Records for Test Matches

Oldest player to take ten-wickets-in-a-match

Player	Age	Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
H Ironmonger	49y 311d	11/24	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
CV Grimmett	44y 65d	13/173	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
AP Freeman	41y 71d	12/171	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
SF Barnes	40y 301d	14/144	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
HMRKB Herath	39y 193d	11/136	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
RG Holland	39y 34d	10/174	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
JC White	37y 348d	13/256	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
CS Marriott	37y 332d	11/96	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
HHH Johnson	37y 258d	10/96	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
CA Walsh	37y 243d	10/117	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
RJ Hadlee	37y 144d	10/88	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CR Miller	36y 313d	10/113	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
R Ashwin	36y 298d	12/131	India	v West Indies	Roseau	12 Jul 2023	Test # 2510
M Muralidaran	36y 253d	10/190	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
KR Miller	36y 206d	10/152	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
NM Lyon	36y 101d	10/108	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
SK Warne	35y 360d	12/246	Australia	v England	The Oval	8 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
MDK Perera	35y 355d	10/78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
Saeed Ajmal	35y 324d	11/118	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	3 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
EAS Prasanna	35y 247d	11/140	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
MH Mankad	35y 187d	13/131	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
Imran Khan	35y 180d	11/121	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
H Trumble	35y 91d	12/173	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
A Kumble	35y 54d	10/157	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
AA Mailey	35y 39d	13/236	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
JM Patel	35y 23d	14/124	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
AV Bedser	34y 342d	14/99	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
EJ Chatfield	34y 269d	10/124	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
G Geary	34y 168d	12/130	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
JC Laker	34y 168d	19/90	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
WH Lockwood	34y 121d	11/76	England	v Australia	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
Ghulam Ahmed	34y 121d	10/130	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
B Yardley	34y 119d	10/185	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
G Dymock	34y 73d	12/166	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
RA Jadeja	34y 73d	10/110	India	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023	Test # 2493
GP Swann	34y 61d	10/132	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
AR Caddick	34y 42d	10/215	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
SCJ Broad	34y 30d	10/67	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
JH Wardle	33y 359d	12/89	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
Wasim Akram	33y 357d	11/110	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
GOB Allen	33y 332d	10/78	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
JM Anderson	33y 294d	10/45	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
BL Cairns	33y 291d	10/144	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
TE Bailey	33y 199d	11/98	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
AR Border	33y 183d	11/96	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
AY Patel	33y 43d	14/225	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
AA Donald	33y 36d	11/127	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
AEE Vogler	33y 34d	12/181	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
TM Alderman	32y 361d	10/151	Australia	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
ERH Toshack	32y 355d	11/31	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
ARC Fraser	32y 349d	10/122	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
MR Whitney	32y 342d	11/95	Australia	v India	Perth	1 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
G Giffen	32y 308d	10/160	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
DVP Wright	32y 304d	10/175	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
BS Chandrasekhar	32y 227d	12/104	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
WJ O'Reilly	32y 214d	10/122	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
Yasir Shah	32y 206d	14/184	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
DK Lillee	32y 161d	10/127	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
SCG MacGill	32y 150d	10/133	Australia	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
FS Trueman	32y 148d	12/119	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
GE Gomez	32y 107d	10/113	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
MG Johnson	32y 102d	12/127	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
Abdul Qadir	32y 92d	10/186	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
SNJ O'Keefe	32y 76d	12/70	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
UDU Chandana	32y 63d	10/210	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
Fazal Mahmood	32y 16d	12/100	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471

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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]