In Friday's T20 Blast 2025 match between Nottinghamshire and Lancashire, England Under-19 spinner Farhan Ahmed became the second-youngest man to claim a T20 hat-trick.
Batting first, Lancashire were skittled out for 126, with Farhan claiming a hat-trick off the innings' final three balls. He dismissed Luke Wood (5), Tom Aspinwall (0), and Mitchell Stanley (0), becoming the second-youngest to take a T20 hat-trick while also securing his maiden five-wicket haul (5-25). Lancashire's innings featured seven single-digit scores, with only Matthew Hurst (36) offering resistance.
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In pursuit of the modest target, Nottinghamshire stumbled to 95-5 before Tom Moores's 42-ball 75 and Daniel Sams's unbeaten 17 off nine guided them home with four wickets and 28 balls to spare.
Farhan, an off-spinner, is the younger brother of England international Rehan Ahmed. Last year, he made history twice: first as the youngest-ever player to represent England at the U19 World Cup, and later as Nottinghamshire’s youngest debutant in the competition’s history.
Youngest players to take a men's T20 hat-trick, full list
At 17 years and 147 days, Farhan became the second-youngest man to take a T20 hat-trick, and the eighth-youngest man to complete a five-wicket haul in the format. Sierra Leone's George Sesay is the only player to take a hat-trick at a younger age (17 years and 3 days).
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Hasnain, who claimed a hat-trick at 19 years and 183 days, is the only teenager from a Full Member nation to do so in an international match. He achieved the feat against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 2019-20. Notably, the same venue also witnessed the eighth-youngest hat-trick; Sohail Ahmed (19 years and 174 days) in a domestic T20 match during 2004-05.
Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran (17 years and 304 days) features in the top 10 as the only player apart from Farhan and Sesay, to take a men's T20 hat-trick before turning 18.
| Player | Age | Team | Opposition | Venue | Season |
| George Sesay | 17y 3d | Sierra Leone | Botswana | Benoni | 2023/24 |
| Farhan Ahmed | 17y 147d | Nottinghamshire | Lancashire | Nottingham | 2025 |
| Ibrahim Zadran | 17y 304d | Amo Sharks | Kabul Eagles | Kabul | 2019/20 |
| Chama Milind | 18y 199d | Hyderabad | Tamil Nadu | Shimoga | 2012/13 |
| Peter Aho | 18y 236d | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | Lagos | 2021/22 |
| Rashid Khan | 18y 351d | Guyana Amazon Warriors | Jamaica Tallawahs | Tarouba | 2017 |
| Blake Cullen | 19y 133d | Middlesex | Somerset | Taunton | 2021 |
| Sohail Ahmed | 19y 174d | Lahore Eagles | Multan Tigers | Lahore | 2004/05 |
| Mohammad Hasnain | 19y 183d | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Lahore | 2019/20 |
| Ridwan Abdulkareem | 19y 302d | Nigeria | St Helena | Abuja | 2024/25 |
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