List of oldest Test cricketers

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This is a list of the oldest Test cricketers.

Contents 1 Oldest Test cricketers still living 2 Oldest Test cricketers currently playing 3 Longest living Test cricketers (now deceased) 4 Oldest Test cricketers on debut 5 Oldest Test cricketers at last Test 6 Oldest Test cricket captains on captaincy debut 7 References

[edit] Oldest Test cricketers still living

Name	Country	Date of birth	Debut	Last match	Age as at 15 June 2008
Eric Tindill	New Zealand	18 December 1910	26 June 1937	21 March 1947	&0000000000000097.00000097 years, &0000000000000180.000000180 days
Norman Gordon	South Africa	6 August 1911	24 December 1938	3 March 1939	&0000000000000096.00000096 years, &0000000000000314.000000314 days
Denis Begbie	South Africa	12 December 1914	6 December 1948	3 March 1950	&0000000000000093.00000093 years, &0000000000000186.000000186 days
Ron Hamence	Australia	25 November 1915	28 February 1947	1 January 1948	&0000000000000092.00000092 years, &0000000000000203.000000203 days
Esmond Kentish	West Indies	21 November 1916	27 March 1948	15 January 1954	&0000000000000091.00000091 years, &0000000000000207.000000207 days
Colin Snedden	New Zealand	7 January 1918	21 March 1947	21 March 1947	&0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000160.000000160 days
Arthur McIntyre	England	14 May 1918	12 August 1950	21 July 1955	&0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000032.00000032 days
Alec Bedser	England	4 July 1918	22 June 1946	12 July 1955	&0000000000000089.00000089 years, &0000000000000347.000000347 days
Lindsay Tuckett	South Africa	6 February 1919	7 June 1947	5 March 1949	&0000000000000089.00000089 years, &0000000000000130.000000130 days

Source: [1]

[edit] Oldest Test cricketers currently playing

Name	Country	Date of birth	Debut	Age as at 15 June 2008
Anil Kumble	India	17 October 1970	9 August 1990	&0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000242.000000242 days

Note: The previous record holder, Sanath Jayasuriya (born 30 June 1969) retired from Test cricket on 5 December 2007 at the age of &0000000000000038.00000038 years, &0000000000000158.000000158 days.

Oldest player by country

• India: Anil Kumble - &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000242.000000242 days
• Australia: Stuart MacGill - &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000111.000000111 days
• England:
• Pakistan:
• South Africa:
• Sri Lanka:
• New Zealand:
• West Indies:
• Zimbabwe

[edit] Longest living Test cricketers (now deceased)

Name	Country	Date of birth	Debut	Last match	Date of death	Age at death
Francis MacKinnon	England	9 April 1848	2 January 1879	4 January 1879	27 February 1947	&0000000000000098.00000098 years, &0000000000000324.000000324 days
Jack Kerr	New Zealand	28 December 1910	27 June 1931	24 July 1937	27 May 2007	&0000000000000096.00000096 years, &0000000000000150.000000150 days
Wilfred Rhodes	England	29 October 1877	1 June 1899	3 April 1930	8 July 1973	&0000000000000095.00000095 years, &0000000000000252.000000252 days
Bill Brown	Australia	31 July 1912	8 June 1934	24 June 1948	16 March 2008	&0000000000000095.00000095 years, &0000000000000229.000000229 days
Lindsay Weir	New Zealand	2 June 1908	24 January 1930	14 August 1937	31 October 2003	&0000000000000095.00000095 years, &0000000000000151.000000151 days
Sydney Barnes	England	19 April 1873	13 December 1901	18 February 1914	26 December 1967	&0000000000000094.00000094 years, &0000000000000251.000000251 days
M. J. Gopalan	India	6 June 1909	5 January 1934	8 January 1934	21 December 2003	&0000000000000094.00000094 years, &0000000000000198.000000198 days
Jack Newman	New Zealand	3 July 1902	27 February 1932	3 April 1933	23 September 1996	&0000000000000094.00000094 years, &0000000000000082.00000082 days

Source: [2]

[edit] Oldest Test cricketers on debut

James Southerton (England, born 16 November 1827, debut 15 March 1877) was the oldest cricketer to make his Test debut, at the age of &0000000000000049.00000049 years, &0000000000000119.000000119 days. Southerton was also the first Test cricketer to die.

Oldest debutants from other countries are:

• Pakistan - Miran Bux (47y 284d)
• Australia - Don Blackie (46y 253d)
• West Indies - Nelson Betancourt (42y 242d)
• India - Rustomji Jamshedji (41y 27d)
• South Africa - Omar Henry (40y 295d)
• Sri Lanka - Somachandra de Silva (39y 251d)
• New Zealand - Herb McGirr (38y 101d)
• Zimbabwe - Andrew Waller (37y 84d). Note that John Traicos played three Tests for South Africa in his mid-twenties, and after a gap of some 22 years, made his debut for Zimbabwe at the age of &0000000000000045.00000045 years, &0000000000000154.000000154 days[3]
• Bangladesh - Enamul Haque (35y 58d)

Source: [4]

Note: The oldest person to make his first-class debut as well as to play first-class cricket was Raja Maharaj Singh at the age of 72. Jim Laker bowled him out for 4 runs in a Bombay Governor's XI against a Commonwealth XI on 25 November 1950.[5]

[edit] Oldest Test cricketers at last Test

Name	Country	Date of birth	Test Debut	Last match	Age at last Test
Wilfred Rhodes	England	29 October 1877	1 June 1899	3 April 1930	&0000000000000052.00000052 years, &0000000000000156.000000156 days
Bert Ironmonger	Australia	7 April 1882	30 November 1928	23 February 1933	&0000000000000050.00000050 years, &0000000000000361.000000361 days
WG Grace	England	18 July 1848	6 September 1880	1 June 1899	&0000000000000050.00000050 years, &0000000000000318.000000318 days
George Gunn	England	13 June 1879	13 December 1907	3 April 1930	&0000000000000050.00000050 years, &0000000000000294.000000294 days
James Southerton	England	16 November 1827	15 March 1877	4 April 1877	&0000000000000049.00000049 years, &0000000000000139.000000139 days
Miran Bux	Pakistan	20 April 1907	29 January 1955	13 February 1955	&0000000000000047.00000047 years, &0000000000000299.000000299 days

Source: [6]

[edit] Oldest Test cricket captains on captaincy debut

Source: [7]

[edit] References

• http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2003/dec/22old.htm