Longest careers

Records for Test+ODI+T20I Matches

Player	From	To	Span	Mat
W Rhodes (ENG)	1 Jun 1899	12 Apr 1930	30y 315d	58
DB Close (ENG)	23 Jul 1949	13 Jul 1976	26y 356d	25
FE Woolley (ENG)	9 Aug 1909	22 Aug 1934	25y 13d	64
GA Headley (WI)	11 Jan 1930	21 Jan 1954	24y 10d	22
SR Tendulkar (IND)	15 Nov 1989	16 Nov 2013	24y 1d	664
AJ Traicos (SA/ZIM)	5 Feb 1970	25 Mar 1993	23y 48d	34
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1 Jan 1908	22 Aug 1930	22y 233d	61
G Gunn (ENG)	13 Dec 1907	12 Apr 1930	22y 120d	15
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	11 Sep 1999	6 Nov 2021	22y 56d	483
Shoaib Malik (ICC/PAK)	14 Oct 1999	20 Nov 2021	22y 37d	446
SE Gregory (AUS)	21 Jul 1890	22 Aug 1912	22y 32d	58
FR Brown (ENG)	29 Jul 1931	30 Jun 1953	21y 336d	22
AW Nourse (SA)	11 Oct 1902	19 Aug 1924	21y 313d	45
CO Obuya (KENYA)	15 Aug 2001	21 Jun 2023	21y 310d	163
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/PAK)	2 Oct 1996	31 May 2018	21y 241d	524
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	26 Dec 1989	28 Jun 2011	21y 184d	586
S Chanderpaul (WI)	17 Mar 1994	3 May 2015	21y 47d	454
Imran Khan (PAK)	3 Jun 1971	25 Mar 1992	20y 296d	263
N Gifford (ENG)	18 Jun 1964	26 Mar 1985	20y 281d	17
Javed Miandad (PAK)	11 Jun 1975	9 Mar 1996	20y 272d	357
JM Anderson (ENG)	15 Dec 2002	31 Jul 2023	20y 228d	396
RB Simpson (AUS)	23 Dec 1957	3 May 1978	20y 131d	64
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	26 Nov 1954	13 Feb 1975	20y 79d	115
GS Sobers (WI)	30 Mar 1954	5 Apr 1974	20y 6d	94
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	26 Mar 1959	29 Mar 1979	20y 3d	67
M Amarnath (IND)	24 Dec 1969	30 Oct 1989	19y 310d	154
HW Taylor (SA)	27 May 1912	1 Mar 1932	19y 279d	42
B Mitchell (SA)	15 Jun 1929	9 Mar 1949	19y 267d	42
DG Bradman (AUS)	30 Nov 1928	18 Aug 1948	19y 262d	52
FJ Titmus (ENG)	23 Jun 1955	9 Mar 1975	19y 259d	55
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1 Jan 1902	16 Aug 1921	19y 227d	50
GA Gooch (ENG)	10 Jul 1975	7 Feb 1995	19y 212d	243
DCS Compton (ENG)	14 Aug 1937	5 Mar 1957	19y 203d	78
WR Hammond (ENG)	24 Dec 1927	25 Mar 1947	19y 91d	85
HMRKB Herath (SL)	22 Sep 1999	9 Nov 2018	19y 48d	181
C Washbrook (ENG)	14 Aug 1937	28 Aug 1956	19y 14d	37
L Amarnath (IND)	15 Dec 1933	15 Dec 1952	19y 0d	24
PA de Silva (SL)	31 Mar 1984	18 Mar 2003	18y 352d	401
WG Grace (ENG)	6 Sep 1880	3 Jun 1899	18y 270d	22
A Nehra (Asia/IND)	24 Feb 1999	1 Nov 2017	18y 250d	164
CG Macartney (AUS)	13 Dec 1907	18 Aug 1926	18y 248d	35
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	3 Apr 2003	11 Nov 2021	18y 222d	392
M Muralidaran (Asia/ICC/SL)	28 Aug 1992	2 Apr 2011	18y 217d	495
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	27 Feb 1965	29 Sep 1983	18y 214d	72
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	14 Dec 1995	12 Jul 2014	18y 210d	519
A Kumble (Asia/IND)	25 Apr 1990	2 Nov 2008	18y 191d	403
GA Faulkner (SA)	2 Jan 1906	1 Jul 1924	18y 181d	25
A Ranatunga (SL)	14 Feb 1982	10 Aug 2000	18y 178d	362
SC Williams (ZIM)	25 Feb 2005	4 Jul 2023	18y 129d	238
Mashrafe Mortaza (Asia/BAN)	8 Nov 2001	6 Mar 2020	18y 119d	310
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	26 May 2005	9 Sep 2023	18y 106d	443
Wasim Akram (PAK)	23 Nov 1984	4 Mar 2003	18y 101d	460
Majid Khan (PAK)	24 Oct 1964	28 Jan 1983	18y 96d	86
CH Lloyd (WI)	13 Dec 1966	6 Mar 1985	18y 83d	197
KG Viljoen (SA)	24 Dec 1930	9 Mar 1949	18y 75d	27
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	21 Mar 1947	1 Jun 1965	18y 72d	42
MN Samuels (WI)	4 Oct 2000	14 Dec 2018	18y 71d	345
KD Karthik (ICC/IND)	5 Sep 2004	2 Nov 2022	18y 58d	180
H Masakadza (ZIM)	27 Jul 2001	20 Sep 2019	18y 55d	313
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	6 Feb 1997	29 Mar 2015	18y 51d	442
S Mushtaq Ali (IND)	5 Jan 1934	10 Feb 1952	18y 36d	11
RB Kanhai (WI)	30 May 1957	21 Jun 1975	18y 22d	86
FH Edwards (WI)	27 Jun 2003	10 Jul 2021	18y 13d	131
SR Waugh (AUS)	26 Dec 1985	6 Jan 2004	18y 11d	493
CS Nayudu (IND)	5 Jan 1934	14 Jan 1952	18y 9d	11
JMM Commaille (SA)	1 Jan 1910	4 Jan 1928	18y 3d	12
LR Gibbs (WI)	5 Feb 1958	5 Feb 1976	18y 0d	82

Dates are from debut to the final day of the player's last match

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Ireland at Nottingham, 2nd ODI, Sep 23, 2023 [ODI # 4653]

Bangladesh v New Zealand at Mirpur, 2nd ODI, Sep 23, 2023 [ODI # 4652]

Oman v United Arab Emirates at Doha, Gulf Cricket T20I Championship final, Sep 23, 2023 [T20I # 2253]

Malaysia v Papua New Guinea at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series 5th match, Sep 23, 2023 [T20I # 2252]