"For me,I think it was more difficult because I dealt with the guilt of missing my child, having him so far away, then always trying to get home on the weekends to see him, as well as keeping up with school and remaining active,"
VOA: standard.2009.12.04
That's possibly because batting relies on reflexes, which diminish with age, but then wicket-keeping also requires good reflexes, and Gilchirst, for example, is still keepingwell.