Shoaib Bashir made his England Test debut against India in February 2024
Shoaib Bashir has become one of the more intriguing subplots of England's car crash of an Ashes tour: present, discussed, but so far untouched.
The off-spinner is an untested theory, an idea, or even a hunch. A high release point, yet to actually release a meaningful Ashes delivery.
The 22-year-old has again been left out of England's side for the fourth Test in Melbourne starting on 26 December.
"They have got themselves into this no-win situation where Bashir's now become sort of unselectable and that's not a good thing," former England spinner Phil Tufnell told the Test Match Special podcast.
