Lists of oldest cricketers
This is a set of lists of the oldest Test and first-class cricketers.
Contents
- 1 Oldest living Test cricketers
- 2 Oldest living Test cricketers by country
- 3 Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level
- 4 Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level, by country
- 5 Oldest Test cricketers
- 6 Oldest Test debutant
- 7 Oldest Test debutant by country
- 8 Oldest Test cricketers on final appearance
- 9 Oldest Test cricketers on final appearance by country
- 10 Oldest first-class cricketers
- 11 Women cricketers
- 12 References
Oldest living Test cricketers
Name | Country | Date of birth | Debut | Last match | Age as of 29 July 2024 |
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Lindsay Tuckett | South Africa | 6 February 1919 | 7 June 1947 | 5 March 1949 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Andy Ganteaume | West Indies | 22 January 1921 | 11 February 1948 | 16 February 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
John Watkins | South Africa | 10 April 1923 | 24 December 1949 | 5 January 1957 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Don Smith | England | 14 June 1923 | 20 June 1957 | 27 July 1957 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Roy Miller | West Indies | 24 December 1924 | 11 March 1953 | 17 March 1953 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Everton Weekes | West Indies | 26 February 1925 | 21 January 1948 | 31 March 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Hubert Doggart | England | 18 July 1925 | 18 June 1950 | 29 June 1950 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Doug Insole | England | 18 April 1926 | 20 July 1950 | 30 May 1957 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Len Maddocks | Australia | 24 May 1926 | 31 December 1954 | 31 October 1956 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Ronald Draper | South Africa | 24 December 1926 | 10 February 1950 | 6 March 1950 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Oldest living Test cricketers by country
- Australia: Len Maddocks – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Bangladesh: Enamul Haque – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- England: Don Smith – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- India: Deepak Shodhan – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- New Zealand: John Richard Reid – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Pakistan: Israr Ali – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- South Africa: Lindsay Tuckett – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Sri Lanka: Somachandra de Silva – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- West Indies: Andy Ganteaume – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Zimbabwe: John Traicos – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Note: Eighteen first-class cricketers are known to have attained centenarian status (see relevant section below). John Manners, who represented Hampshire and Combined Services amongst others, appears to be the oldest living, born 25 September 1914, thus aged Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist..
Source:[1]
Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level
Namelll | Country | Date of birth | Debut | Age as at 29 July 2024 |
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Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 28 May 1974 | 8 March 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 16 August 1974 | 17 May 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | 14 October 1977 | 4 July 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Younis Khan | Pakistan | 29 November 1977 | 26 February 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Rangana Herath | Sri Lanka | 19 March 1978 | 22 September 1999 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level, by country
- Australia: Adam Voges – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Bangladesh: Abdur Razzak – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- England: James Tredwell – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- India: Harbhajan Singh – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- New Zealand: Luke Ronchi – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- South Africa: Imran Tahir – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- West Indies: Shivnarine Chanderpaul – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
- Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza – Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Note: The above lists include players who have played Test cricket within the past 12 months and have not formally announced their retirement.
Oldest Test cricketers
Name | Country | Date of birth | Debut | Last match | Date of death | Age |
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Norman Gordon | South Africa | 6 August 1911 | 24 December 1938 | 14 March 1939 | 2 September 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Eric Tindill | New Zealand | 18 December 1910 | 26 June 1937 | 25 March 1947 | 1 August 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Francis MacKinnon | England | 9 April 1848 | 2 January 1879 | 4 January 1879 | 27 February 1947 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Lindsay Tuckett | South Africa | 6 February 1919 | 7 June 1947 | 9 March 1949 | Living | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Jack Kerr | New Zealand | 28 December 1910 | 27 June 1931 | 27 July 1937 | 27 May 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Wilfred Rhodes | England | 29 October 1877 | 1 June 1899 | 12 April 1930 | 8 July 1973 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Bill Brown | Australia | 31 July 1912 | 8 June 1934 | 29 June 1948 | 16 March 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Lindsay Weir | New Zealand | 2 June 1908 | 24 January 1930 | 17 August 1937 | 31 October 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Sydney Barnes | England | 19 April 1873 | 13 December 1901 | 18 February 1914 | 26 December 1967 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Andy Ganteaume | West Indies | 22 January 1921 | 11 February 1948 | 16 February 1948 | Living | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Esmond Kentish | West Indies | 21 November 1916 | 27 March 1948 | 21 January 1954 | 10 June 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
M. J. Gopalan | India | 6 June 1909 | 5 January 1934 | 8 January 1934 | 21 December 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Ron Hamence | Australia | 25 November 1915 | 28 February 1947 | 5 January 1948 | 24 March 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Denis Begbie | South Africa | 12 December 1914 | 6 December 1948 | 6 March 1950 | 10 March 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Jack Newman | New Zealand | 3 July 1902 | 27 February 1932 | 3 April 1933 | 23 September 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Don Cleverley | New Zealand | 23 December 1909 | 27 February 1932 | 30 March 1946 | 16 February 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Note: The longest lived Pakistan Test cricketer was Aslam Khokhar, known as Mohammad Aslam, who died aged 91 years, 17 days in January 2011.
Oldest Test debutant
Name | Country | Date of birth | Debut | Age |
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James Southerton | England | 16 November 1827 | 15 March 1877 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Miran Bakhsh | Pakistan | 20 April 1907 | 29 January 1955 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Don Blackie | Australia | 5 April 1882 | 14 December 1928 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Bert Ironmonger | Australia | 7 April 1882 | 30 November 1928 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Nelson Betancourt | West Indies | 4 June 1887 | 1 February 1930 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Rockley Wilson | England | 25 March 1879 | 25 February 1921 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Rustomji Jamshedji | India | 18 November 1892 | 15 December 1933 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Oldest Test debutant by country
- Australia – Don Blackie (46 years, 253 days)
- Bangladesh – Enamul Haque (35 years, 58 days)
- England – James Southerton (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
- India – Rustomji Jamshedji (41 years, 27 days)
- New Zealand – Herb McGirr (38 years, 101 days)
- Pakistan – Miran Bakhsh (47 years, 284 days)
- South Africa – Omar Henry (40 years, 295 days)
- Sri Lanka – Somachandra de Silva (39 years, 251 days)
- West Indies – Nelson Betancourt (42 years, 242 days)
- Zimbabwe – Andy Waller (37 years, 84 days) Note: John Traicos debuted for Zimbabwe at the age of Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist., but had already played three Tests for South Africa 22 years prior.[4]
Note: The oldest debutant, James Southerton, was also the first Test cricketer to die (on 16 June 1880). Miran Bakhsh was known as Miran Bux during his playing career. The only septuagenarian to play first-class cricket was Raja Maharaj Singh, aged 72, his sole appearance being for the Bombay Governor's XI against a Commonwealth XI in November 1950.[5] The longest lived first-class cricketer is believed to have been Jim Hutchinson who represented Derbyshire from 1920 until 1931 and who died aged 103 years, 344 days in 2000.
Source:[6]
Oldest Test cricketers on final appearance
Name | Country | Date of birth | Test Debut | Last match | Age at last Test |
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Wilfred Rhodes | England | 29 October 1877 | 1 June 1899 | 12 April 1930 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Bert Ironmonger | Australia | 7 April 1882 | 30 November 1928 | 28 February 1933 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
WG Grace | England | 18 July 1848 | 6 September 1880 | 3 June 1899 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
George Gunn | England | 13 June 1879 | 13 December 1907 | 12 April 1930 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
James Southerton | England | 16 November 1827 | 15 March 1877 | 4 April 1877 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Miran Bakhsh | Pakistan | 20 April 1907 | 29 January 1955 | 16 February 1955 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Sir Jack Hobbs | England | 16 December 1882 | 1 January 1908 | 22 August 1930 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Frank Woolley | England | 27 May 1887 | 9 August 1909 | 22 August 1934 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Oldest Test cricketers on final appearance by country
- Australia – Bert Ironmonger (50 years, 327 days)
- Bangladesh – Mohammad Rafique (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
- England – Wilfred Rhodes (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
- India – Vinoo Mankad (41 years, 305 days)
- New Zealand – Jack Alabaster (41 years, 247 days)
- Pakistan – Miran Bakhsh (47 years, 302 days)
- South Africa – Dave Nourse (45 years, 207 days)
- Sri Lanka – Somachandra de Silva (42 years, 78 days)
- West Indies – George Headley (44 years, 236 days)
- Zimbabwe – John Traicos (45 years, 304 days)
Note: The Test career of Wilfred Rhodes spanned a record 30 years, 315 days. England's youngest Test cricketer and another Yorkshireman, Brian Close (born 24 February 1931), lies second in this regard. He made his debut against New Zealand in 1949 and was recalled, after an absence of almost nine years, to oppose West Indies in 1976 (his career lasting 26 years, 356 days).
Source:[7]
Oldest first-class cricketers
This list includes players who lived to 100 or more.
Deceased Living
Rank | Name | Team(s) | Birth date | Death date | Age | Nationality |
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1 | Jim Hutchinson | Derbyshire | 29 November 1896 | 7 November 2000 | 103 years, 344 days | ![]() |
2 | Syd Ward | Wellington | 5 August 1907 | 31 December 2010 | 103 years, 148 days | ![]() |
3 | Norman Gordon | South Africa, Transvaal | 6 August 1911 | 2 September 2014 | 103 years, 27 days | ![]() |
4 | Rupert de Smidt | Western Province | 23 November 1883 | 3 August 1986 | 102 years, 253 days | ![]() |
5 | Edward English | Hampshire | 1 January 1864 | 5 September 1966 | 102 years, 247 days | ![]() |
6 | Cyril Perkins | Northamptonshire, Minor Counties | 4 June 1911 | 21 November 2013 | 102 years, 170 days | ![]() |
7 | John Wheatley | Canterbury | 8 January 1860 | 19 April 1962 | 102 years, 101 days | ![]() |
8 | Ted Martin | Western Australia | 30 September 1902 | 9 June 2004 | 101 years, 253 days | ![]() |
9 | D. B. Deodhar | Hindus, Maharashtra | 14 January 1892 | 24 August 1993 | 101 years, 222 days | ![]() |
10 | George Harman | Dublin University | 6 June 1874 | 14 December 1975 | 101 years, 191 days | ![]() |
11 | Fred Gibson | Leicestershire | 13 February 1912 | 28 June 2013 | 101 years, 135 days | ![]() ![]() |
12 | Alan Finlayson | Eastern Province | 1 September 1900 | 28 October 2001 | 101 years, 57 days | ![]() |
13 | Neil McCorkell | Hampshire, Players | 23 March 1912 | 28 February 2013 | 100 years, 342 days | ![]() |
14 | John Manners | Hampshire, Combined Services | 25 September 1914 | Living | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Living in ![]() |
15 | Harold Stapleton | New South Wales | 7 January 1915 | 24 September 2015 | 100 years, 260 days | ![]() |
16 | Charles Braithwaite | English Residents, Players of USA | 10 September 1845 | 15 April 1946 | 100 years, 217 days | ![]() |
17 | Harry Forsyth | Dublin University | 18 December 1903 | 19 July 2004 | 100 years, 214 days | ![]() |
18 | George Deane | Hampshire | 11 December 1828 | 26 February 1929 | 100 years, 77 days | ![]() |
Note: Although born in New South Wales, Australia, Syd Ward and John Wheatley appear to have been raised in New Zealand. George Harman, who acquired two Rugby Union caps for Ireland, died in Cornwall. Charles Braithwaite was born in England. Fred Gibson moved to England in 1944. Neil McCorkell was born in England, but lived in South Africa from 1951. The prominent Antiguan cricketer, Sir Sydney Walling, who died aged 102 years, 88 days in October 2009, never appeared in matches accorded first-class status.
Women cricketers
England Women's cricketer Eileen Whelan (born 30 October 1911) was the first female Test cricketer to attain centenarian status, currently aged Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.. Thelma McKenzie (Australia, born 6 April 1915) became second to achieve this landmark.
References
- ↑ Cricinfo: Oldest living players
- ↑ Cricinfo: Longest lived players
- ↑ Rediff: Oldest Test cricketers at the time of death
- ↑ Cricinfo: Traicos debut
- ↑ Cricinfo: Ripe old age
- ↑ BBC Test Match Special, Ask Bearders: "Can you tell me who is the oldest cricket player to make a Test match debut"
- ↑ Cricinfo: Oldest players