Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts dropped and Gus Atkinson recalled as England chase series victory in Rawalpindi
Leg-spinner Ahmed and seamer Gus Atkinson come into England’s XI for the third and final Test that starts in Rawalpindi on Thursday in place of Brydon Carse and Matt Potts.
Pakistan have been attempting to replicate the used surface that worked so well for them in Multan last week byOn Tuesday the heaters had gone and the fans were not on when both England and Pakistan trained. But the pitch was left uncovered and exposed to the sun as the hosts try to make what is traditionally one of the flattest surfaces in world cricket spicier for the final match of this series.“They’ve had the rakes out, the fans and the heaters on the pitch,” he said.
Ahmed, 20, will only be playing his fifth Test since debuting as a teenager in Karachi two years ago, when he took aand a 3-0 series clean sweep. His last appearance came against India at Rajkot in February, when he took three for 193 across both innings of a match Stokes’ men lost by 434 runs.
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