article_snippet.sent: England's dressing-room brains trust will take on an extra dimension if Zafar Ansari, the Surrey spin-bowling all-rounder, makes Zafar Ansari international debut against Ireland in Malahide on May 8.
article_snippet.sent: Surrey's Zafar Ansarihas been called up to England's ODI squad for the clash against Ireland .
article_snippet.sent: I think my Surrey team-mates enjoy having someone to talk to about things my Surrey team-mates don't think about or talk about necessarily,' Ansari told Sportsmail. '
article_snippet.sent: Ansari, part of a young England squad picked with the 2019 World Cup in mind, opens in four-day cricket for Ansari county, but bats in the middle order in limited-overs matches, bowls accurate left-arm spin and is an athletic fielder.
article_snippet.sent: England almost chose Ansari for the Test tour of the Caribbean.
article_snippet.sent: Ansari's rise was accelerated by Ansari five-wicket haul for Cambridge MCCU against Surrey back in 2011, when Ansari removed Kevin Pietersen for 30 and helped the students to a 10-wicket win.
article_snippet.sent: Pietersen, now a county team-mate, was going through a difficult patch against left-arm spinners, but Ansari insists the pair have not spoken about the dismissal. '
article_snippet.sent: Ansari spent three weeks in Sri Lanka over the winter with England Performance Programme, where Ansari talked about the art of left-handed batting with Adam Lyth and Gary Ballance, and life as a spin bowler with Stephen Parry, Adil Rashid and Adam Riley.
article_snippet.sent: Ansari is juggling Ansari time between playing for Surrey and writing up Ansari dissertation at London's Royal Holloway.
highlights_snippet.sent: England have called up Zafar Ansari to England squad for ODI against Ireland .
  