There will be only one specialist fast and three first-choice spinners for the tourists going into the series final.
For the third and final Test match against Pakistan, which starts in Rawalpindi on Thursday, England has made two changes to their starting lineup.
England has chosen to bring back leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed to join Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir in a three-pronged slow bowling assault because spin is predicted to be a key factor in the series finale.
England has made two changes to their starting lineup for their third and final Test match against Pakistan, which gets underway in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
Since spin is expected to play a major role in the series finale, England has decided to bring back leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed to join Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir in a three-pronged slow bowling attack.”Each person looks at the wicket and says something different. It should be like any other Pakistani pitch, Brook hoped.
“It’s good to bat on for the first few days and then hopefully, we can get a bit of turn out of it at the back end of the game.”Pakistan is currently ranked eighth in the ICC World Test Championship standings, while England is ranked fifth.
England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.
