England have been told to hand 18-year-old leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed a debut in their third and final Test against Pakistan, having been warned it would be a "waste for him to come here and sit out all three Tests".
Ahmed, who has only played three first-class games for Leicestershire, is a highly rated young prospect and would become England's youngest men's Test debutant if he were to play in the last game in Karachi. Former captain Brian Close currently holds that record, having made his debut in 1949 against New Zealand at the age of 18 years and 149 days.
When he was named in the squad, England acknowledged Ahmed was "nowhere near the finished article" and perhaps even "four or five years off being the finished product", but insisted they "believe he can play and do a good job for us with bat and ball" if called upon during the series.
