Pakistan, Oct. 14 -- England have handed teenager Thomas Rew his first international call-up for next month's T20 series against Australia, with uncapped seamer Eddie Jack also included.

Somerset wicketkeeper-batter Rew, who has leapfrogged older brother James in the pecking order, would become just the third 18-year-old to play men's international cricket for England if he features in the first three games of the five-match contest Down Under.

Rehan Ahmed holds the record as the country's youngest player in all three formats, with Brian Close the only other to feature before his 19th birthday when he took the field in 1949.

Rew captained his country at the Under-19 World Cup in February and impressed management last winter when scorin...