London: Shane Warne has offered to work with England and help leg-spinner Adil Rashid build an international career.
England are employing former Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene to prepare their batsmen for the conditions they will face in the series against Pakistan. Andrew Strauss, the England director of cricket, and coaches Paul Farbrace and Trevor Bayliss are keen to use specialist coaches ad hoc, with Paul Collingwood set to join the squad for some of their one-day commitments this winter.
Warne has worked with bowlers around the world and spoke to Rashid, at the urging of Michael Vaughan, when he first broke into the Yorkshire side.
In recent times, Ian Salisbury and Chris Schofield had chances for England but did not carve out an international career. Rashid will make his Test debut in Abu Dhabi next week.
“Yes, 100 per cent I would like to work with him,” said Warne. “I spoke to him when he was a young kid, he was impressive. I help a lot of leg-spinners or general spinners during the year and I would love to help Adil Rashid if the opportunity arises. I hope he grabs his chance, it would be great to see England have a leg-spinner.”
— The Daily Telegraph
