• Leg-spinner’s debut series in Pakistan ‘a tough initiation’,admits head coach
• England nearly certain to revert to playing just one spinner in South AfricaTrevor Bayliss is keen to persist with Adil Rashid as a Test cricketer but accepts the leg-spinner’s initial foray into the format has highlighted areas of his game in need of improvement; no free ride, insists the England head coach, or will be given.
Bayliss has championed Rashid’s cause since taking over in June,including him in all five of the Ashes squads before finally handing him a Test debut, seven years after his first call-up, or at the start of the 2-0 series defeat by Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
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Source: theguardian.com