Surprising but true: The English batsman scored as many runs in his Test career as on his date of birth, you will also say how is this so?

Under Surprising but True, today we are going to tell you something which you might have never heard. Not only will the new generation, which is called Gen Z, not know this, the people of the 90s will also be unaware of this. Actually, what we are going to tell you is something like this. This is not a record, but it is definitely unique. Today we will talk about a player who has scored as many runs in his Test career as his date of birth.

Today is the birthday of England’s legendary batsman Alec Stewart.

England batsman Alec Stewart, who started his international career in 1989, was born on 8 April 1963. That means, if you are reading this news today then today is also Alec Stewart’s birthday. If his date of birth is written in numbers then it will be written as 8.4.63. You will be surprised to know that when Alec Stewart, who played Test cricket till 2003, announced his retirement, exactly the same number of runs were in his account.

Players who played more than 100 Test and ODI

Alec Stewart has scored 8463 runs in his Test career by playing 133 Test matches. If we leave out the century number i.e. 19, then exactly the same number of runes will be there as per the date, month and year in which the person was born. You check. Alec Stewart has scored 15 centuries and 45 half-centuries during this period. It is not that Alec Stewart played only Tests. His name is included in the list of those players in the world who have played more than 100 ODI and Test matches. Alec Stewart has scored 6841 runs in 170 ODI matches. This included four centuries and 28 half-centuries. However, he could not play T20 International, because by the time this format came, Alec Stewart had retired.

Said goodbye to international cricket in the year 2003

Alec Stewart had taken retirement from international cricket in the year 2003 itself. But after this he continued playing as an amateur and played his last match in the year 2006. Even today, he is counted as England’s right-handed batsman and legendary wicket-keeper. Today he is 63 years old. Alec Stewart has also captained England in 15 Test matches during his career. Out of these, they won four, lost eight and three matches ended in a draw.

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