Oldest Cricketer to Debut in International Cricket: Indian cricket fans will now enjoy IPL for 2 months. This 18th edition of this largest cricket league of cricket is going to start from March 22. Meanwhile, there has been a world record in international cricket, which you will also be surprised to hear. Falkland Icelands International Cricket Team player Andrew Brownli has become the first male player who made his debut in international cricket after the age of 60.
The career of a cricketer is considered to be a maximum of 40 years of age, although there are many examples when the players also play cricket till the age of 40-45. Older cricketers who play now are also a name of MS Dhoni, although he has retired from international cricket but currently plays for CSK in IPL. Hardly you have heard that a cricketer plays international cricket even till the age of 50, but the player of Falkland Icelands made a world record by debuting in international cricket after the age of 60 years.
The oldest cricketer to debut in international cricket
Andrew Brownie has become the oldest cricketer to debut in international cricket. On March 10, he made an international debut against Costa Rica. At this time he was 62 years 147 days old.
Playing for Falkland Icelands, Andrew Brownley played 3 matches against Costa Rica on 10, 11 and 12 March. Although his performance was poor, only 6 runs came from his bat in 3 matches. He also bowled in the second match but could not take any wickets.
Falkland Icelands became 106th team to play international cricket
Let us tell you that this Falkland was the first international series of the Icelands cricket team. She has become the 106th team playing international cricket. 3 players in this team were over 56 years of age. In the playing 11, all of them except 2 players were 40 across the age.
