Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed pose England with a rare quandary over spin bowling | Cricket News

If there is one positive to come from England’s tour of India, it is that Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum know they now have a surfeit of spin options enjoyed by few other Test captains or head coaches in the team’s history. In a country where conditions mean seam tends to dominate and spinners have,…

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Essex considers granting Jahid Ahmed access to independent report into racism at the club | Cricket News

Essex are considering granting Jahid Ahmed access to an independent report into racism at the club. Allegations of racial discrimination from Ahmed, along with Zoheb Sharif and Maurice Chambers, led to Essex commissioning Katharine Newton KC to investigate back in 2021. Her report, published last Friday, found former Essex players including Ahmed, were subject to…

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Rehan Ahmed: England add Leicestershire leg-spinner to men’s Lord’s Ashes Test squad

Leicestershire leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed has been added to the England Men’s squad for the second Ashes Test against Australia at Lord’s as cover for spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali. Ahmed, 18, who made his Test debut with a five-wicket haul in the third Test against Pakistan in Karachi last winter, will join the rest of the…

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