Rashid was heavily criticised after he asked to be rested instead of playing in the title-deciding fixture at the end of the 2016 County Championship season, which Yorkshire went on to lose.

“It’s something I felt I had to do, and has been inside me for a little while,” Rashid said. “The enjoyment, the spark, the buzz. All that came into it. I couldn’t go through another season doing this.”

However, the leg-spinner did leave the door open on a possible return to red-ball cricket in the future, adding: “It’s not a permanent thing. It’s for this season, to see how it goes.  If it changes I could be going back to red-ball cricket next season. That’s a long way away, and a lot can change. At this moment in time I’m very content with what I’m doing.”