Myth busted: Shahid Afridi's real age

[The Dark Horse]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26654309/shahid-afridi-reveals-real-age-autobiography?platform=amp

 

[putrevus]

These people are bloody cheats. ICC should punish these morons.This affects under-19 teams .It is unfair to ask boys to play with these men.

[R!TTER]

Pak has been fudging dates rampantly ever since a certain teen prodigy debuted against them, ever since then they've had this uncontrollable itch to get someone younger than him to debut & IIRC that was Hasan raza in tests.

[singhprakash72]

I remember somewhere in 1997-98 in a game, Boycott commenting on TV looking at Lala's face " if he is 17 then I am 20 " 

[sandeep]

21 minutes ago, singhprakash72 said:

I remember somewhere in 1997-98 in a game, Boycott commenting on TV looking at Lala's face " if he is 17 then I am 20 " 

Even in the latest WC - you should have seen the faces of their 2 opening bowlers - its like they shaved with 7 blades, right before stepping onto the field.  It was conspicuous how hard they tried to be clean-shaven.  Mohammed Musa I think one of them was, there's no way that guy was u19.  

 

Didn't matter much, still got spanked by big Papi.  As it should be.

Edited May 2, 2019 by sandeep

[philcric]

Afridi says he was born in 1975.

 

He says he was 19 when he scored that 37 ball century in 1996.

 

 

[Khota]

I did not read the article but is Afridi 18 yet?

[G_B_]

Mohamed Shami and Munaf Patel come to mind from India....

 

There is something common with them and Afridi which makes them fudge their age.

[G_B_]

This is the Munaf Patel story btw

 

https://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/unbelievable-sharne-warne-claims-munaf-patel-lied-about-his-age-for-ipl-contract_1898453.html

 

Retired at the official age of 35...so realistically 41.

[maniac]

Was this ever a myth that he was 4-5 yrs older than his “official” age?

[Zero_Unit]

Lmfaoooo. Wonder when Rashid Khan will also reveal his true age 

[MCcricket]

Among many include Sachin and Kambli to the list as well, pull up records from Sharda Ashram and his class mates, it is an open secret, age fudging was common then.

[Nikola]

28 minutes ago, Zero_Unit said:

Lmfaoooo. Wonder when Rashid Khan will also reveal his true age 

[bowl_out]

37 minutes ago, maniac said:

Was this ever a myth that he was 4-5 yrs older than his “official” age?

never a myth that he was older than his official age.. the myth was by how much?

[Singh bling]

Mohammed Amir was clocking 150 when was 18 now he barely crosses 140. 

[Singh bling]

5 hours ago, R!TTER said:

Pak has been fudging dates rampantly ever since a certain teen prodigy debuted against them, ever since then they've had this uncontrollable itch to get someone younger than him to debut & IIRC that was Hasan raza in tests.

It is not pak but entire south Asian teams. Bone test should be mandatory and conducted by icc any team access of 2-4 hiding their age then that team should be barred from junior cricket.

 

BTW look at Rashid khan. On papers he is barely 20 but he could easily be in late 20s.

[ShebbySB]

43 minutes ago, Nikola said:

He's 32-33 right now.

[nevada]

What myth? No one in their right mind believed his official age to be true. He looked about 20-21 when his career started, which has now been confirmed as fact. 

[nevada]

5 hours ago, ShebbySB said:

He's 32-33 right now.

Wow, good find! Yes, he does look 30 or thereabouts. Looks like his year of birth got recorded as 1998 instead of 1988 for some reason.

Edited May 3, 2019 by nevada

[rkt.india]

8 hours ago, MCcricket said:

Among many include Sachin and Kambli to the list as well, pull up records from Sharda Ashram and his class mates, it is an open secret, age fudging was common then.

need real records of Dhoni as well.