da dobrowin： Also, the Pringles’ World Cup record, winning the most successive tosses, and most runs in T20s
da betsul： Steven Lynch06-May-2014Who are the youngest and oldest players to be picked as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year? Mushtaq Mohammad is my guess for the youngest … asked Gulu Ezekiel from India
The annual accolade, which started in 1889, is the oldest individual award in cricket, and probably in any sport. You’re right in thinking that Mushtaq Mohammad is the youngest player to be picked as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year: he was only 19 when chosen in 1963 for his feats on Pakistan’s tour of England the previous year. However, there is a complication: during the First World War, when no county cricket was played,
“Further to the reference to Derek Underwood’s maiden century in 1984, I recall that he had been interviewed – perhaps by Peter West – the previous Sunday during the BBC’s cricket coverage. After answering lots of questions about his fantastic England career, Underwood was asked if he had any remaining ambitions after more than 20 years in the game. He jokingly suggested that scoring a hundred would be wonderful. Less than a week later, he’d done it!”