Oldest cricket player in town still turning out for his local cricket team - aged 91 - video Dailymotion

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Mike Fisher proves he's the oldest swinger in town by still turning out for this local cricket team every week - at the age of 91.   The grandfather-of-two from Walsall, West Midlands, UK is still batting off opponents decades younger than him - 75 years after taking up the sport.     The RAF veteran turns out for two hours a week, every Friday, for his local team and says he can still play all over the field.  Mike, who is probably Britain's oldest cricketer, averages around eight runs a game - and has vowed to carry on playing for as long as he can.

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00:00I like playing cricket because we get to exercise, we run in between the wickets, we should be

00:08running, we should be walking, running is most of it, and we're moving around the field

00:12all the time, every time we move around, so when I'm playing football, I'm usually standing

00:17in one position all the time.

00:19Yes, I'd recommend Cricket for anybody, he's a nice steady game to play, you don't get

00:26out of breath, you're only walking, so I'd like to play cricket, but I'd never really

00:34played cricket seriously at all when I was younger.

00:38My ambition is to still be playing at 92, that is my main thing, I was 91 last year

00:44and now I'm 92, whether I should get that far I don't know, but I should try.

Oldest cricket player in town still turning out for his local cricket team - aged 91

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