India, May 11 -- The sporting world is full of extraordinary stories. A former England football international has been pursuing cricket for some time now, and now wants to make a mark in the sport by representing England's Over-60s side.

Meet former goalkeeper Nigel Martyn. He has played 23 games for the national football team from 1992-2002. He retired in 2006 from all types of competitive football.

Martyn has been a cricket fan since childhood, but he chose football as a career. He was a goalkeeper. In a career spanning 20 years, he represented teams like Bristol Rovers, Crystal Palace, Leeds and Everton and made 666 league appearances in all.

But a few years later, after his retirement, he got back to cricket, and now he is on the v...