Whatever happens, Imran Tahir will not be the oldest man to play in a World Cup. The leg spinner will be 109 days past his 40th birthday when the tournament in England ends on July 14 2019. But 16 other players have been there‚ done that at more advanced ages. Top of a list that includes Omar Henry is Nolan Clarke‚ who was 47 years and 257 days old when he played the last of his five World Cup games for the Netherlands in Rawalpindi in March 1996. The opposition? SA‚ who racked up 328/3 and won by 160 runs. Half of the 18 players who have ended a World Cup aged over 40 have been spinners. That is good news for Tahir‚ who could do with some magic rubbing off him as he prepares to take another shot at the glory that has eluded SA in their seven trips to the tournament. Since the end of the 2015 World Cup‚ Tahir has played 47 ODIs, in which he has claimed 69 wickets at an average of 29.17 and an economy rate of 4.94. In those games‚ Tahir failed to claim more than one wicket 24 times a...
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