Latest News :- Wilfred Rhodes, today regarded as England's greatest all-rounder, was born on October 29, 1877 in Yorkshire. He is a right handed batsman. But slow left arm spinner. He can be called the diamond of cricket that Yorkshire gave birth to. He has scored 30,000 runs for Yorkshire alone.

Wilfred Rhodes played 58 Tests and scored 2,325 runs at an average of 30.19 with 2 centuries and 11 fifties. Highest test score 179. Also took 60 catches. He has only one six in his account. His matches in first-class cricket are astonishing feats. Audi has scored 39,969 runs in 1,110 first-class cricket matches. The highest score was 267 runs not out. Total 58 centuries and 197 half-centuries. 765 catches.

He has taken 127 wickets in 58 test matches. His best bowling was 8 wickets for 68 runs. 4,204 wickets in 1,110 matches in first-class cricket. The best bowling was 9 wickets for just 24 runs. He started his cricket batting career as a number 11 batsman and then progressed to opening batsman due to his immense talent and hard work.

He was 52 when he played his last Test for England in May 1929–30. Wilfred Rhodes still holds the world record for the oldest Test player. He took 15 wickets in the Australia series in Melbourne in 1903–04. It took 8 years and he helped build a 323-run partnership with Jack Hopes as the opening partnership. According to ESPNcricinfo data, this is England's biggest opening partnership so far in an Ashes series.

He lost his eyesight in old age. He died in 1973 at the age of 97. To this day, Rhodes is considered England's greatest all-rounder. It is noteworthy that Neville Cardus wrote a memorial article about him and published it in 'The Guardian' magazine.