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Naseem Shah becomes youngest to make Test debut in Australia

By Saurabh Sharma November 21, 2019 • 11:18 AM View: 1618

Brisbane, Nov 21: Sixteen-year-old Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah on Thursday became the youngest cricketer to make Test debut in Australia when he took the field during the first Test of the two-match series at The Gabba.

Naseem, aged 16 years and 279 days, broke the record held by former Australia captain Ian Craig who had made his Test debut at the age of 17 against South Africa at the MCG in 1953.

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