LIAM Dawson could complete a remarkable year with a Test debut after receiving another England call-up.

The Hampshire star has already made his ODI and T20 debuts this year and has now been called up to the Test squad for the last two matches of England’s series against India, which they trail 2-0, as a replacement for fellow slow left-armer Zafar Ansari, who has a back injury.

Durham opening batsman Keaton Jennings has also been called up to replace the the prodigious Haseeb Hameed, who scored an unbeaten 59 with a broken finger as England lost the third Test by eight wickets in Mohali earlier this week.

Dawson is currently at the Bangladesh Premier League with Rangpur Riders but will arrive in India early next week for the last two Tests in Mumbai (December 8-12) and Chennai (16-20).

He has played ten matches for Rangpur, including today’s 42-run defeat against the Dhaka Dynamites (he was bowled for a run-a-ball 11 by Sri Lanka leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna after a spell of 3-0-29-0).

Dawson, 26, enjoyed a dream start to international cricket on July 5, when he took 3-27 as Sri Lanka lost a T20 match at The Ageas Bowl by eight wickets.

He dismissed three of Sri Lanka’s top four - Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and captain Angelo Matthews - and was handed his 50-over international debut at Cardiff on September 4.

That was not such a good experience. Dawson was out for ten before conceding 70 runs from eight overs, but did claim the scalps of Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik.

Dawson’s Test call-up shows how far he has progressed. Not so long ago he was behind Danny Briggs in Hampshire’s County Championship pecking order.

He has a first-class record of 130 wickets at 37.47 (20 at 43.83 last season) but has improved his all -round game, which is why Briggs is now at Sussex and why he has got this call-up ahead of the likes of fellow slow left-armer Jack Leach, who took 68 first-class wickets at 22.58 for Somerset last season.

A former England U19 captain, Dawson was also a shock call-up to England’s World T20 squad in February, after impressing for the Lions.

At the time, England coach Trevor Bayliss admitted: “I haven’t actually seen him play in a game, but I’ve seen him at practice a couple of times.

“He certainly has some skills with the ball, and he bats as well, but the thing that impressed me is he has something about him personality-wise - a little bit of toughness, a bit of something - so it will be interesting to see how he goes.

“It’s a bit of a ‘gut feel’, I suppose - watching the way a guy goes about his cricket and how he holds himself."

Meanwhile Hampshire's Tom Alsop is set to bat at No 3 on his England Lions debut against UAE tomorrow.