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| Full name | Eileen May Ash (née Whelan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 October 1911 Highbury, Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 December 2021 (aged 110 years, 34 days) Norwich, Norfolk, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 18) | 12 June 1937 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 March 1949 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1949 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eileen May Ash (née Whelan; 30 October 1911 – 3 December 2021) was an English cricketer and supercentenarian who played primarily as a right-arm medium bowler.
As Eileen Whelan, she appeared in seven Test matches for England between 1937 and 1948/49.[1][2] Ash was the longest-lived international cricketer, living to the age of 110 years and 34 days.[3][4][5]
- ^ "Player Profile: Eileen Whelan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Eileen Whelan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "World's oldest international cricketer Eileen Ash turns 110". BBC News. November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "104-year-old woman keeps fit with yoga". BBC News. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Eileen Ash, 1911-2021". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 December 2021.