Rehan Ahmed is in contention to be included in England's squad for this winter's Ashes series in Australia.

It is understood Ahmed is in the frame ahead of Liam Dawson, who played the fourth Test of the drawn series with India after Shoaib Bashir broke his finger.

The all-rounder has had an impressive summer with bat and ball for his county Leicestershire, who were this week confirmed as champions of Division Two of the County Championship.

Rehman has also featured for England in white-ball matches this summer, including in the T20I win on Wednesday against Ireland .

Ahmed has not played for the Test side since the fifth Test against Pakistan in October 2024, with England favouring Tom Hartley, Bashir and most-recently Dawson as their front-line spin option.

England coach Brendon Mc

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