Following further discussions between the England selectors this morning, it has been decided that Adil Rashid will join the England Performance Squad in Abu Dhabi later today.
Rashid, 20, the Yorkshire leg-spinner, has been added to a party of nine Performance Squad members, which includes:
Ravinder Bopara (Essex)
Mark Davies (Durham)
Robert Joseph (Kent)
Amjad Khan (Kent)
Sajid Mahmood (Lancashire)
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
Liam Plunkett (Durham)
Oliver Rayner (Sussex)
Alan Richardson (Middlesex)
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