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Barney Gibson - who broke a 144-year-old record on Wednesday to become England’s youngest first-class cricketer - on getting a call up for Yorkshire's first team and sitting down to homework after dinner
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
Barney Gibson - who broke a 144-year-old record on Wednesday to become England’s youngest first-class cricketer - on getting a call up for Yorkshire's first team and sitting down to homework after dinner. Rob Stewart reports in the Daily Telegraph.
Gibson, a pupil at Crawshaw School, Pudsey, was given permission to take time off after being called into the team and he quickly showed the old ‘if you’re good enough you’re old enough’ adage was true, as he dealt with the pace of England’s Ajmal Shahzad before being mobbed by his team-mates after taking a stunning catch in the 10th over to dismiss opener Luc Durandt off Oliver Hannon-Dalby.
“I spoke to the head teacher, who said she was really happy for me but told me not to forget about my school work. I’ve just got to get on with it after we’ve eaten, but it would be nice to watch a bit of the Barcelona-Real Madrid game as well.”
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo