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Joe Root called for patience to be shown with Rehan Ahmed after the 21-year-old continued his fine form in The Hundred in Trent Rockets’ three-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix at Trent Bridge <\/b><\/p>\n
Leg-spinner Ahmed took an immaculate 3-15 as Phoenix were restricted to 111-9 on a slow pitch and then hit 37 from 23 balls at number three to break the back of the chase.<\/p>\n
He hit five fours and one six – the only time a Rockets batter cleared the boundary – and put on 64 for the second wicket with Root, who made a run-a-ball 25.<\/p>\n
Ahmed’s wickets also took him to 10 in this year’s Hundred, while he has an economy of 6.76 – the second best of any bowler to have played more than four matches behind Jofra Archer.<\/p>\n
“To see how he has taken to this tournament, given the responsibility to bat at number three, he has thrived,” England batter Root told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
“He has got all the shots. He can hit everyone everywhere. He will get better at understanding when and what time to do that. <\/p>\n
“He is so difficult to bowl at because he can score all around the wicket and he puts bowlers under pressure from ball one.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n