Gordon on 99
Following the recent death of Eric Tindill, who played rugby and cricket for New Zealand, South Africa's Norman Gordon is now the oldest surviving Test cricketer, having celebrated his 99th birthday at a cocktail party at the Houghton Golf Club
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Following the recent death of Eric Tindill, who played rugby and cricket for New Zealand, South Africa's Norman Gordon is now the oldest surviving Test cricketer, having celebrated his 99th birthday at a cocktail party at the Houghton Golf Club. Gordon recollects his short Test career and the Timeless Test of 1939 which was to be his last. Kevin McCallum of the Independent Online has more.
"I was known as a guy who had incredible stamina," said Gordon. "I could bowl all day long, 20 overs in a spell. This was Durban in summer and I had sweated so much that my pants were stuck to my legs and my shirt was drenched. That wicket was so hard and flat, it was like glass. We struggled to get purchase with our boots and we wore the really long spikes in those days."
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo