[WATCH] Vitality Blast 2025: Farhan Ahmed takes amazing hat-trick and five-for vs Lancashire

Farhan Ahmed, 17, made history as the first Nottinghamshire player to score a hat-trick in T20 cricket. In the last Vitality Blast game at Trent Bridge, the teenage off-spinner’s outstanding stint of 5 for 25 helped Nottinghamshire to a thrilling four-wicket victory over Lancashire.

Farhan, the younger brother of England’s Rehan Ahmed, has previously made headlines for his record-breaking red-ball heroics, including becoming Nottinghamshire’s youngest first-class cricketer and then the youngest in Britain to take ten wickets in a single match.

Lancashire, having already qualified for the quarter-finals, began this last group-stage match under less pressure. Nottinghamshire, on the other hand, were playing for dignity and had little odds of qualifying due to a low net run rate.

Lancashire batted first and got off to a strong start, with Phil Salt and Keaton Jennings contributing 38 runs.

Liam Patterson-White broke the opening stand, and Farhan Ahmed later exploited Trent Bridge’s twisting surface.

He scooped up Chris Green’s wicket and returned in the final over to complete a remarkable hat trick. On the fourth delivery of the 20th over, he dismissed Luke Wood, Tom Aspinwall, and Mitchell Stanley to clinch his hat-trick, Nottinghamshire’s first in T20s. Lancashire were dismissed for 126 after he bowled 5-25 in five overs.

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