"England Are Stronger With All-Round Package Liam Dawson": Michael Vaughan
"He is the kind of cricketer as a captain you say 'give me control, a few runs and you field nicely'," Vaughan told the 'Test Match Special' podcast.
"It is the all-round package and for this England side, and going forward to Australia, they are stronger with this style of cricketer in it." Dawson last featured in a Test match back in 2017 against South Africa and has since had a stop-start international career, having played three Tests, six ODIs, and 14 T20Is, taking a total of seven wickets in the longest format.
Bashir has been England's first choice spinner since last year. He is the last person to come out to bat for England with a top Test score of 13. Dawson, on the other hand, boasts of 18 first-class hundreds.
"On the pitches we are seeing in the UK and potentially Australia I want to see a batting line-up that is absolutely packed," Vaughan said.
"The over-spin of Bashir is very dangerous but what you require in this England team on the pitches they are playing is control.
"I don't think he (Dawson) is going to get six or seven-fors but he will get two or three. If the pitch breaks up he may get four or five-for."
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