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Cricket Image for World's Oldest Test Cricketer Dies In South Africa
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World's Oldest Test Cricketer Dies In South Africa

By AFP News September 06, 2021 • 23:17 PM View: 3726

John Watkins, who had been the world's oldest living Test cricketer, has died in Durban at the age of 98, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Monday.

His death leaves fellow South African Ron Draper, 95, as the oldest surviving Test player, while Australian Neil Harvey, 92, is believed to be the only player still alive who played Test cricket in the 1940s. Draper played his only two Tests, against Australia, in the early 1950s.

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