“One of my biggest things that I’m trying to do for the rest of my career is try to break it down into segments: ‘Right, during this period of time, what am I focusing on? What am I trying to get out of it?'” Baker said, speaking after he was named men’s young player of the year at the Toyota PCA Awards on Wednesday night.

“For example, Pakistan would be [learning about] reverse-swing and trying to bang my yorkers, and learn about executing skills in those conditions and reading conditions in Pakistan, because it’s not somewhere I’ve been before. I’m sure that’ll be a very transferable skill to playing in other areas of Asia.”

Reverse-swing is generally more prevalent in Asia than the rest of the world due to the hot climate and the effect of abrasive pitches on balls, while the skill has returned to the one-day game in the past year. Since the ICC changed ODI regulations last year, a single ball is chosen for the final 16 overs of a 50-over innings, rather than one being used from each end.

“I’m really, really looking forward to that – particularly reverse-swing, [which] I think caters to my action quite nicely,” Baker added. “Having spoken to Kylo [Abbott] a little bit about doing that in the red-ball stuff, it would be really useful going out there and having some proper experience of doing it, rather than just the theory.”

Marcus North, England’s selector, said that Crane had shown he “thoroughly deserves another opportunity at international level” through his performances for Glamorgan. Rehan misses out after two poor showings against Sri Lanka while deputising for Rashid, in which he took three expensive wickets and made scores of 2 and 0.

England will play either four or five ODIs in the series, depending on whether they reach the final, and will then travel to Australia for three ODIs and five T20Is in late November. The rest of their winter is dominated by Test cricket, with fixtures in South Africa (three), Bangladesh (two) and Australia (one) as well as three more ODIs in South Africa in mid-January.

Baker will have a new bowling coach to work with in Pakistan, with David Saker replacing Tim Southee for the tri-series. Mike Yardy and Carl Hopkinson have also been drafted into Brendon McCullum’s coaching staff for the tour to work with Jeetan Patel, with Marcus Trescothick, Kevin Pietersen and Sarah Taylor all missing the trip.

He also expects to work closely with Troy Cooley, the ECB’s pace-bowling lead, over the course of the winter and said that he feels “very much at home” in the England dressing-room after playing across formats this summer. That included a Test debut at The Oval in chaotic circumstances, which he highlighted as his favourite day of the season.

“You can’t really top your Test debut, can you? Come on!” Baker said. “Mind you, the whole morning I was sick with anxiety. I was honestly so nervous. That’s probably the most nervous I’ve ever been by some distance. I normally am alright eating and stuff before games, but I was properly bushed, but it was really good.”

He is weighing up whether or not to enter December’s IPL auction after winning the Hundred with Manchester Super Giants this summer, and said that his decision will come down to communication from the ECB about “the best thing for my development” after working out where he sits in England’s pecking order in each format.

“If [the best thing] is going to the IPL and learning cool stuff out there, then I’ll enter; if it’s staying [in England] for red-ball because you think you’re in with a shout for Ashes stuff, then I’ll absolutely go and do that. It all really depends on what the context is at the time… England will always be number one for me, so I’ll go from there.”

England tri-series in Pakistan:

Squad: Harry Brook (capt), Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, James Coles, Jordan Cox (wk), Mason Crane, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Josh Tongue.

Fixtures: October 18 – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, October 20 – Pakistan vs England, October 22 – Sri Lanka vs England (all Rawalpindi), October 25 – Pakistan vs England, October 27 – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, October 29 – Sri Lanka vs England (all Lahore), October 31 – Final (Lahore).