Leicestershire leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed has been added to the England Men鈥檚 Test squad for the second LV= Insurance Men鈥檚 Ashes Test against Australia starting at Lord鈥檚 on Wednesday 28 June 2023 as cover for spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali.聽
Ahmed, 18, who made his Test debut in the final Test against Pakistan in Karachi last winter, will join the rest of the squad this weekend in London.
England Men's Ashes Test Squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Moeen Ali (Warwickshire)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Dan Lawrence (Essex)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Josh Tongue (Worcestershire)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Mark Wood (Durham)
LV= Insurance Men鈥檚 Ashes Series
1st Test: England v Australia, 16-20 June, Edgbaston, Birmingham (Australia won by two wickets)
2nd Test: England v Australia, 28 June-2 July, Lord鈥檚, London
3rd Test: England v Australia, 6-10 July, Headingley, Leeds
4th Test: England v Australia, 19-23 July, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
5th Test: England v Australia, 27-31 Kia Oval, London