Haseeb Hameed

In September 2016, Hameed was named in England's Test squad for their tour to Bangladesh.[12] His subsequent debut came in England's following tour of India.

Hameed became the youngest debutant to open for England in a Test match, when he played in the first Test against India at Rajkot on 9 November 2016.[13]

On 12 November 2016, the fourth day of the first Test, Hameed scored his maiden Test half century, becoming the third youngest England batsman to reach 50 runs. He eventually was dismissed for 82; this followed on from a promising debut innings of 31.[14] In the second Test, he made 13 in England's first innings, before making 25 in the second innings. In the third Test, he was dismissed for nine in the first innings as England made 283. He broke his finger in his 1st innings dismissal but still went on to score an unbeaten half century batting, below his usual opening position, at number 8 in the second innings.[15] It was later announced he would miss the rest of the tour after flying home to have surgery on his finger.[16]

Hameed made his return to the England squad for the Test series against New Zealand in 2021, but did not feature in any Test before being named again in the squad for the series against India. He also scored a century for the County Select XI in a warmup match against India before the series.[17] Brought into the team for the second Test, he was bowled out for a first ball duck in the first innings, before going on to make 9 runs in his second innings of the match.[18] For the third test of the series, he was promoted to opener in the batting order, and responded by scoring 68 runs, making a 135 run first wicket stand alongside Rory Burns - England's highest since Hameed's 2016 stand of 180 alongside Alastair Cook in Rajkot.[19]

Hameed was selected for the 2021–22 Ashes.[20] In the 1st test at the Gabba Hameed made 25 in first innings and 27 in 2nd innings. He was dropped for the 5th Test after poor run scores in the first four tests.