The youngest of 8 brothers, 14 thousand runs, 37 centuries and 624 wickets, how can you forget this player

Born on this day in 1873, 147 years ago, the man made his mark in the world as one of Australia's greatest all-rounders. He was also known as the captain of the Australian team that won consecutive Ashes series from 1907 to 1909. When England defeated England in the 1902 Ashes at Melbourne Cricket Ground, their performance was 7 wickets for 17 runs and 6 wickets for 60 runs. In 51 Sheffield Shield matches, his bat average was 68 and the ball was 22. The talk of Monty Noble. This story is even more interesting.

Monty Noble was born on 28 January 1873 in Sydney. Monty was the youngest of eight brothers. From the very beginning, he was in cricket and he started taking successful steps in this direction. After making a splash in domestic cricket, he made his international debut against England on 1 January 1898. He played his last test in 1909 against this opponent. Participated in 42 Test matches for Australia. In these matches, he scored 1997 runs at an average of 30.25. These include 1 century and 16 half-centuries. Monty also took 121 wickets in these 42 tests.

Feats of monty noble

If you look at the first class career of Monty Noble, not only Australia but one of the best all-rounders in the history of cricket, then you will not be able to live without being surprised. Monty has scored 13975 runs in 248 first class matches at an average of 40.74. He has scored these runs with the help of 37 centuries and 66 half-centuries. During this time he also caught 187 catches. Monty also performed well in bowling, taking 624 wickets in first class matches. He died on 22 June 1940 at the age of 67.