‘Test cricket isn’t on my radar’ – Why Liam Dawson isn’t worried about England coming calling

Liam Dawson has built up an excellent record in first-class cricket but it is now six years since his last Test match. He speaks to Yas Rana after a career-best performance against Middlesex about spin bowling in England and not fretting about the prospect of a Test return.

When Jack Leach went down in the build-up to the Ashes, Ben Stokes immediately fired out a text to Moeen Ali, an off-spinning all-rounder who had not played a red-ball game in two years. Two weeks later, when concerns heightened over the durability of Moeen’s spinning finger, Rehan Ahmed, an 18-year-old leggie averaging more than 65 with the ball in Division Two of the County Championship in 2023, was brought in as cover

Full Story »