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Born | Nottingham | 22 February 2008||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Rehan Ahmed (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024-present | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 24 July 2024 Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Farhan Ahmed (born 22 February 2008) is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England national under-19 cricket team. He is a right handed batsman and right arm off break bowler. [1]
An off-spinner, [2] Ahmed played club cricket alongside his brothers Raheem and Rehan for Cavaliers and Carrington CC. All bowlers,on one occasion they took all ten wickets in an innings between them. [3] [4] He made his county second-team debut for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club against Lancashire in May 2022,three months after turning 14 years-old. [5] He became established in Notts second XI during the 2023 season. [6] In June 2024,he signed a three-and-a-half-year professional contract with Notts. [7] [8] [9] [10]
He made his List A debut for Nottinghamshire against Leicestershire in the 2024 One-Day Cup at Grace Road on 24 July 2024. [11] [12] [13] Aged 16 years 153 days,Ahmed became the second youngest player to appear in senior cricket for Nottinghamshire,behind Paul Johnson,who was 32 days younger when he made debut in 1981. [13] [14]
He made his debut for the England U19 as a 15 year-old in the summer of 2023. [15] He was subsequently selected for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] He retained his place in the England U19 team for their summer 2024 series against Sri Lanka U19. [21] [22] In the second four-day match between the two sides,Ahmed took 4/59 off 26.5 overs in Sri Lanka's second innings as England won to clinch the series 1-0,the first game having been a rain-affected draw. [23] [24]
His father Naeem Ahmed,a former cricketer,was born in Mirpur,where he played as a fast-bowling all-rounder,before moving to England with his wife Musrat Hussain,in 2001. [25] [26] He is the younger brother of England international cricketer Rehan Ahmed. [27]
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His father, Naeem, played good level cricket in Pakistan as a fast-bowling all-rounder before moving to England and Ahmed initially tried to emulate his Dad by bowling seam.