Geoffrey Boycott labels Adil Rashid a ‘spoilt child’ over Michael Vaughan row as England recall furore continues

Former England captain Vaughan has criticised the decision to recall Rashid even though he is not playing country cricket for Yorkshire this season

Geoffrey Boycott has labelled Adil Rashid a 'spoilt child' following his England recall (PA)

Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott has labelled Adil Rashid a “spoilt brat” and told him to “keep his mouth shut” following his surprising recall to the Test side for the imminent series against India.

Rashid decided against playing red-ball cricket for Yorkshire this season in what has since been revealed to be an ugly falling out between the spin bowler and the county side. But he has continued to excel for England in the one-day series against India, and has win himself a Test recall as a result for the first Test that begins on Wednesday.

That decision by the ECB board of selectors has led to plenty of debate over whether Rashid should be in consideration for the Test side when he is not playing any four-day county cricket, with 77-year-old Boycott and former England captain Michael Vaughan proving to be his harshest critics.

“How could he expect Yorkshire to welcome that news? He should reverse the roles and put himself in their position instead of thinking about himself. It makes him look like a spoilt brat,” Boycott wrote.

“Not only has he put two fingers up to Yorkshire by not playing four-day cricket, Adil is now not available for Yorkshire’s Twenty20 matches. He still doesn’t get it that he won’t play for Yorkshire but will play for England and thinks Yorkshire should be thrilled for him.

“He is already thinking of moving on so don’t wait for him to make the decision - just tell him he can go. He has no allegiance to Yorkshire.

“Michael Vaughan criticised him, so he hit out like a spoilt child saying Michael is stupid and nobody listens to him. Trashing a great England captain and superb batsman doesn’t go down well with the cricketing public.

“Let me tell Adil that Vaughan will be remembered as one of the greatest England captains and an elegant, superb batsman. In 10 years nobody will remember Adil’s Test-match performances. He has played 10 Test matches, taken 38 wickets at an average of 42.78 runs. He has been expensive and not a match-winner.”

Adil Rashid is set to return to the Test side against India (Reuters)

Vaughan’s initial criticism produced a response from Rashid, who labelled his criticism “stupid”, and Vaughan has since taken a second swipe at the 30-year-old by claiming his selection is a “stab in the chest” of county cricket.

"If I'm stupid to suggest that he should have played a four-day game leading into a Test series against the number one team in the world – I firmly believe the cricketing world has gone nuts if he thinks he doesn't have to do that,” he said on BBC Radio Five Live.

"This all could have been put to bed if England had sat him down and said he has to play in that four-day game.

"I cannot be wrong that I'm asking someone to prepare their body, their mind.

Michael Vaughan hit out at Rashid's recall (Getty)

"It's not just me that has criticised him so he can come at me all he wants, but it's our job to have an opinion and my opinion is that if someone is not playing four-day cricket in our schooling ground to prepare Test match cricketers, I don't think you should be able to play in a Test match."

Rashid has not played a first-class cricket match since last September, but was England’s leading wicket-taker in the recent one-day series victory over India and also topped the charts when England last faced India in a Test series in 2016.