Rehan is a professional T20 cricket player.
James Anderson was playing in his 10th Test on the day that his son was born. Pieces of kit will be owned by club cricketers for a long time.
The leg-spinner has always done things quickly.
He was bowling before he was 10 years old. He dismissed both England captains in the nets at Lord's. He impressed the great, late, great, Shane Warne.
At 18 years and 126 days, he is the youngest man to play a Test for England. You have to go back to 1899 to find an England player with less than three first-class matches under their belt.
For someone who used to move at a fast pace, Ahmed was able to find his feet in Test cricket.
His first spell on the first day of the third Test against Pakistan was nerve-racking.
His five overs cost 37 runs. When you're only four months into legal adulthood and bowling to Babar Azam and Azhar Ali, two of the greatest Pakistanis to ever draw back a blade, leg-spin is the most difficult art in cricket.
He was ready to rip after lunch.
He tugged at his shirt as if he'd had to borrow it from a larger boy. He scurried to the crease after walking two paces.
It was with the googly that he was able to get rid of Shakeel. After the left-handed Shakeel groped for one that turned away, the next ball, a leg-break, spun back in and was caught off the pad by a diving Pope. There was a lot of people in the mob.
The man grew in stature. He was the bowler when Babar was run out and the bowler when Faheem Ashraf played so far down the wrong line that he ended up on the Bakerloo.
After bowling out England's number one spinner Jack Leach for 4-140, the experienced old pro taught the youngster how to eat rabbit pie.
He was the youngest leg-spinner to take two Tests in 17 years when he took two for 89.
"I think it's the best day of my life so far," he said through a smile.
I was very worried. It was good to get rid of the first over.
It was a good place to be as time went on. I was not thinking "do this or do that"
Naeem was at his side when his son received his England cap.
The last time England played a Test in Pakistan was in 2000. Even if Ian Salisbury was the last player to play for England, they had a leg-spinner in their side.
Five other leg-spinners have been picked by England before Ahmed. There is only one person who has played more than one Test.
The mass misunderstanding of leg-spin in our country is only matched by the collective failure to pick Warney's flipper.
Luckily for him, he has a coach who doesn't put too much pressure on players and a captain who doesn't put too much pressure on himself. After a couple of gins, the prospect of failure is no longer frightening.
There's no pressure to perform, just to have fun. You can't make it again after making your debut. It would be great if we could make him feel like he's been out there for a while and he's done his job.
The challenge of playing at the highest level isn't going to bother him. Those who know him say of his confidence and desire to have a bat or ball in his hand at all times.
Ahmed was ordered to take a day off from training. The man sneaked to the nets.
"We were playing against Northants when I was a kid," said Rahim Ali. I was in the hotel at night and I could hear bats flying.
I messaged him to see what room he was in and knocked on the wall. He was going to try his new bat the next day.
After the close in Karachi, perhaps the thing that came closest to knocking him off his stride was.
The Pakistan coach, Saqlain Mushtaq, talked about the player.
Saqlain said it was an impressive performance. I like his control. His confidence was the most important factor. There's a lot of potential in him. He looks like a good choice for the England team.
The man was at the back of the room.
He said that it pumped him up a bit.
It might take him some time to get used to it. This was a good start.
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