Shoaib Bashir: 'I couldn't believe Flintoff was in front of me, calling me by my nickname'

England's newest spin recruit on living a crazy dream, having been picked for the Test tour of India after only six first-class matches Last December, the punt was on Rehan Ahmed. Just 18 years old, the precocious leg-spinner was handed a debut against Pakistan in Karachi and the results were immediate: a five-wicket haul for England's youngest men's Test cricketer. It was stirring stuff, but also entirely in keeping with Ahmed's progression. He'd already been picked out as something special by ...