Overview
- Bashir left Somerset to sign a two-year deal with Derbyshire to secure first-team playing time.
- Derbyshire head coach Mickey Arthur praised him as a "national treasure" and predicted "massive" growth.
- He was named England's only frontline spinner for the Ashes but did not play, with Will Jacks providing spin in a 4-1 series loss.
- After the tour he spent a week in Zimbabwe with former Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed to refine his action, then added extra pre-season nets in Derby.
- Bashir says he has a "massive ambition" to play for England, with the spinner role unsettled for home Tests against New Zealand in June and Pakistan in August and September as Jack Leach, Jacks, Rehan Ahmed and Liam Dawson also contend.