Saqib Mahmood is hoping this is the summer he finally establishes himself as a first choice in England’s T20 set-up.
The Lancashire seamer took three wickets for 22 runs in Wednesday’s Vitality series opener against India at Chester-le-Street, which was washed out before England had a chance to start chasing 190, dismissing Sanju Samson, top-scorer Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Verma.