Gooch good call.Hobbs remained a beast even when he passed 40 thats what I recall.CBA to check, but Gooch, Hobbs & Rhodes spring immediately to mind.
His average once he turned 35 is only 0.31 less than his career average. To average 56.63 at his age, playing at the time he did, it's quite a remarkable effort. 10 of his 15 Test hundreds came after he turned 35.Gooch good call.Hobbs remained a beast even when he passed 40 thats what I recall.
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In many ways the most remarkable part of Bradman's career. He missed 7 years of cricket and was the wrong side of 35 and still averaged over 100. If you take his last seven years of cricket from 34 to 48 as a measure of what he could have achieved during the war and add that to his career he would have scored 45 hundreds and almost 10,000 runs. Amazing.It's a relatively small sample but I know Bradman's 15 post-War Tests were all played over the age of 35 and in those 15 matches he hit 8 centuries and averaged over 100. I'm imagining that not too many other players can top that.
Got bowled by Eric Hollies though.It's a relatively small sample but I know Bradman's 15 post-War Tests were all played over the age of 35 and in those 15 matches he hit 8 centuries and averaged over 100. I'm imagining that not too many other players can top that.
That's spooky Volts, was just about to post that very stat. I warned you to stay out of my mind didn't I?Hadlee took 116 wickets at 21.39 after his 35th birthday.