Pakistan v England: Rehan Ahmed to become youngest man to play for England

Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed volition go the youngest antheral to play Test cricket for England aft being handed a debut successful the 3rd Test against Pakistan.

Ahmed and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes travel into the broadside successful Karachi successful spot of gait bowler James Anderson and all-rounder Will Jacks.

England person already won the bid and are looking for a 3-0 cleanable sweep.

No visiting squad has ever beaten Pakistan 3-0 successful their country, portion England person lone ever earned 3 erstwhile cleanable sweeps successful distant Test bid of 3 matches oregon more.

Leicestershire's Ahmed volition beryllium aged 18 years and 126 days erstwhile the Test begins connected Saturday. Former skipper Close was 18 years and 149 days erstwhile helium played against New Zealand astatine Old Trafford 73 years ago.

He has been named successful the England broadside contempt leaving grooming aboriginal connected Friday due to the fact that helium felt unwell.

Ahmed volition not beryllium the youngest idiosyncratic to play a Test for England - left-arm spinner Holly Colvin was 15 years and 336 days erstwhile she played for the women's squad against Australia successful 2005.

The Leicestershire antheral has played lone 3 first-class matches, taking 9 wickets astatine an mean of 30. He was portion of the England squad that reached the last of the Under-19 World Cup this twelvemonth and played for England Lions against the touring South Africans successful the location summer.

He was past named successful the England Lions squad for a grooming campy successful the United Arab Emirates and added to the afloat squad during a warm-up crippled successful Abu Dhabi successful November.

Ahmed adds a 2nd frontline spin-bowling enactment to the tourists' XI connected a Karachi transportation that is expected to turn.

He considers himself to beryllium a batter and made a period batting astatine fig 5 for Leicestershire against Derbyshire successful his past first-class lucifer successful September.

Meanwhile, erstwhile Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali has announced helium volition discontinue from Test cricket aft the last lucifer of the series.

Azhar, 37, has played 96 Tests, scoring 7,097 runs - lone 4 Pakistan batters person ever scored more.