Rehan Ahmed

Rehan Ahmed (5-48) ripped through Pakistan after Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel shared a good third wicket partnership. England need 55 runs to win the Test ...

I have been working on my leg-spinner [which dismissed Rizwan] for the last two months so it was nice to get that through. You bowl better balls and don't get wickets, so to get him is great. I should have played straight. I was warming up for three hours. The 37-year-old's appearance was short-lived as he was bowled by Leach for a four-ball duck and left the field to a guard of honour. Earlier in the day, Babar Azam (54) and Saud Shakeel (53) forced England to toil in the field after lunch, with a 110-run partnership taking them to 164-3.

English cricketer Rehan Ahmed is the star of the Pakistan versus England match. In Jonathan Agnew's words, he is the real deal.

The second was [Mohammad Rizwan](/topic/mohammad-rizwan)'s wicket which was nearly a planned shot. [Ollie Pope](/topic/ollie-pope)'s hands. His opportunity-grabbing skill is learning for his next match at [Leicestershire](/topic/leicestershire). [England](/topic/england)'s final with the [Pakistan](/topic/pakistan)team, [Rehan Ahmed](/topic/rehan-ahmed)'s had a blast taking 5-48, which was remarkable. [Ahmed Rehan](/topic/ahmed-rehan). [Jonathan](/topic/jonathan)had kind words appreciating Rehan, a young English talent in cricket.

England's debutant leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed completed a five-wicket haul on Test debut in Karachi in the third and final Test of the series against Pakistan.

At 18 years and 126 days, Rehan became the youngest bowler in men's Test history to take a five-wicket haul on debut. However, Rehan's age made him the youngest to the feat on Test debut. England's debutant leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed completed a five-wicket haul on Test debut in Karachi in the third and final Test of the series against Pakistan.

Ahmed, 18, already possesses the showman swagger of the late Warne, who upon seeing him bowl at England's seniors in net practice not long out of school ...

This week has been a long time in the making. the teenage sensation is the maddest of a cricket-mad family and shadow-bats before going to bed The ECB intend to manage his workload around England commitments, believing it will help his progression to have a balanced diet of what cricket has to offer. In terms of his passion for the sport, he is the maddest of a cricket-mad family. But with England spin coach Jeetan Patel, he has been working hard on his stock leg-break. It also kept him off the pre-Christmas Twenty20 radars.

Ahmed dismissed Pakistan captain Babar Azam and key player Mohammad Rizwan among others as his spin bowling proved to be the game-changer for England on day ...

To get Babar Azam out is a dream come true. He is a very good player. “It was probably the best day of my life again.

18-year-old Ahmed took 5 wickets for 48 runs and became the youngest player to claim a five-wicket haul on Test debut.

Crawley and Duckett plundered 87 runs off 69 balls before mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed grabbed two late wickets. England needs a further 55 runs to register its second successive win inside four days following its thrilling 26-run victory at Multan last week. England won the first Test by 74 runs in dimming light on the last day on a flat wicket in Rawalpindi.

Eighteen-year-old England leg spinner Rehan Ahmed is just a few months younger than Pat Cummins was when he took 6-79 on debut against South Africa in 2011.

Ahmed later removed Mohammad Rizwan with a perfect leg-break delivery. With two days of play remaining, England need 55 runs to win the Test and become the first Test team to complete a 3-0 whitewash in Pakistan, having won the first two Tests in Rawalpindi and Multan. England leg spinner Rehan Ahmed has become the youngest man to take five wickets in an innings on Test debut, putting his team on course for a comfortable victory in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Karachi.

Rehan Ahmed's record-breaking five-for makes him England's most exciting spin prospect for a generation.

It was only his fourth first-class game (his debut coming seven months ago for Leicestershire), in a country where England had only won two of their previous 30 Tests before this series and where spin is crucial. [revolutionary New Cricket](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/sport/article/ben-stokes-test-cricket-england-pakistan-2022), upending expectations of how a Test side should play. There was a moment in England's second innings when their opening pair were hitting boundaries at a rate of one every three balls, finishing the first three overs with a run more on the board than they managed at the same stage in any game during the [T20 World Cup](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fitness/article/jos-buttler-fitness-interview-2022).

Eighteen-year old is already emerging as a difference-maker for an England team full of them.

He was back out as quickly as he walked off for his Nighthawk duties, and didn't hang around out in the middle. The joy, both his and that of his team-mates, was proof of that. A second brisk exit came, this one much angrier at failing to connect for a third four, before he was bouncing into media duties and then out of our lives again. So to get one to spin a little bit the other side, it was great." The fifth was no bunny, though: Agha Salman the next to be done by bounce on a flat-bat shot, caught by Harry Brook at short leg. Just like that, a trio of accomplished batters were chiselled out in the space of 17 balls from Rehan. That he described the first wicket of the five as "God-sent" said it all. A smart legbreak drew the wicketkeeper-batter forward before dipping shorter than he had anticipated and pitching wider than he had calculated. And then, with one of the worst balls he has bowled, he broke them up. Stokes, irked, had indulged in one of his self-flagellation spells of eight overs on the bounce with little of note beyond a couple of plays and misses. Pakistan had been skittled for 216, giving England a target of 167 for a series sweep which now sees them need just 55 when they resume on day four, with eight wickets in hand having only had 17 overs before the light took them to stumps on Monday. "I think we would have as well if we had the last seven overs of the day."

Spin duo Jack Leach and Rehan Ahmed both played pivotal roles for England as they bowled Pakistan out for 216 to put the tourists in with a chance of ...

"Most people probably thought he wouldn't play and that he was just on the trip for a bit of work experience, but not with this England team," Butcher told Sky Sports. If he can get the leg-break to turn a bit more, fantastic. There is no doubt Leachy had a good day to start and it was certainly England's day." "The kid has just taken a five-for and has only played three first-class matches, so you can't say perhaps not playing for Leicestershire in the first two matches of the season is going to hinder him, but the question is when is he going to be next playing for England?" "He's had a great year," England fast bowler Broad told Sky Sports. 7

England coach says "it would be awesome" if young spinner were to get picked up.

They can change the game and we've seen that in that spell yesterday afternoon when he came in and bowled us to victory. Asked if he would like to see Rehan given more opportunities in the Championship, McCullum told Sky Sports: "You can't force anyone to do anything. "The important thing for Rehan is that we continue to look after him. [Rehan had been "inundated" with offers from franchise leagues](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-lions-in-uae-2022-rehan-ahmed-mentally-ready-if-fast-track-development-leads-to-england-call-1342145)for the 2022-23 season and that "English cricket has a real responsibility to manage him carefully". The more we're prepared to do that, the more we can discover how talented people are and how much they can grow on the big stage as well. There is rarely much demand for overseas spinners at the auction, but Rehan's low price point and huge potential could convince a franchise to take a punt on him.

Rehan Ahmed's rise with England has been a "fairytale" that Leicestershire want to help the teenager continue to write.

I think he finds bowling quite easy, but his batting is fantastic and he will be a genuine all-rounder." It is with the bat that many at Leicestershire predict Ahmed to impress with further. Stuart Broad, James Taylor and Harry Gurney were among the list of recent players to go up the A46 to Trent Bridge and break into the England set-up as Notts players after starting at Leicestershire. He is a massive part of our first-team and will be for years to come." "The time for him to be part of the England set up is great, with a new coach and captain, and playing that positive cricket which is the brand he wants to play. "It's a fairytale story, he has got a lot of confidence, is full of energy and likes a challenge."

England coach Brendon McCullum says it would be "awesome" if history maker Rehan Ahmed were to earn an IPL deal, having entered the upcoming auction with a ...

It took some courage from Stokesy and a few people to thrust him into this opportunity. Ahmed already has a deal to play in the inaugural ILT20 in the UAE in January and February, where he will represent Andy Flower's Gulf Giants alongside a number of fellow England stars including Ollie Pope, Chris Jordan and James Vince. "He's got a real future," McCullum added. I've been involved with the IPL a couple of times so sometimes it works out for guys and sometimes it doesn't. And McCullum, who coached IPL side Kolkata Knight Riders before taking the England job, believes it would be "awesome" if Ahmed was picked up in the auction. "It would be awesome if he did.

England spinner Rehan Ahmed has penned an emotional and heartfelt message for his late mother and said he is forever grateful to her.

England spinner Rehan Ahmed has penned an emotional and heartfelt message for his mother and said he is forever grateful to her. Stokes said while the 18-year-old isn't the finished article yet, he is a seriously exciting prospect for the team. Without my mothers prayers, I would never have got to this stage. I’m forever grateful to my mum, who unfortunately wasn’t able to be here with me. "I won't forget that cap presentation. However, her prayers are always with me regardless.

After making an outstanding debut in the third Test against Pakistan, England spinner Rehan Ahmed wrote a heartfelt letter to his mother in which he ...

"I won't forget that cap presentation. However, her prayers are always with me regardless," he wrote. Without my mothers prayers, I would never have got to this stage.

Rehan Ahmed made history after becoming the youngest player in the history of men's Test cricket to take five wickets in an innings on his debut for England ...

"From that moment on he was single-minded and focused. "He’s always listening and learning. He most definitely has it. And he took five wickets for 48 runs making him the youngest male to get a five-fer on his Test debut. Not only did Ahmed write his name into the history books as the youngest men’s Test debutant to claim five wickets in an innings, he also easily surpassed the record for the youngest Englishman to take five in an innings. [cricket](/news/central/topic/cricket) to take five wickets in an innings on his debut for England.