Liam Dawson Joins England Test Squad after Shoaib Bashir Injury
Shoaib Bashir injured himself while attempting his own ball and tried to take a return catch while Ravindra Jadeja was batting on the third day of a Test between India and England of series India Tour of England 2025 at Lord’s. So let’s have a look at Liam Dawson Joins England Test Squad.
Liam Dawson, left arm spinner, has been replaced in the England squad against India for the fourth test at Old Trafford, Manchester. Dawson has been replaced by Shoaib Bashir because he has been ruled out from the series due to his left hand finger fracture injury.
Liam Dawson Last played in a Test was on July 27 against South Africa. He had played in three test matches and taken seven wickets. And also recently in the T20I series he played against the West Indies last month at Home. In the last two years he was a consistent performer for Hampshire and earned a PCA player of the award 2023 and 2024.
Liam Dawson,35, played 212 matches and took 371 wickets overall and also he was a handy batter down the order, and with the Top class average of 35.29 including 56 fifties and 18 centuries. After Shoaib Bashir injury incident also the Rehan Ahmed, Liam Dawson, and Tom Hartley are also in contention but they three have been decided to go with the Swindon-Born.
England’s Men’s National Selector, Luke Wright, spoke on selection of Liam Dawson and said Dawson is man from Hampshire has been selected for his own spot in the side. He said “Liam Dawson deserves his call-up” in an ECB statement. And also Dawson had been outstanding form in the County Championship and he consistently puts strong performances for Hampshire.
England’s squad for the fourth Test against India includes: Captain Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, and Chris Woakes.
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