World's Oldest Living Cricket Player Turns 110, Gets Heartwarming Birthday Full of Surprises
Eileen Ash celebrated her birthday the way many would hope to: surrounded by friends and family, enjoying cake and a celebratory glass of red wine, and receiving an avalanche of well-wishes in both spoken and written…
Eileen Ash celebrated her birthday the way many would hope to: surrounded by friends and family, enjoying cake and a celebratory glass of red wine, and receiving an avalanche of well-wishes in both spoken and written form.
But that’s where most of the similarities end, because over the weekend Ash celebrated her 110th birthday — a milestone most can only dream of. And boy, has she filled those years with adventure.
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She now resides at St. John’s House in Norwich, England, where she’s known as chipper, cheerful and cheeky, according to a blog post by the care home.
Other than the sparkle in her eye, you’d never guess she’d been a cracking cricket player for over a decade, worked for the United Kingdom’s foreign intelligence service MI6 during WWII and beyond — but she has, and her accomplishments didn’t end when she hit the respectable age of 100, either.
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When she was 105, she took (and passed) her driving test. At 106, she went for a ride in a biplane from the 1930s. She’s been recognized as the oldest living international cricketer, had a