Test teen Rehan Ahmed gets England white-ball call-up

Test teen Rehan Ahmed gets England white-ball call-up

England have named 18-year-old legspinner Rehan Ahmed of their white-ball squads for the primary time forward of the tour of Bangladesh.

Ahmed grew to become England’s youngest males’s Test cricketer when he lined up in opposition to Pakistan in Karachi in December aged simply 18 years and 126 days and marked the event by taking a five-wicket haul.

The Leicestershire spinner had performed simply three first-class matches earlier than making his Test debut, however has barely extra expertise in white-ball cricket having performed 19 T20 matches and 7 List A video games for his county.

Lancashire quick bowler Saqib Mahmood has additionally been included within the ODI squad for the primary time because the again stress fracture he suffered in May.

The 25-year-old is at present with the England Lions in Sri Lanka, however has not bowled up to now throughout the red-ball sequence.

Somerset’s Tom Abell, who is ready to captain the England Lions within the upcoming ODI sequence in Sri Lanka, has obtained his maiden call-up for each the ODI and T20 squads.

There was no place for Alex Hales nevertheless, who is ready to play franchise cricket within the Pakistan Super League after solely returning to the nationwide set-up final summer time.

Hales performed a vital function in England’s T20 World Cup victory in Australia in November after a constructive leisure medication take a look at on the eve of the 2019 World Cup resulted in three-and-a-half years within the worldwide wilderness.

Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Jason Roy have been additionally chosen by PSL franchises, however have been included for the tour of Bangladesh.

James Vince was named as a part of the ODI squad after not that includes in the newest 50-over sequence in South Africa.

England will play three ODIs and three T20s in Bangladesh from March 1 to 14, which would be the first T20 matches since Jos Buttler’s facet grew to become world champions in November.

ODI Squad: Jos Buttler (Lancashire, captain), Tom Abell (Somerset), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Sam Curran (Surrey), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Reece Topley (Surrey), James Vince (Hampshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

T20I Squad: Jos Buttler (Lancashire, captain), Tom Abell (Somerset), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Surrey), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Reece Topley (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

Source: www.perthnow.com.au