Lists of oldest cricketers

This is a set of lists of the oldest Test and first-class cricketers.

Oldest living Test cricketers

Name	Country	Date of birth	Debut	Last match	Age as of
Neil Harvey	Australia	8 October 1928	22 January 1948	20 February 1963
Trevor McMahon	New Zealand	8 November 1929	13 October 1955	6 February 1956
C. D. Gopinath	India	1 March 1930	14 March 1951	28 January 1960
Ian Leggat	New Zealand	7 June 1930	1 January 1954	5 January 1954
Chandrakant Patankar	India	24 November 1930	28 December 1955	2 January 1956
Gavin Stevens	Australia	29 February 1932	21 November 1959	6 February 1960
Bob Blair	New Zealand	23 June 1932	6 March 1953	13 March 1964
Micky Stewart	England	16 September 1932	21 June 1962	26 January 1964
Kim Elgie	South Africa	6 March 1933	8 December 1961	1 January 1962
M.J.K. Smith	England	30 June 1933	5 June 1958	18 June 1972

Oldest living Test cricketers by country

Country	Player	Age as of
Afghanistan	Mohammad Nabi
Australia	Neil Harvey
Bangladesh	Enamul Haque
England	Micky Stewart
India	C. D. Gopinath
Ireland	Ed Joyce
New Zealand	Trevor McMahon
Pakistan	Fazal-ur-Rehman
South Africa	Kim Elgie
Sri Lanka	Lalith Kaluperuma
West Indies	Cammie Smith
Zimbabwe	John Traicos

Note: Twenty-seven first-class cricketers are known to have attained centenarian status.
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Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level

Name	Country	Date of birth	Debut	Age as of
Craig Ervine	Zimbabwe	19 August 1985	4 August 2011
Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	6 February 1986	6 May 2004
Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	24 April 1986	3 September 2013

Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level, by country

Country	Name	Age as of
Afghanistan	Yamin Ahmadzai
Australia	Nathan Lyon
Bangladesh	Mushfiqur Rahim
England	Mark Wood
India	Ravindra Jadeja
Ireland	Craig Young
New Zealand	Ajaz Patel
Pakistan	Noman Ali
South Africa	Simon Harmer
Sri Lanka	Dinesh Chandimal
West Indies	Kemar Roach
Zimbabwe	Craig Ervine

Note: The above lists include players who have played Test cricket within the past 24 months and have not formally announced their retirement.

Longest-lived Test cricketers

See also Oldest living Test cricketers above.

Name	Country	Date of birth	Debut	Last match	Date of death	Age
Norman Gordon	South Africa	6 August 1911	24 December 1938	14 March 1939	2 September 2014
Eric Tindill	New Zealand	18 December 1910	26 June 1937	25 March 1947	1 August 2010
Francis MacKinnon	England	9 April 1848	2 January 1879	4 January 1879	27 February 1947
John Watkins	South Africa	10 April 1923	24 December 1949	5 January 1957	3 September 2021
Ronald Draper	South Africa	24 December 1926	10 February 1950	3 March 1950	25 February 2025
Lindsay Tuckett	South Africa	6 February 1919	7 June 1947	9 March 1949	5 September 2016
Donald Smith	England	14 June 1923	20 June 1957	27 July 1957	10 January 2021
Jack Kerr	New Zealand	28 December 1910	27 June 1931	27 July 1937	27 May 2007
Wazir Mohammad	Pakistan	22 December 1929	13 November 1952	18 November 1959	13 October 2025
Wilfred Rhodes	England	29 October 1877	1 June 1899	12 April 1930	8 July 1973
Bill Brown	Australia	31 July 1912	8 June 1934	29 June 1948	16 March 2008
Lindsay Weir	New Zealand	2 June 1908	24 January 1930	17 August 1937	31 October 2003
Everton Weekes	West Indies	26 February 1925	21 January 1948	31 March 1958	1 July 2020
Datta Gaekwad	India	27 October 1928	5 June 1952	18 January 1961	13 February 2024
Ken Archer	Australia	17 January 1928	22 December 1950	5 December 1951	14 April 2023
Andy Ganteaume	West Indies	22 January 1921	11 February 1948	16 February 1948	17 February 2016
Sydney Barnes	England	19 April 1873	13 December 1901	18 February 1914	26 December 1967
Esmond Kentish	West Indies	21 November 1916	27 March 1948	21 January 1954	10 June 2011
M. J. Gopalan	India	6 June 1909	5 January 1934	8 January 1934	21 December 2003
Ron Hamence	Australia	25 November 1915	28 February 1947	5 January 1948	24 March 2010

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Oldest Test debutants

Name	Country	Date of birth	Debut	Age at debut
James Southerton	England	16 November 1827	15 March 1877
Miran Bakhsh	Pakistan	20 April 1907	29 January 1955
Don Blackie	Australia	5 April 1882	14 December 1928
Bert Ironmonger	Australia	7 April 1882	30 November 1928
Nelson Betancourt	West Indies	4 June 1887	1 February 1930
Rockley Wilson	England	25 March 1879	25 February 1921
Rustomji Jamshedji	India	18 November 1892	15 December 1933

Oldest Test debutant by country

Country	Name	Age at debut
Australia	Don Blackie	46 years, 253 days
Bangladesh	Enamul Haque	35 years, 58 days
England	James Southerton
India	Rustomji Jamshedji	41 years, 27 days
Ireland	Ed Joyce	39 years, 232 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, but had already played three Tests for South Africa 22 years prior.
Note: The oldest debutant, James Southerton, was also the first Test cricketer to die. Miran Bakhsh was known as Miran Bux during his playing career.
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Oldest Test cricketers on final appearance

Name	Country	Date of birth	Test Debut	Last match	Age at last Test
Wilfred Rhodes	England	29 October 1877	1 June 1899	12 April 1930
Bert Ironmonger	Australia	7 April 1882	30 November 1928	28 February 1933
WG Grace	England	18 July 1848	6 September 1880	3 June 1899
George Gunn	England	13 June 1879	13 December 1907	12 April 1930
James Southerton	England	16 November 1827	15 March 1877	4 April 1877
Miran Bakhsh	Pakistan	20 April 1907	29 January 1955	16 February 1955
Sir Jack Hobbs	England	16 December 1882	1 January 1908	22 August 1930
Frank Woolley	England	27 May 1887	9 August 1909	22 August 1934
Don Blackie	Australia	5 April 1882	14 December 1928	8 February 1929
Bert Strudwick	England	28 January 1880	1 January 1910	18 August 1926