Mattew Brownlee has turn out to be the oldest debutant in males’s worldwide cricket historical past.© AFP
Cricketer Matthew Brownlee made historical past after making his debut for the Falkland Islands in opposition to Costa Rica in a T20 Worldwide (T20I) match that befell at Guacima on March 10, 2025, as per Wisden. At 62 years outdated, Brownlee has turn out to be the oldest debutant in males’s worldwide cricket historical past, surpassing the earlier document held by Osman Goker, who made his first worldwide look for Turkey at 59 in opposition to Romania in a T20I match in Ilfov County in August 2019.
All through his profession, Brownlee has performed in three T20Is, gathering six runs throughout three innings, which characteristic two not-out innings. He has bowled just one over and has not but secured his first worldwide wicket.
Along with his debut on the worldwide platform, Brownlee has turn out to be the primary and solely participant to succeed in the milestone of taking part in a gentleman’s sport, joined by notable people resembling England’s James Souther, Pakistan’s Miran Bakhsh, and India’s Rustomji Jamshedj who’re acknowledged on the roster of the oldest gamers with worldwide debuts.
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