66 Years old Sally Barton made her debut in International Cricket : Cricket Sometimes such unique things happen in cricket that people are surprised to see. One such case has come to light, in which 66-year-old woman Sally Barton made history by making her international debut. Sally Barton is 66 years and 334 days old. She made her debut in Women's T20 International for Gibraltar against Estonia. Everyone is surprised to see her fitness at such an old age.

Talking about Sally Barton, she was a teacher in the Political Science Department at the London School of Economics. She has been a big fan of cricket since the beginning. During her schooling, she played for Essex Junior and Kent Invicta Ladies. She even did wicketkeeping for the Men's Third Team at Nottingham University. However, after this, she had to live in the Democratic Republic of Congo for almost a decade and this put a halt to her cricket career. However, as soon as she returned to London, she once again started following her passion. She started playing for Heronets in Wanstead.

Sally Barton became the oldest player to play international cricket

She joined Gibraltar in 2020, when she came to live here. She had earlier played in a T10 series for the team and also took two catches there. After this, she got a chance to play in T20 International for the team and at the age of 66 years and 334 days, Sally Barton made history by debuting in international cricket. Now she has become the oldest player to debut in men's and women's cricket. She is a wicketkeeper batsman.

Before Sally, the record of playing cricket at the oldest age was in the name of Portuguese cricketer Akbar Syed. When he played his last match for his country, he was 66 years and 12 days old. However, now Sally has surpassed him and has become the oldest player to play cricket.