Matthew Fisher is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays for Surrey and England Lions. The 28-year-old has been added to England's Test squad for the final three Tests of the Ashes after quick Mark Wood was ruled out of the remainder of the series due to injury.

Fisher made his county cricket debut for Yorkshire at the age of 15 in 2013 in a 40-over match against Leicestershire, making him the youngest player to play a competitive county match. He has made one Test appearance for England during the 2022 tour of West Indies, which ended in a drab 1-0 defeat.

The Yorkshire-born bowler played in the second Test, finishing with figures of 1-67 off 25 overs in the first innings. He only bowled two overs in the second innings, with captain Joe Root turning to his other options on a spin-friendly wicket.

In first-class cricket, Fisher has taken 175 wickets in 56 matches at an average of 28.16 and has career best figures of 6-73. He averages 17.77 with the bat and has a top score of 88.

When a small group of us journalists spoke to Fisher at a Lions training camp shortly before they departed for Australia, he admitted he was surprised to even get the call for the development side's tour. A solid and dependable county seamer who did himself no harm in his one Test, Fisher has been part of Lions tours on the past three winters but lost his development contract with the national side at the end of 2024. England wanted to see him stand on his own two feet.

Fisher responded with 31 wickets in the County Championship this season – a solid if unspectacular return. Significantly 10 of those came in rounds using the Kookaburra ball, the one used in Australia. He has taken only two wickets on this trip but is the most experienced of the Lions quicks.

Experience is what England seem to need right now, rather than other options like the raw left-armer Josh Hull. Though another bowler with a high release point, he is more similar in style to Matthew Potts than Brydon Carse or Jofra Archer, and Potts is ahead in the queue if England opt for an option who will probe at a fuller length.

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