Bayliss hints at two England spinners

Coach Trevor Bayliss has hinted England may field two spinners in the second Test against Pakistan as the hosts chase a series-levelling victory at Old Trafford.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid, along with fit-again all-rounder Ben Stokes and paceman James Anderson, was called into England's 14-man squad following their 75-run defeat in the first Test at Lord's.

"I've always thought of playing two spinners (at home), at some stage. Pakistan have three left-arm pace bowlers, who created rough outside the off stump for (off-spinner) Moeen (Ali)," Bayliss told British media.

"So looking ahead, if we did happen to have two spinners, they could both play an important part for us."

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The hosts struggled against Yasir Shah's leg-spin at Lord's and will need to do better when the second Test begins on Friday.

Middle-order batsman James Vince scored 42 in the second innings but could not convert it into something big.

Vince averages 18.66 after four Tests but Bayliss has faith in the 25-year-old.

"I think it would be an injustice if he does not make it, but in the end it will be the number of runs that determine his longevity in the team," Bayliss said.

"If you ask anyone who has been in that situation they will say it is difficult to go out and play your natural game. You get caught between trying to do that, and going half after the ball and sometimes nicking off. He has some work to do."

Yorkshire's Rashid, who last played in a Test in November against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, has been included as a second spin option and is hoping to add to his three caps.

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Meanwhile, England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow believes his team's first Test defeat to Pakistan will "awaken the lion" when the second match gets underway in Manchester.

"Pakistan have landed the first punch in this series but we didn’t play anywhere near our best at Lord’s and we are determined to put that right in the next Test," Bairstow wrote in his column for The Daily Mail.

"When you get hit with that first blow it can awaken the lion, if you like, and I’d like to think that’s what will happen with us now. That defeat can inspire us."

While England's bowling attack will be bolstered by the return of Anderson and Stokes, it's the batting which Bairstow believes needs to improve most, after skipper Alastair Cook was the sole batsman to pass fifty in the first Test.

"It was the batting that let us down at Lord’s, we know that, and there were simply too many soft dismissals throughout the match for us to compete.

"We handed Pakistan some of our wickets which you just cannot do in Test cricket.

"We definitely felt we could win the Test when Chris Woakes and I were together on Sunday and if we could only have got through to the close that would have left us about another 40 to get on the last day. 

"It was in our sights. That’s why I was devastated when I was out."

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However, Bairstow gave credit to Pakistan's bowling attack, particularly new No.1 Test bowler Yasir Shah who claimed a 10-wicket haul.

"But Pakistan have a good attack and they bowled well. They got the ball to reverse swing, which is difficult to do at Lord’s, and their leg-spinner Yasir Shah proved a constant threat.

"It is up to us now not to help him by handing him our wickets. That includes me because I played a rubbish shot to him in the first innings — I haven’t tried to cut him like that before and I don’t know why I did it now — and felt good second time around until he got one through me again."

England squad: Alastair Cook (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Balance, Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes