Caroline de Fouw, the Netherlands women’s cricketer, has recently created a stunning history in the international cricket, on which these generation cricket fans are not familiar.
At the age of more than 52 years, Caroline played the international cricket which is not only the record of women’s international cricket also it is the record of overall international cricket history (men and women).
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She has featured in the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier in the Netherlands and has already played two games for the Netherlands women on July 7 and July 8, at the age of 52 years & 56 days and 52 years & 57 days respectively.
She became the oldest player in the women’s international cricket history as well as the second oldest player in the overall international cricket history (men and women). In the overall international cricket history, former England cricketer Wilfred Rhodes is the oldest cricketer who had played his last international cricket at the age of 52 years and 156 days. It means Caroline has a good chance to break this record as she is just behind less than a hundred days.
Top five oldest players in the women’s international cricket
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Top five oldest players in the overall international cricket (men and women)
On July 7, Caroline played against UAE women where she picked up three wickets (3/37). On the next day, she featured against Bangladesh women where she scored a golden duck.
However, it is not the first time that Caroline is playing the international cricket as well as T20I. The off-spinner made her international cricket debut in July 1991. Before taking the retirement as a player in July 2008, she played only Test in 2007, 35 ODIs and two T20Is.
She has returned into the professional cricket in this May and through the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier, she has returned in the international cricket too.
