Talented young Wakefield Thornes batsman plays big part in Yorkshire juniors success
Wakefield Thornes’ talented teenage batter Safi Abrar has done his prospects of a future full-time cricket career a world of good with some stellar performances for the Yorkshire CCC Academy and under 16s in 2026.
Abrar has hit four outstanding centuries in the season just finished and played a big part in helping the white rose county’s U16s side to triumph in the ECB County Cup.
In their semi-final against Staffordshire, he made an impressive 68 and followed that up with an even better 89 in the final against Surrey at Loughborough, top scoring when Yorkshire posted a 259-7 total from their 50 overs and went on to win by 81 runs.
This saw them complete an unbeaten season as they had won all eight of their group games before going onto knockout success.
Safi has also had an outstanding season with the Yorkshire Academy, scoring two hundreds as he hit 109 against Nottinghamshire at Weetwood Academy and 162 against Ireland U19s at Moor Farm, Strensall, York.
In addition, he has made two centuries at U16s level, against Northamptonshire and Durham.
Safi’s performances saw him get to play at the home of cricket when he was selected for the state schools side against the MCC team at Lord’s.