SJS
Hall of Fame Member
I meant no one my age IS currently playing Test cricket. I dont have long to go before I am of the age where no one my age would have EVER played in a Test matchEveryone?
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1st Test Cricketer Younger Than You?
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SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Maybe I was born before 1827 also, in a previous incarnationYes, for there to have never been a Test player older than you, you'd have needed to be born before 1827.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Hasan Raza 
Xuhaib
International Coach
And his test career is already over. You're old dudeHasan Raza
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
lol.. I guess Parthiv is the first guy younger than me to play for India... not sure.And his test career is already over. You're old dude
19-Nov-1983... Work on it, Richard..
thierry henry
International Coach
Southee for me, and now Flynn.
Richard, you said Southee is 2 1/2 years younger than you, actually he is more than three years younger afaik.
Youngest player for any team was, supposedly, Mohammad Sharif, waaaaaaaaay back in 2001. His DOB then was listed as December 12 1985 and he was reported as a 15 year old when he toured New Zealand. However, cricinfo now lists his DOB as December 12 1983, so I dunno what to think. I'm so intrigued I'm going to start a thread on it.
There have been a host of Bangladeshis younger than me from about 2002 onwards, but I'm not sure who the first non-Bangla was.
Richard, you said Southee is 2 1/2 years younger than you, actually he is more than three years younger afaik.
Youngest player for any team was, supposedly, Mohammad Sharif, waaaaaaaaay back in 2001. His DOB then was listed as December 12 1985 and he was reported as a 15 year old when he toured New Zealand. However, cricinfo now lists his DOB as December 12 1983, so I dunno what to think. I'm so intrigued I'm going to start a thread on it.
There have been a host of Bangladeshis younger than me from about 2002 onwards, but I'm not sure who the first non-Bangla was.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Think I probably meant 3-and-a-half years younger than me... strange how these things work.
And Honest, I can't immediately think of anyone younger than Parthiv Patel, whose was a truly ridiculous case. Never has been up to Test standard that lad.
Though Ajay Ratra himself wasn't old IIRR.
And Honest, I can't immediately think of anyone younger than Parthiv Patel, whose was a truly ridiculous case. Never has been up to Test standard that lad.
Though Ajay Ratra himself wasn't old IIRR.
thierry henry
International Coach
Parthiv is actually 17 days older than me. Funny, because he's one guy who I actually perceived as younger than me.
thierry henry
International Coach
Yasir Ali
http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43670.html
Although he's Pakistani, which is dodgy, and he only ever played Bangladesh
I've scoured the "youngest ever player" lists and that's all I've got...that and Chawla from 2006, a few weeks before I was 21.
Now I need to narrow my search to exclude all matches involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and excluding Pakistani players. I'm sure there must've been someone before Chawla.
http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43670.html
Although he's Pakistani, which is dodgy, and he only ever played Bangladesh
I've scoured the "youngest ever player" lists and that's all I've got...that and Chawla from 2006, a few weeks before I was 21.
Now I need to narrow my search to exclude all matches involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and excluding Pakistani players. I'm sure there must've been someone before Chawla.
thierry henry
International Coach
Rich, I think Xavier Marshall might be the answer for both me and you
thierry henry
International Coach
Sorry
(yes, I did spend that full twelve minutes searching and not refreshing this page)
thierry henry
International Coach
Actually, I was right, Marshall was earlier
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Jimmy Anderson for me... that surprised me a bit actually, he seems to have been around a while. I sometimes forget how young he was when picked.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
As I said though, Marshall doesn't count - he debuted in 2005 only because of the Digicel contracts farce.
Those games are only slightly more worthy of Test status than Bangladesh and post-2002 Zimbabwe ones are.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Bloody hell, always imagined you were my age or so. Looks like you're a few years older.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Heh, don't know why you'd assume that really.Bloody hell, always imagined you were my age or so. Looks like you're a few years older.
thierry henry
International Coach
Actually Rich, we don't have the same answer....mine would seem to be Dinesh Karthik, November 2004, who is older than you but younger than me