Joanna Child Cricketer: Currently, the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) has been overshadowed in India. After the withdrawal of Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni has once again taken over the captaincy of the team. Dhoni will play as a captain in the match on Friday (CSK vs KKR 2025). However, till a few days ago, there was news of his retirement because the age is now 43 years old. Meanwhile, Joanna Child, 20 years older than Dhoni, has caught everyone’s attention by debuting in international cricket at the age of 64 years.
Due to the old age of MS Dhoni, rumors of retirement from his IPL keep flying. Meanwhile, Portugal’s Joana Child made his debut in T20 international cricket at the age of 64 years. He played for Portugal on 7 April and played in the first match of the T20 International Series against Norway.
She has come second in the list of players who debuted at the oldest age in international cricket. He has left behind Andrew Brownley (62 years, 145 days) of Folland Islands and the dirty Moore (62 years, 25 days) of Cayman. Ahead of him is now only Sally Barton of Gibraltar, who made his debut at the age of 66 years and 334 days.
🚨 64-year old joanna child made her t20i debut for Portugal. pic.twitter.com/lf3azivzdq
– Mufaddal Vohra (@Mufaddal_vohra) April 11, 2025
Joanna Child’s performance in her debut match was not special, she scored just 2 runs. However, Portugal won this match. After this, Portugal also won the decisive match of the series, in which Joanna was part of playing 11. The series Portugal won 2–1.
Portugal team captain Sara (Sarah Foo Ryland) praised Joanna Child and described her as inspiration for many cricketers. The age of the captain is also 44 years.