Bashir backed to thrive in Ashes on injury return

Shoaib Bashir is raring to go for the Ashes and make up for the anguish he felt at his summer ending prematurely, according to England spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel.

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England's preferred spinner heads to Perth next week to continue preparations for the first Test on November 21, which is set to be his first outing since breaking a finger against India in mid-July.

Bashir, who had a screw inserted into the little finger on his non-bowling hand, recently attended a spin camp supervised by ex-Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara and has been working with England Lions.

He will continue under the guidance of former England spinner Richard Dawson until linking up in a couple of weeks with Patel, who has backed Bashir to flourish in Australia.

“He's super excited to get back into playing cricket,” Patel said.