"Leachy understandably is getting in the [Somerset] team ahead of me," Bashir said. "He's played a lot more cricket than me and he's a class spinner. I learned a lot off him. But a lot of things have happened over the last few years for myself personally and I'm just grateful for everything.

"We had a chat and he was over the moon for me. He just told me to enjoy it, [playing in front of] a home crowd. It doesn't get better than that. Obviously, I experienced the Barmy Army in India and that was special and even at the start of the day here, 'Jerusalem' playing in the background, it's just so special to make a home debut."

Heading up to Worcestershire to play one County Championship match and two T20s was "part of the journey. Going on loan was a decision I had to make to play cricket at a high level. When these things happen, I just want to be playing cricket as much as I can."

Bashir, understandably, was simply trying to take it all in. "Look, it's always a learning curve. I'm just grateful for everything that's been given to me and I've just got to keep working hard. All cricket is tough. I'm still learning, still developing."

"Obviously in India, it's different conditions. So you come here and first innings you don't get much time [to bowl]. Just trying to work on consistency. I wasn't too happy with the way I bowled in the first innings. So it was nice to cash in there.

"Always harsh [on myself], always looking for ways to improve and I think that's one thing that won't change. I was leaking boundaries quite frequently, but at the same time, I still was trying to take a wicket and I think there's a lot to work on from that and just gaining more experience will help me.

"Bowling spin in England is pretty tough, but also you reap your rewards later on as a Test goes and I'm grateful I'm a 6ft 4in spinner because it's a nice attribute to have. The extra bounce helps. We saw it there. If you land the ball in the right areas, a few will bounce and a few will skid on, so the bounce does help."

Asked about his favourite dismissal, he landed on the one that got away: "The ball that I bowled to Holder through the gate that just missed the stumps. Yeah, that got me excited. It would have been nice if it had hit the stumps... it spun from wide as well and I wasn't really expecting that to happen. that was the most special one, I reckon."

As for the future, we go back to those attributes - height, release point, revs on the ball - and the assumption that, even before his Trent Bridge performance, he was being groomed for a key role in the 2025-26 Ashes. Not that he feels he has been guaranteed his spot between now and then.

"No, it [conversations with management] was nothing like that. I'm just grateful to be in the position I am. I take things step by step and I think religion helps me with that. I'm always going to stay grounded, stay humble. I remember back when I started things were quite tough for me and growing up cricket wasn't the easiest thing. So yeah, just trying to enjoy every moment I have in an England shirt."