Jahid Sheikh Ahmed is an English cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He is a right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace

Seam bowling

Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....

 bowler.

Ahmed made his debut for Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

 during the 2005 season, having represented Essex Cricket Board's under-17s team since 2003. He played in one first-class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 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.

Ahmed attended St Peter's High School

St Peter's High School, Burnham-on-Crouch

St Peter's High School was a secondary comprehensive school in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex which was opened in 1958. The school was closed in 2011 after 53 years and replaced by a new academy, Ormiston Rivers Academy.-Feeder schools:...

 in Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham-on-Crouch is a town in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies on the north bank of the River Crouch.-History:Historically, it has benefited from its location on the coast - first as a ferry port, later as a fishing port known for its oyster beds, and most recently as a...

 before attending East London University.

In 2010, Ahmed was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns

Unicorns (cricket team)

Unicorns is a cricket team in England that was formed in 2010 specifically to play in the Clydesdale Bank 40 limited overs competition. Members of the squad are all players without current full-time contracts with one of the regular first-class counties....

 squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40

Clydesdale Bank 40

The ECB40, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank 40 for sponsorship reasons, is a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions...

 domestic limited overs competition against the regular first-class counties

County cricket

County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-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.

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