{"id":301429,"date":"2023-12-04T19:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301429"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:24:28","slug":"rehan-ahmeds-brother-farhan-set-to-be-named-in-england-u19-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/rehan-ahmeds-brother-farhan-set-to-be-named-in-england-u19-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehan Ahmed&apos;s brother Farhan set to be named in\u00a0England U19 squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Teenage sensation Rehan Ahmed&#8217;s younger brother Farhan set to be named in\u00a0England squad for the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rehan Ahmed is England\u2019s youngest player across all international formats\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was standout performer for the tourists in Sunday\u2019s defeat to West Indies\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Teenager Farhan\u00a0has seven 50-over and one Test caps for England\u2019s Under-19<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rehan Ahmed might be England\u2019s youngest player across all international formats &#8211; but he is not even the most precocious cricketer in his family.<\/p>\n<p>Teenager Ahmed, the standout performer for the tourists with two for 40 in Sunday\u2019s opening one-day defeat to West Indies, will be trumped on Tuesday when his 15-year-old brother Farhan is named in England\u2019s squad for next month\u2019s Under-19 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Nottinghamshire off-spinner will miss a month of his GCSE year to play in the tournament in South Africa, which finishes three weeks before his 16th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s very excited. He bowls a lot of dot balls, so he\u2019ll be quite boring, but no, I\u2019m very happy for him,\u2019 Ahmed said of his junior sibling.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He&#8217;s very young and to be picked for such a big thing, it&#8217;s an unbelievable achievement. He\u2019s actually at school right now doing his physics test!\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78564275-0-image-a-32_1701712379284.jpg\" height=\"877\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Farhan\u00a0Ahmed set to be named in England\u2019s squad for next month\u2019s Under-19 World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78564265-0-image-m-35_1701712490371.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78564303-0-image-a-36_1701712496805.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Nottinghamshire off-spinner Farhan (L) and older brother and England star Rehan Ahmed (R)<\/p>\n<p>Twelve months ago, Leicestershire leg-spinner Ahmed took the title of England\u2019s youngest Test cricketer off Brian Close when he debuted with a five-wicket haul in Pakistan and was still 18 when he appeared in one-day and Twenty20 series in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>But Farhan, who already has seven 50-over and one Test caps for England\u2019s Under-19 team, could pip him if he maintains his current rate of progress through the ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12824505\/Teenage-sensation-Rehan-Ahmeds-younger-brother-Farhan-set-named-England-squad-19-World-Cup-South-Africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenage sensation Rehan Ahmed&#8217;s younger brother Farhan set to be named in\u00a0England squad for the Under-19 World Cup in South <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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