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Matthew Cooper

England urged to select spinner who Shane Warne 'really rated' and 'bamboozles batters'

England have been urged to finally hand a Test debut to Matt Parkinson this summer by former coach David Lloyd.

Parkinson was first named in an England Test squad back in 2019 but remains uncapped despite England's struggles to find a consistently threatening spinner. The 25-year-old boasts an impressive first-class record of 102 wickets at an average of 23.35, having only played 32 matches since debuting for Lancashire in 2016.

Last year, he took 36 wickets at an average of 20.55 in the County Championship and Shane Warne, the greatest leg-spinner of all time, had spoken highly of Parkinson's skills. He has the ability to generate massive turn and has already taken a whole host of eye-catching wickets during his career so far.

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