Allrounder banks maiden List A century and second five-wicket haul to beat West Indies A
Cricinfo staff
Published: Nov 15, 2026, 3:59 PM (7 hrs ago)
Rehan Ahmed produced one of the great England Lions displays, scoring 108 before taking 5 for 60 in an 80-run victory over West Indies A in the fourth unofficial ODI in St Kitts.
The legspinning allrounder's virtuoso performance handed the Lions their fourth win of their 50-over series ahead of the final match of their tour on Monday. They are aiming for a clean sweep after achieving a 3-0 success in the T20Is.
Coming in at No.3 with the Lions batting first, Rehan struck 11 fours and five sixes in 100 deliveries, and was one of only three batters to make it to fifty. Jack Haynes' 57 and James Rew's 51 were the other scores of notes as the tourists posted 330, bowled out with four balls of their innings remaining.
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West Indies A were subsequently dismissed for 250 in the 45th over. Home captain Keacy Carty managed 51 - the joint-highest score with Jyd Goolie - before he was trapped lbw by Rehan, who had opened his account earlier by bowling opening batter Kirk McKenzie. After dismissing Rivaldo Clarke, Rehan secured his five-wicket haul by removing Jakeem Pollard and Oshane Thomas in successive deliveries to finish the match.
It was a well-timed statement from Rehan, who was dropped from Brendan McCullum's white-ball sides for the tours of Pakistan and Australia. Following the Caribbean, he will join up with the Lions again in South Africa for a tour that runs parallel with the Test tour, though will only feature in the 50-over matches having been unable to break into the 18-man red-ball squad that will play two four-day matches against South Africa A.
After a tough summer for Leicestershire and England, the ECB have encouraged the 22-year-old Rehan to improve his fitness while restating their belief in him as a successor to legspinner Adil Rashid by handing him a full central contract through to the end of next September.
Having struggled in the ODI series against Sri Lanka at the end of the summer, he has been usurped in both limited-overs formats by Liam Dawson, and overtaken by another left-arm spinner, Liam Patterson-White, for the South Africa Tests. Glamorgan legspinner Mason Crane, also with the Lions, was picked ahead of Rehan for the Tri-Series in Pakistan.
With 30 international caps so far, including five in Tests, England have decided to ease off pushing Rehan so that he can find his own route to consistency on the international stage. This performance with bat and ball is a step in the right direction.
