Records for Test Matches
Oldest player to take a maiden five-wickets-in-an-innings
Player
|
Age
|
Bowl
|
|
Team
|
Opposition
|
Ground
|
Match Date
|
Scorecard
|
48y 312d | 7/23 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 205 | ||
46y 268d | 6/94 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 | ||
45y 154d | 5/86 | Zimbabwe | v India | Harare | 18 Oct 1992 | Test # 1197 | ||
41y 135d | 6/58 | England | v New Zealand | Birmingham | 5 Jul 1990 | Test # 1147 | ||
40y 70d | 5/77 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | ||
40y 69d | 5/49 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 23 Feb 1951 | Test # 331 | ||
40y 65d | 5/54 | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 21 Jul 1928 | Test # 174 | ||
39y 276d | 5/59 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | Test # 925 | ||
38y 270d | 6/124 | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 21 Jan 1948 | Test # 293 | ||
38y 72d | 6/54 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 30 Dec 1984 | Test # 1006 | ||
37y 356d | 5/13 | Ireland | v England | Lord's | 24 Jul 2019 | Test # 2352 | ||
37y 347d | 5/65 | New Zealand | v India | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 | Test # 769 | ||
37y 332d | 5/37 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1933 | Test # 229 | ||
37y 314d | 5/107 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 | ||
37y 258d | 5/41 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 27 Mar 1948 | Test # 298 | ||
37y 232d | 5/266 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 3 Apr 1930 | Test # 193 | ||
37y 145d | 5/146 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 9 Aug 1909 | Test # 105 | ||
37y 121d | 7/68 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 2 Jan 1879 | Test # 3 | ||
37y 55d | 5/49 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 15 Jan 1954 | Test # 380 | ||
36y 340d | 5/34 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 | Test # 345 | ||
36y 296d | 6/29 | England | v New Zealand | Manchester | 24 Jul 1937 | Test # 261 | ||
36y 213d | 6/42 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 10 Jul 1884 | Test # 14 | ||
36y 34d | 5/55 | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 11 Mar 2000 | Test # 1488 | ||
35y 329d | 5/23 | West Indies | v India | Bridgetown | 10 Mar 1976 | Test # 773 | ||
35y 316d | 5/74 | Pakistan | v Australia | Dubai (DICS) | 22 Oct 2014 | Test # 2140 | ||
35y 270d | 6/60 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Dunedin | 28 Feb 1964 | Test # 559 | ||
35y 219d | 5/102 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 9 Dec 1910 | Test # 111 | ||
35y 173d | 7/64 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 29 May 1905 | Test # 83 | ||
35y 162d | 6/27 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 5 Jan 1951 | Test # 329 | ||
35y 23d | 9/69 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | ||
35y 14d | 6/29 | England | v India | Lord's | 22 Jun 1967 | Test # 619 | ||
35y 11d | 5/160 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 14 Jan 1921 | Test # 137 |
Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]
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