Overview
- Multiple outlets report Ahmed is being considered ahead of Liam Dawson for a spin-bowling berth in the 2025–26 tour to Australia.
- His Leicestershire season featured five centuries and 23 wickets in the Championship, underpinning his case after the county sealed Division Two.
- He last played a Test in October 2024 in Rawalpindi, with England recently opting for Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir and Dawson as frontline spinners.
- Michael Atherton has voiced doubts about his red-ball fit, casting him more as Adil Rashid’s successor in white-ball cricket.
- Coach Brendon McCullum says Ben Stokes and Mark Wood are expected to be fit for the tour, with the squad largely settled and a decision on a second spinner pending.