Quiz! How well do you know these cricketers who played past the age of 40?

Professional athletes, including cricketers, tend to have short careers. Most, if they are lucky, will have about 15-20 years the top level. In general, most begin to wrap up their playing careers by the age of 35 or 40, often venturing into adjacent fields like media or coaching.

Quiz! Name every visiting batter with 500 runs in a Test series in England

However, as with any rule, there are exceptions. This quiz deals with a few of those in cricket. Perhaps slightly less physically demanding in some aspects than other sports, this has had its fair share of players remaining active well into their forties – and beyond.

Quiz! Which of these cricketers have Test match fifties?

Here, you will encounter a first-class cricket whose career lasted nearly half a century, two international debutants in their sixties, a modern-day T20 great and a record that has stood since the very first Test match. How many can you get right?

Quiz! Shortest Tests, Caribbean fortresses – how well do you know the West Indies cricket grounds?

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How well do you know these cricketers who played past the age of 40?

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