Was Garry Sobers the youngest man ever to play for the West Indies?
asked Farrell Browne from Barbados The great Garry Sobers was only 17 years and 245 days old when he made his Test debut for West Indies, against England in Kingston in 1953-54 (he was really selected as a left-arm spinner, doing well with four wickets in the first innings, and batted at No. 9). The only younger man to play in a Test for West Indies was another Barbadian, Derek Sealy, who was only 17 years and 122 days old when he made his debut, against England in Bridgetown in 1929-30. Sealy was a student at Combermere School at the time and later taught there himself. He remains the youngest Test cricketer from outside the Indian subcontinent: for a full list click here. I was surprised to discover that Hong Kong have played official one-day internationals. Have they won any? asked Davey Mason from Devon Hong Kong have only played four official one-day internationals, and have lost all four by large margins (over 100 runs each time). The matches came in the Asia Cup of 2004, when th
