17-year-old Rehan Ahmed has been training with England 's ODI side, with the leg-spinner a potential long-term replacement for World Cup winner Adil Rashid.
At the age of 34, Rashid is entering the twilight of his career and, having been plagued by a chronic shoulder injury, it is important England start looking to the future. Matt Parkinson has been given a handful of opportunities but, having not been picked for the ODI series against India that Rashid missed in order to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, it appears England remain unconvinced by him.
Ahmed, meanwhile, was one of two wrist spinners named in the England Lions squad which faced South Africa in two 50-over warm-up matches earlier this month. He played in the first game, which England won by six wickets, and picked up an impressive 3-54 as he dismissed Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen and Janneman Malan.
