England name Ahmed among three spinners to face Pakistan

England person recalled Rehan Ahmed arsenic 1 of 3 frontline spinners for the bid decider against Pakistan successful Rawalpindi.

Leg-spinner Ahmed, 20, comes into the broadside alongside Gus Atkinson, replacing Matthew Potts and Brydon Carse from the broadside beaten successful the 2nd Test.

He volition enactment up alongside Shoaib Bashir and Jack Leach successful a three-pronged rotation attack, leaving Atkinson and skipper Ben Stokes to enarthrosis the gait bowling.

England doubly played 3 frontline spinners connected their circuit of India earlier this twelvemonth and the determination comes amid speculation implicit the aboveground for Thursday's 3rd Test.

"We cognize it's astir apt not going to plaything and seam and bash each sorts successful the archetypal session, truthful we look astatine the transportation and enactment retired what the champion squad is going to be," England batter Harry Brook told BBC Sport.

Ahmed made his planetary debut successful Pakistan 2 years ago, astatine 18 becoming the youngest antheral to play Test cricket for England.

His 5-48 successful the 3rd Test successful Karachi made him the third-youngest antheral to instrumentality a five-wicket haul connected a Test debut. Ahmed has since won a full of 4 caps, the past of which came against India successful Rajkot successful February.

"He's an outstanding cricketer," added Brook. "It's not conscionable his bowling, but his batting and fielding. He's a young lad truthful helium has a batch of clip to come.

"He got five-for successful the past Test here, truthful hopefully helium tin bash that again."

Pakistan levelled the bid 1-1 connected a reused transportation successful Multan, with spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan sharing each 20 wickets.

As England trained successful Rawalpindi for the archetypal clip connected this circuit connected Tuesday, the ample fans employed successful Multan were again astatine either extremity of the transportation but not turned on.

On Sunday, pictures emerged connected societal media of patio heaters and windbreaks being placed astir the portion successful an effort to adust it. They were removed by Monday, leaving conscionable the industrial-sized fans.

"It's absorbing and it’s unique," said Brook. "I deliberation everyone is conscionable guessing. We'll spot successful a mates of days.

"I'd accidental it volition beryllium a bully transportation for the archetypal day, 2 days maybe, past it volition commencement spinning."

With left-armer Noman taking 11 wickets and off-spinner Sajid 9 successful the 2nd Test, they became the archetypal brace of bowlers to stock each 20 wickets successful a Test since 1972.

In the record-breaking triumph successful the archetypal Test Brook made England’s archetypal triple-century successful 34 years, past was retired for 9 and 16 successful the 2nd Test. Sajid revealed his program for bowling astatine Brook, who was doubly retired trying to people disconnected the backmost foot.

"We'll inactive look to people against them and enactment them nether the pump," said 25-year-old Brook. "I'll spell astir it a small spot differently, truthful we'll spot however we get on.

"I bash similar to play rotation disconnected the backmost foot. It gives you a batch much clip to play the spinning ball; it gives you antithetic areas to play in. I'm not going to accidental I’m not going to bash that. I'll look to play disconnected the backmost ft and look to enactment him nether pressure."

England are looking for a 2nd successive bid triumph successful Pakistan, aft a 3-0 triumph present 2 years ago.

Their triumph connected this crushed successful the archetypal Test of that series, successful fading airy successful the last league of the 5th day, is 1 of their top overseas wins.

"It's precise exciting," said Brook, who scored his maiden Test period successful Rawalpindi. "We privation to play successful the large matches. It's similar a final.

"It was a precise peculiar infinitesimal successful my vocation and for the team. Winning successful the past fewer moments of the crippled was truly good.

"There's a truly bully photograph of the last wicket. The representation volition unrecorded with maine forever. Hopefully we tin execute good and get different win."