India, Feb. 28 -- Ron Draper, who was the oldest living Test cricketer, died at the age of 98 years and 63 days in Gqeberha in South Africa, on Friday. He was a top-order batter and sometimes even donned the wicketkeeping gloves during his professional career, and represented the South African national team in two Tests against Australia in 1950. Neil Harvey, whom Draper faced during his career, now becomes the oldest living Test cricketer at the age of 96.

Before Draper, the previous two oldest Test cricketers were Norman Gordon and John Watkins, Both were South Africans, Gordon died aged 103 in 2016 and Wakins was 98 when he died in 2021.

Draper made a century on his first class debut, batting at no. 3 on his 19th birthday for Eastern...