1st Test Cricketer Younger Than You?

[Richard]

Heh, don't know why you'd assume that really.

Because, somewhat alarmingly, I'm now among the older group on CW!!

 

[four_or_six]

Because, somewhat alarmingly, I'm now among the older group on CW!!

Just seemed like a slightly extreme reaction!

 

[Lambu]

Piyush Chawla..fortunately Ishant is 20 days elder to me.

 

[GIMH]

Because, somewhat alarmingly, I'm now among the older group on CW!!

Well most posters here seem to be in the early 20s, wouldn't say that you are in the older age group really (maybe I'm just saying that because I don't wish to be part of such a group )

 

[Richard]

Aye, and of us early-20s lot, I'm now one of the oldest!!

Only you and Gelman off t'top of my head who are older.

 

[JimmyGS]

No players yet. Though I fully expect Anderson to make his debut before me.

 

[zaremba]

Born 11.9.73. English. Richard can you provide the answer for me please?

 

[stumpski]

Born 11.9.73. English. Richard can you provide the answer for me please?

I'd have thought it's almost certainly Ben Hollioake (again) if only because most of our debutants in the 1993-96 period were the more 'mature' types like Such, Wells and Watkinson.

 

[Goughy]

I'd have thought it's almost certainly Ben Hollioake (again) if only because most of our debutants in the 1993-96 period were the more 'mature' types like Such, Wells and Watkinson.

Silverwood was before Hollioake and is younger than Mr Z

 

[Richard]

Born 11.9.73. English. Richard can you provide the answer for me please?

How coincidental that your birthday should fall but 3 days after mine.

 

[SJS]

How coincidental that your birthday should fall but 3 days after mine.

And that you should be born 2 days (and exactly one year year) before my first child

 

[morgieb]

IIRC the youngest non-Pakistani/Bangladeshi to play test cricket is Sachin Tendulkar

 

[Richard]

Tendulkar is indeed the youngest Test cricketer with a certificated DOB, and the only one certainly to debut before his 17th birthday.

Piyush Chawla, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Derek Sealy, Parthiv Patel, Sanjeewa Weerasinghe, Maninder Singh, Ian Craig, Garry Sobers, Vijay Mehra, Harbhajan Singh and Hamilton Masakadza have also undoubtedly played Test cricket before their 18th birthdays, and a great many before their 20th.

 

[PhoenixFire]

There hasn't actually been any legit people (I mean as thhey have no legit DOB) that have been younger than me and played test cricket.

 

[morgieb]

How the hell could Hasan Raza get picked at 14?

 

[PhoenixFire]

How the hell could Hasan Raza get picked at 14?

Well he probably didn't. I very much doubt that he was actually 14 when he was picked.

 

[Richard]

However, he might well have been younger than Tendulkar, and was almost certainly not 18.

Unlike Shahid Afridi, he never appeared obviously lots older than his listed years.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I don't believe there's ever been an Australian cricketer born after me. Siddle is the closest but he's still a good 11 months older than I am.

My guess for the future would be Phil Hughes.

 

[honestbharani]

Aye, and of us early-20s lot, I'm now one of the oldest!!

Only you and Gelman off t'top of my head who are older.

me,me,me..........


EDIT: Although, I am reaching my midtwenties next month..