[8][9] He was a key member of the Oval Invincibles team which emerged triumphant during the final of the 2024 The Hundred season and he played a pivotal role in helping his team Oval Invincibles to defend the title successfully by bowling a match winning spell of 3 for 17 runs against the Southern Brave and he masterminded the procession of wickets when he dismissed Leus du Plooy, Kieron Pollard and Laurie Evans inside seven balls.

[13] In August 2021, Mahmood was added to England's squad for the second Test against India, after Stuart Broad was ruled out of the rest of the series due to injury.

[16] Mahmood faced setbacks to maintain his steady progress at international level, as he could not guarantee the role of being a mainstay in England team across formats after suffering consecutive lower-back stress fractures and he had to work on his way to regain fitness to earn his place in the lineup.

In around mid January 2025, he faced visa clearance delays as he was supposed to tour India with the other England team members for their white ball bilateral home series.

[25][26][27] He also became only the second ever bowler in a men's T20I match after West Indies's Jerome Taylor (who achieved the feat against South Africa in 2007) to complete the milestone of having taken three wickets while also not conceding any runs in the same over.