Hameed hoping to draw on past disappointments to reclaim England spot

Haseeb Hameed believes his ability to clamber back off the canvas will ensure his Ashes axing does not represent a knockout blow to his Test career.

One of the casualties of England's 4-0 drubbing in Australia last winter, Hameed has spent the past couple of months coming to terms with not being part of Sir Andrew Strauss' red-ball reset.

It is effectively the first time he has been dropped at international level, although some chastening stop-offs since he lost his place first time around - on a high of being this country's youngest ever Test opener courtesy of a broken finger on the tour of India - has developed a fighter's spirit.

Within three years of a maiden series on the subcontinent in which he averaged over 40, his form plunged to the extent that his name appeared on Lancashire's released list.

'The way I see it is that I've had a lot of setbacks in my short career, and even growing up as a junior I had setbacks, but one thing I've always been able to count on, thankfully, is finding a way to get back up from rock bottom,' Hameed said.

'I guess this is another opportunity to do that. Of course, getting dropped out of the team, and not getting selected for this most recent tour is difficult but hopefully I can count on those experiences to come back again.'

Revitalised by a move to Nottinghamshire, England believed the time was right to go back to the Bolton-born batter last year.

Two half-centuries against Virat Kohli's India went some way to justifying that decision and despite fears about his low hands getting him into trouble against a high-quality Australia attack, he looked the part when he held up an end for a ball-dominated opening session of the series, and then batted for another 90 minutes in the