Liam Dawson’s seventh ball in Test cricket, after eight years away, drifted in the air and then landed on an immaculate line outside Yashasvi Jaiswal’s off stump. The left-hander then shaped forward to defend,

Liam Dawson’s exile from Test cricket spanned 102 Tests, and eras. When he had last played, some of the names on either side – Alastair Cook and Gary Ballance, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, Morne Morkel – evoke another age.

In Bashir's absence, Dawson will earn his fourth Test cap, having made his most recent appearance in July 2017 against South Africa. As a left-arm spinner, he has 371 first-class wickets to his name, but has been especially prolific in recent seasons, with 12 of his 15 five-wicket hauls, including three ten-wicket matches, coming since 2021.

With all-rounder Liam Dawson marking his return to the Test side for the first time since 2017, it's worth looking back at his debut red-ball match for England. The spin-bowling all-rounder had marked his first Test appearance in Chennai in 2016 and it was the same fixture where Karun Nair hit a historic triple-century.

The veteran Hampshire left-arm spinner makes his first Test appearance in eight years as England seek a win in the fourth Test at Old Trafford that would give them an unassailable 3-1 lead and earn them the most important series victory in the three years under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.

England's Liam Dawson has been named in the team to play India in the fourth test of the series at Old Trafford, England's cricket board (ECB) announced on Monday, marking the spinner's first test appearance in eight years.

Liam Dawson did not take long to get a breakthrough on his return to Test cricket after eight long years. The all-rounder's instant impact garnered praise from former Indian cricketers.

His last Test wicket was so long ago he had forgotten about it. On Wednesday, he created a fresher, more cherished memory by dismissing Jaiswal