on a Test return.

"It's been very frustrating, but that happens in cricket. You have your ups and downs," he told BBC Radio Leeds.

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"It's not ideal but it's something I had to deal with and overcome.

"I can't decide a time. If the shoulder is better, it could be soon. If the shoulder's not great then I've still got to hold fire. 

"But like I say, I've still got that in me to play red-ball cricket and see where it takes me. So that's something in the future hopefully.

"It's all about the shoulder; we'll see how that goes. If the shoulder's holding well then there's always that potential of getting back into red-ball cricket for Yorkshire and then performing and getting a call back from England.

"But at this moment in time, it's pretty tough thinking about red-ball cricket, or playing it, because of the shoulder."

Jack Leach, Dom Bess and Matt Parkinson have travelled to Sri Lanka as England's front-line spinners for the two-Test series.

Rashid was only handed a white-ball deal in the most recent batch of central contracts awarded by the ECB. He was recalled to the fold in 2018 in controversial circumstances, having only committed to limited-overs cricket for that season.