Triple Century: By the age of 39, international cricketers usually make up their minds of retirement. There must have been a few cricketers who have played cricket for their country at this age. Today we have brought the story of the batsman who not only played cricket for our country at the age of 39, but also made history by scoring a triple century. This batsman did this triple century in Test cricket, which only a few batsmen of the world have been able to do. Staying at the crease for 10 hours, he made the bowlers a lot. Interestingly, he did this charisma in his last Test match and he took this triple century with the captain’s bat. Let’s know about this batsman …

Call century at the age of 39

Actually, the name of this batsman who scored a triple century at the age of 39 is Andy Sandam. This former England batsman had not only played a big innings, but it was a historic triple century. That is because he became the batsman to score the first triple century in Test history. Andy Sandam was an experienced England batsman. He did this on the West Indies tour in 1930. The tour was historic in many ways, as the West Indies did not win their first Test victory till that time. In the fourth and last Test match played in Kingston, Jamaica, Sandum hit a triple century, which ended on a draw. It was also the last test of his career.

Bowlers touched for 10 hours

Andy Sandam played this marathon innings while opening in England’s first innings. He seducted the West Indies bowlers at the crease for more than 10 hours (600 minutes). He batted on a pitch where the spinners were getting help, but the Windies team bowler Andy Sandam was seen kneeling further. The batsman faced 640 balls and scored 325 runs, in which he also hit 28 fours. He is the only batsman in the world to score the biggest personal score and triple century in international cricket at the age of 39.

Batting was done with captain’s bat

The interesting anecdote associated with this innings is that he batted with his captain’s bat. It is said that Andy Sandam had to borrow a bat from his captain Freddy Kelthorp, because his own bat was broken. Actually, during the England-West Indies series, Sandum sold all its ‘extra’ bats and kept only one bat with it. However, this bat broke before the last test of the bat series, causing him to take the captain’s bat. However, it proved lucky for him, as he played a historic innings.

Andy Sandam’s Test Career

The Test career of Andy Sandam was not very long. He played only 14 Test matches from 1921 to 1930. In these matches, he scored 879 runs at an average of 38.21, including 2 centuries (his triple century and a century) and 3 half -centuries. However, his career in first class cricket was quite excellent. He played 643 first -class matches and scored 41284 runs, including 107 centuries and 165 half -centuries. He was a great first class cricketer.