Jahid Ahmed

Jahid Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Jahid Sheikh Ahmed
Born (1986-02-20) 20 February 1986
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–present Unicorns
2005–2009 Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 7 7 2
Runs scored 49 2 –
Batting average 24.50 2.00 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 –/–
Top score 16* 1* –
Balls bowled 733 270 36
Wickets 13 10 2
Bowling average 41.69 24.80 28.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/42 4/32 1/25
Catches/stumpings 3/– 2/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 May 2010

Jahid Sheikh Ahmed (Bengali: জহিদ শেখ আহমেদ; born 20 February 1986 in Chelmsford, Essex) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Career

Jahid Ahmed made his debut for Essex during the 2005 season, having represented Essex Cricket Board’s under-17s team since 2003. He is yet another pacer to have worked regularly with fast bowling expert Ian Pont and played in one first-class match of each during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. On his debut match in List A cricket, he contributed with a match-winning 4/32 against the touring Sri Lankans.[1][2]

Ahmed attended St Peter’s High School in Burnham-on-Crouch before attending University of East London.[2]

In 2010, Ahmed was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic limited overs competition against the regular first-class counties. The Unicorns were made up of 15 former county cricket professionals and 6 young cricketers looking to make it in the professional game.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Essex v Sri Lankans in 2006". CricketArchive. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 Collins, Sam (September 2006). "Jahid Ahmed". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Cricinfo staff, Unicorns name squad for Clydesdale Bank 40, 13 April 2010, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.


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