Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed has no intention of placing himself underneath additional stress to make a house Check debut after persevering with his fledgling England profession with a promising return throughout the latest tour of India.
The now 19-year-old Leicestershire bowler turned England’s youngest males’s Check cricketer in 2022 when he took 5 wickets on debut in opposition to Pakistan in Karachi.
However with England hardly ever choosing multiple specialist spinner in dwelling situations, Ahmed needed to wait an additional 14 months for his subsequent Check collection.
He responded in encouraging trend in opposition to a robust India batting line-up with 11 wickets in three Exams throughout a 4-1 collection loss.
Now the upcoming T20 World Cup within the Caribbean and the US is beginning to come into sight, earlier than England performs dwelling Check collection in opposition to the West Indies and Sri Lanka.
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Ahmed, nonetheless, stated on Friday his fast precedence was to bowl nicely for Leicestershire within the first-class County Championship, which begins subsequent week, relatively than including to his tally of 4 Check appearances.
“I’m probably not fussed about what I’m making an attempt to realize this 12 months,” Ahmed stated when requested in regards to the prospect of an England debut within the forthcoming season.
“I’ve tried to do as a lot as I can inside myself. So whether or not that’s me getting my overs in, me getting as many runs as I can, as a result of I really like my batting and I’ve underperformed. I wish to bat higher.”
“I’ll be enjoying county cricket immediately. Leicester comes first after I’m not enjoying for England. I didn’t know if I needed to play as a result of I needed a break, however I’ve had two weeks off and I simply wish to play once more.”
Ahmed was a member of a three-strong spin assault in India alongside fellow fledgling Check bowlers Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir, however there are considerations over the variety of overs the trio will be capable of get via within the opening months of an English season, the place situations typically favour seamers.
“Bowling in matches is one thing I’ve lacked a bit,” Ahmed stated. “I’ve bowled quite a bit in white-ball, not heaps of overs in red-ball plus it’s April, going to be nipping spherical corners.
“I don’t anticipate to bowl a great deal of overs as a result of if the seamers are getting wickets, they’re getting wickets and the staff comes first, however I’ll be bowling hundreds in coaching.”