Pakistan has retained its spin-heavy team for Thursday’s series-deciding third test against England as both sides anticipate another dry wicket that will suit the slow bowlers.

England have included three spinners in their team for their third and final test match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, with Rehan Ahmed being recalled, the England and Wales cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday.

England captain Ben Stokes believes the series-deciding third Test against Pakistan starting Thursday will boil down to a spin battle on a Rawalpindi pitch likely to favour slow bowlers.

England prepare to take on Pakistan in a decider third Test at Rawalpindi, but this time around the hosts think they have found the means to unravel Bazball: a spinning pitch. Rawalpindi is traditionally among the flattest pitches in world cricket,

England have included three spinners in their team for their third and final test match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, with Rehan Ahmed being recalled, the England and Wales cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday.

Thereafter, however, England mustered 224 for 18 wickets in the remainder of the match, as they ran smack into a pinpoint one-two combo from Pakistan's spinners, Sajid Khan and Noman Ali. Ordinarily,