Grandma becomes the oldest player in international cricket

A grandmother wants to "play as long as possible" after breaking the record for the oldest international cricket player ever.

At the age of 66 years and 334 days, wicketkeeper Sally Barton made her debut for Gibraltar in their second Twenty20 international match against Estonia.

"The words 'too old' just aren't in my vocabulary," Barton told BBC Sport. "I never thought I would play international cricket in my sixties, but it goes to show that you should not let anyone tell you it is time to stop playing sport."

Barton broke the previous record for a match sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC), set by Portugal's Akbar Saiyad.

When Saiyad, who was born in Mozambique, played a T20 match for the Portuguese against Finland in 2012, he was 66 years and 12 days old.

The British Overseas Territory played a women's T20 international for the first time in the three-match series between ICC Associate members Gibraltar and Estonia, which the former won 3-0.

While some of the team members are still in their teens, Barton is almost thirty years older than the next most senior player for Gibraltar.

"We play on an artificial pitch in Gibraltar so the bounce can make wicket keeping tricky at times, but I've developed my unique style," she stated. "I might not be as fast as I used to be, but my endurance and everything is still there. My overriding memory of my debut, though, is the efforts of my teammates to get that win."