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Record for Rehan Ahmed:
In his first Test, England’s leg spinner Rehan Ahmed took five wickets in Karachi’s third and final match against Pakistan.
Rehan became the youngest bowler in men’s Test history to score five wickets on debut at the age of 18 and 126 days.
When the leg spinner took his fifth wicket on day three of the Karachi Test, he broke Pat Cummins’ record.
When Rehan took the wickets of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Saud Shakeel in a span of six overs.
Pakistan’s partnership of Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel turned into a formidable one.
He finished with a five-for on debut as Pakistan were bowled out for 216, putting England’s target of 167 at risk.
He took Mohammad Wasim and Agha Salman’s final two scalps.
Will Jacks had previously accomplished the feat earlier in the series, making Rehan the 53rd England bowler to record a five-wicket haul on their Test debut.
Rehan, on the other hand, accomplished the feat on his Test debut at the youngest age.
When Rehan was given a cap for the third Test of the series, he had already become England’s youngest Test debutant.
Ahmed was England’s second-highest wicket-taker at the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup earlier this year, taking 12 wickets in four matches at an average of 12.58.
England’s first true “Nighthawk”
Rehan Ahmed’s appearance as England’s first true “Nighthawk” in the middle.
Their high-octane run-chase on the third evening proved to be the embodiment of a second mythical being in a single remarkable day in Karachi.
As if it weren’t already dipping into the realms of fantasy for an English legspinner to claim five wickets on Test debut at the age of 18.
The Nighthawk is a subversion of the traditional nightwatcher role in Test cricket.
But it has a more upbeat spin to match England’s new approach under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
When Stuart Broad revealed that, with 63 runs still required in the fourth innings and five wickets in hand.
He had been padded up to pinch a few quick runs in the event that either Joe Root or Ben Foakes were dismissed in what turned out to be the matchwinning stand.
The idea was first raised within England’s team tactics on the penultimate evening of their first Test victory over New Zealand at Lord’s in June.
However, despite the success of England’s fourth-innings batting, which resulted in four 250-plus run chases against New Zealand and India and a nine-wicket victory against South Africa.
Broad was never given the opportunity to put his new strategy into practice.
After his first child was born, he was unable to participate in the Pakistan tour.
It now appears that the role has been handed to the youngest member of the team.
Nevertheless, Rehan’s appearance at Number Three in Karachi scored just ten runs from eight balls.
Including a blistering straight drive that scored four off his first delivery.
Despite the fact that the sun was setting quickly when he took the field, Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett’s opening stand of 87 runs in 11.3 overs left no doubt about his promotion.