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Top 10 Longest Cricket careers in history

By Sardar Muhammad Rowais

Top 10 Longest Cricket careers in history

The duration of the cricket career of a player is subject to a lot of factors. Cricketers like any other sports personality are subject to many odds responsible for the shortening of their career. The game of cricket being one of the most demanding activity requires a hundred percent fitness level from its participants. Players usually get tired in their late 30s unable to keep a pace with the modern trend. The result simply come up in form of their retirement. Although every player dreams of serving his country for as long as possible however justifying the opportunity given is not a simple task. Also in making a career one of the longest cricket careers, debut plays a vital role. Younger the player makes his debut, more is the time period he remains in action.

Longest Cricket careers Sachin Tendulkar

Players with the longest cricket careers are those making their debut at very young age. However an early debut is not the sole standard for an elongated career.  Fitness as well as player’s performance determine the time period of his career. Cricket world is no short of young players waiting for their chances. Thus with a replacement already arranged, even a little slump-period can ruin the whole career of a cricketer. Modern day cricket is all about fitness and athleticism. For being a permanent member of a team one needs to be more than a single field expert. Batsmen who are equally best fielders certainly have an extra edge over sluggish batters. Similar case is with bowlers, as the more all-round bowlers are often making a place in the playing eleven. In fact, there have been some players in cricket history, getting chances merely for their extraordinary fielding skills.

Longest Cricket careers Shahid Afridi

Sachin Tendulkar holes the record for the longest cricket careers at the moment. The legendary Indian who holds the record of  had an unmatched career.  During a marvelous career extended over 22 years, Sachin justified every little moment offered to him in national side. His world record hundred centuries are a mere glimpse of how extraordinary his cricket career was. The god of cricket is followed by Sanath Jayasuriya and Javid Miandad. Both South Asian veterans also had exemplary cricket careers. Top 10 cricketers with longest cricket careers stand as under.

Top 10 Longest Cricket careers in history

Player From To Span Matches
SR Tendulkar (India) 18 Dec 1989 18 Mar 2012 22y 91d 463
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 26 Dec 1989 28 Jun 2011 21y 184d 445
Javed Miandad (Pak) 11 Jun 1975 9 Mar 1996 20y 272d 233
PA de Silva (SL) 31 Mar 1984 18 Mar 2003 18y 352d 308
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) 9 Jan 1996 12 Jul 2014 18y 184d 328
Shahid Afridi*(Asia/ICC/Pak) 2 Oct 1996 20 Mar 2015 18y 169d 398
GA Gooch (Eng) 26 Aug 1976 10 Jan 1995 18y 137d 125
Wasim Akram (Pak) 23 Nov 1984 4 Mar 2003 18y 101d 356
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 25 Mar 1997 29 Mar 2015 18y 4d 295
GW Flower (Zim) 25 Oct 1992 17 Oct 2010 17y 357d 221

Top 10 Longest Cricket careers in history

  1. SR Tendulkar
  2. ST Jayasuriya
  3. Javed Miandad
  4. PA de Silva
  5. JH Kallis
  6. Shahid Afridi
  7. GA Gooch
  8. Wasim Akram
  9. DL Vettori
  10. GW Flower
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