Longest intervals between appearances

Longest intervals between appearances in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Longest intervals between appearances

Player	Span	Mat	From	To	Missed Span
G Gunn (ENG)	1907-1930	15	1 Mar 1912	11 Jan 1930	17y 316d
Younis Ahmed (PAK)	1969-1987	6	2 Nov 1969	18 Feb 1987	17y 108d
JMM Commaille (SA)	1910-1928	12	14 Mar 1910	14 Jun 1924	14y 92d
DC Cleverley (NZ)	1932-1946	2	1 Mar 1932	29 Mar 1946	14y 28d
KC Hodsoll (BER)	2007-2021	7	8 Aug 2008	10 Nov 2021	13y 94d
AJ Traicos (SA/ZIM)	1970-1993	34	10 Mar 1970	9 Jun 1983	13y 91d
RJ Campbell (AUS/HKG)	2002-2016	5	22 Dec 2002	8 Mar 2016	13y 77d
F Mitchell (ENG/SA)	1899-1912	5	4 Apr 1899	27 May 1912	13y 53d
GM Carew (WI)	1935-1949	4	10 Jan 1935	11 Feb 1948	13y 32d
GM Strydom (CAY/ZIM)	2006-2019	18	13 Oct 2006	18 Aug 2019	12y 309d
A Khan (DEN/ENG)	2009-2022	10	15 Mar 2009	15 Oct 2021	12y 214d
L Amarnath (IND)	1933-1952	24	13 Feb 1934	22 Jun 1946	12y 129d
WE Hollies (ENG)	1935-1950	13	18 Mar 1935	7 Jun 1947	12y 81d
Nawab of Pataudi (ENG/IND)	1932-1946	6	12 Jun 1934	22 Jun 1946	12y 10d
FR Brown (ENG)	1931-1953	22	27 Jul 1937	23 Jul 1949	11y 361d
HL Jackson (ENG)	1949-1961	2	26 Jul 1949	6 Jul 1961	11y 345d
JW Wilson (NZ)	1993-2005	7	28 Mar 1993	17 Feb 2005	11y 326d
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	25	13 Aug 1912	28 Jun 1924	11y 320d
SJ Pegler (SA)	1910-1924	16	13 Aug 1912	14 Jun 1924	11y 306d
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1937-1949	7	17 Aug 1937	11 Jun 1949	11y 298d
MO Jones (BER)	2006-2023	30	28 Oct 2007	18 Aug 2019	11y 294d
N Gifford (ENG)	1964-1985	17	26 Jun 1973	24 Mar 1985	11y 271d
D Shackleton (ENG)	1950-1963	7	7 Nov 1951	20 Jun 1963	11y 225d
OO Bascome (BER)	2008-2019	9	20 Aug 2008	24 Oct 2019	11y 65d
AC Cummins (CAN/WI)	1991-2007	81	19 Dec 1995	18 Jan 2007	11y 30d
GH O'Brien (BER)	2006-2019	20	18 Aug 2008	18 Aug 2019	11y 0d
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1948	25	3 Mar 1937	11 Feb 1948	10y 345d
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1910	3	4 Apr 1899	11 Mar 1910	10y 341d
RR Emrit (WI)	2007-2018	6	31 Jan 2007	3 Jan 2018	10y 337d
JJ Tucker (BER)	2006-2019	31	8 Apr 2009	19 Oct 2019	10y 194d
SD Udal (ENG)	1994-2006	15	28 May 1995	12 Nov 2005	10y 168d
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	26	13 Aug 1912	18 Jan 1923	10y 158d
FL Reifer (WI)	1997-2009	15	7 Feb 1999	9 Jul 2009	10y 152d
RJ Trott (BER)	2007-2021	32	8 Apr 2009	18 Aug 2019	10y 132d
James Langridge (ENG)	1933-1946	8	30 Jun 1936	17 Aug 1946	10y 48d
MP Bicknell (ENG)	1990-2003	11	9 Aug 1993	21 Aug 2003	10y 12d
LB Fishlock (ENG)	1936-1947	4	18 Aug 1936	17 Aug 1946	9y 364d
DS Wesonga (KENYA)	2010-2021	7	13 Sep 2011	11 Sep 2021	9y 363d
DD Hindlekar (IND)	1936-1946	4	30 Jun 1936	22 Jun 1946	9y 357d
S Mushtaq Ali (IND)	1934-1952	11	18 Aug 1936	20 Jul 1946	9y 336d
CS Nayudu (IND)	1934-1952	11	28 Jul 1936	22 Jun 1946	9y 329d
WW Wade (SA)	1938-1950	11	23 Jan 1939	16 Dec 1948	9y 328d
VM Merchant (IND)	1933-1951	10	18 Aug 1936	22 Jun 1946	9y 308d
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1978	64	31 Jan 1968	2 Dec 1977	9y 305d
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	26	14 Mar 1939	16 Dec 1948	9y 277d
XM Marshall (USA/WI)	2005-2021	64	19 Jun 2009	15 Mar 2019	9y 269d
EG Wynyard (ENG)	1896-1906	3	12 Aug 1896	2 Jan 1906	9y 143d
ER Mayne (AUS)	1912-1921	4	31 Jul 1912	12 Nov 1921	9y 104d
OJ Hairs (SCOT)	2010-2025	35	9 Jul 2010	16 Sep 2019	9y 69d
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	27	29 Jun 1937	20 Jul 1946	9y 21d
AR Gover (ENG)	1936-1946	4	17 Aug 1937	17 Aug 1946	9y 0d

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]

Bangladesh v West Indies at Mirpur, 3rd ODI, Oct 23, 2025 [ODI # 4914]

Australia v India at Adelaide, 2nd ODI, Oct 23, 2025 [ODI # 4913]

New Zealand v England at Auckland, 3rd T20I, Oct 23, 2025 [T20I # 3533]