Zimbabwe's experienced batsman Craig Erwin won everyone's hearts with his amazing batting against Afghanistan. This left-handed batsman scored a brilliant double century in the second innings. With this double century of Erwin, an unmatched record was also registered in his name. Craig Erwin has become the oldest cricketer to score a double century in Test in the last 100 years. Erwin has scored a double century at the age of 41 years and 82 days. In the history of cricket, there are only two players who were older than Erwin to score a double century in Tests.
Oldest player to score a double century in test cricket
The oldest player to score a double century in Test cricket is Eric Rowan of South Africa. He scored a double century against England in Leeds at the age of 42 years and 6 days. He did this feat on July 26, 1951. Earlier this record was in the name of Jack Hobbs of England, who had scored a double century against South Africa in 1924 at the age of 41 years, 195 days. Now Craig Ervin has done this amazing thing.
Craig Ervin showed his strength on the fifth day
Craig Erwin did amazing batting on the fifth day of the Sharjah Test. This player scored runs by batting fast. This left-handed batsman reached his half-century in 87 balls and completed his century in 161 balls. Erwin did not stop at just a century, he reached 150 in 215 balls and then a double century in 275 balls. This is also the first double century of his Test career.
Sharjah test draw
The first test played in Sharjah was drawn. Three innings were played in this match and more than 500 runs were scored in all three. In the first innings, Zimbabwe scored 504 runs, in which Brendan Taylor scored 131 runs and captain Brian Bennett scored 128 runs. In reply, Afghanistan scored 514 runs. Opener Sediqullah Atal scored 105 and Rahmanullah scored 113 runs. Captain Rahmat Shah played an inning of 173 runs. In the second innings, Craig Ervin scored unbeaten 206 runs and Wesley Madhevere scored unbeaten 100 runs. A total of 6 centuries and one double century were scored in this match.