Date of birth: 22 February 2008 (Nottingham)

Nottinghamshire First-Class debut: 29 August 2024 v Surrey (Trent Bridge)

Nottinghamshire List A debut: 24 July 2024 v Leicestershire (Grace Road)

Nottinghamshire T20 debut: 14 June 2025 v Warwickshire (Edgbaston)

 

Batting: Right-handed

Bowling: Right-arm off-spin

 

Young off-spinner Farhan Ahmed made quite the initial splash in Nottinghamshire colours.

In August 2024, aged 16 years and 189 days, he became the youngest player to make his County Championship debut for Nottinghamshire, doing so against Surrey at Trent Bridge.

Not content with one record, Ahmed proceeded to take seven wickets in the first innings, followed by three in the second, to become the youngest player in County Championship history to claim 10 match wickets.

Having returned figures of 10/217 from a marathon stint of 76.4 overs throughout the game, including taking the scalps of Test-capped Rory Burns - twice - Will Jacks, Ben Foakes, and Dom Sibley, he went on to end the 2024 season with 22 wickets at 23.22 apiece.

Earlier in 2024, he had gained selection to England Lions, playing in their four-day game against a touring Sri Lankan side and taking 3/87 in the second innings - a haul that included the wicket of former Sri Lanka Test captain, and veteran of more than 100 matches in the format, Angelo Mathews.

Ahmed had previously represented England Under-19s, including at the 2024 World Cup in South Africa as a 15-year-old, and also made his List A bow for Notts Outlaws in the Metro Bank One Day Cup away to Leicestershire in July 2024.