England on Tuesday selected Rehan Ahmed as a 3rd slow-moving bowler for the series-deciding last Test versus Pakistan on a completely dry Rawalpindi pitch which is anticipated to take spin.
The 20-year-old leg-spinner will certainly create a three-pronged spin assault when the suit starts Thursday together with left-armer Jack Leach and off-break bowler Shoaib Bashir.
The three-match collection is degree at 1-1 after England won the initial Test by an innings and 47 runs in Multan.
Pakistan utilized the exact same pitch for the 2nd suit which they won by 152 runs, with their rewriters taking all 20 arches.
Seam bowler Gus Atkinson was remembered with quick bowlers Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts quiting of the side.
“There are two changes from the second Test in Multan with seamer Gus Atkinson returns and leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed is included,” claimed an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) declaration.
Ahmed, that took 5 arches on his Test launching in Karachi in England’s thumping 3-0 move of Pakistan in 2022, is consisted of for the very first time considering that a Test versus India in Rajkot previously this year.
England’s choice to generate a 3rd rewriter is triggered by an additional grass-less pitch prepared at Rawalpindi with Pakistan releasing industrial-sized followers and patio area heating systems to dry out the square.
England group for the 3rd Test: Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir
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