Oldest living players

Oldest living players in Tests

Oldest living players

Player	Span	Mat	Born	Age
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1963	79	8 Oct 1928	97y 84d
TG McMahon (NZ)	1955-1956	5	8 Nov 1929	96y 53d
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1960	8	1 Mar 1930	95y 305d
IB Leggat (NZ)	1954-1954	1	7 Jun 1930	95y 207d
CT Patankar (IND)	1955-1956	1	24 Nov 1930	95y 37d
GB Stevens (AUS)	1959-1960	4	29 Feb 1932	93y 305d
RW Blair (NZ)	1953-1964	19	23 Jun 1932	93y 191d
MJ Stewart (ENG)	1962-1964	8	16 Sep 1932	93y 106d
MJK Smith (ENG)	1958-1972	50	30 Jun 1933	92y 184d
RM Harris (NZ)	1959-1959	2	27 Jul 1933	92y 157d
CW Smith (WI)	1960-1962	5	29 Jul 1933	92y 155d
DT Dewdney (WI)	1955-1958	9	23 Oct 1933	92y 69d
BD Morrison (NZ)	1963-1963	1	17 Dec 1933	92y 14d
JL Hendriks (WI)	1962-1969	20	21 Dec 1933	92y 10d
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1962	31	7 Mar 1934	91y 299d
WV Rodriguez (WI)	1962-1968	5	25 Jun 1934	91y 189d
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	55	21 Jul 1934	91y 163d
JW Guy (NZ)	1955-1961	12	29 Aug 1934	91y 124d
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1976	79	29 Sep 1934	91y 93d
DE Hoare (AUS)	1961-1961	1	19 Oct 1934	91y 73d
DW Richardson (ENG)	1957-1957	1	3 Nov 1934	91y 58d
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1963	18	6 Jan 1935	90y 359d
BA Bolton (NZ)	1959-1959	2	31 May 1935	90y 214d
SF Rehman (PAK)	1958-1958	1	11 Jun 1935	90y 203d
VV Kumar (IND)	1961-1961	2	22 Jun 1935	90y 192d
K Taylor (ENG)	1959-1964	3	21 Aug 1935	90y 132d
RW Barber (ENG)	1960-1968	28	26 Sep 1935	90y 96d
JG Binks (ENG)	1964-1964	2	5 Oct 1935	90y 87d
PT Barton (NZ)	1961-1963	7	9 Oct 1935	90y 83d
A Brown (ENG)	1961-1961	2	17 Oct 1935	90y 75d
KH Eastwood (AUS)	1971-1971	1	23 Nov 1935	90y 38d
FE Rumsey (ENG)	1964-1965	5	4 Dec 1935	90y 27d
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	26 Dec 1935	90y 5d
JW D'Arcy (NZ)	1958-1958	5	23 Apr 1936	89y 252d
RI Harford (NZ)	1968-1968	3	30 May 1936	89y 215d
WE Russell (ENG)	1961-1967	10	3 Jul 1936	89y 181d
V Subramanya (IND)	1965-1968	9	16 Jul 1936	89y 168d
HJ Rhodes (ENG)	1959-1959	2	22 Jul 1936	89y 162d
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	28 Jul 1936	89y 156d
AE Dick (NZ)	1961-1965	17	10 Oct 1936	89y 82d
AC Smith (ENG)	1962-1963	6	25 Oct 1936	89y 67d
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1961-1972	37	8 Dec 1936	89y 23d
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1971	67	11 Feb 1937	88y 323d
GT Dowling (NZ)	1961-1972	39	4 Mar 1937	88y 302d
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	21	6 Apr 1937	88y 269d
JSE Price (ENG)	1964-1972	15	22 Jul 1937	88y 162d
DA Sharpe (PAK)	1959-1959	3	3 Aug 1937	88y 150d
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1969	48	12 Sep 1937	88y 110d
DW Allan (WI)	1962-1966	5	5 Nov 1937	88y 56d
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1975	46	25 Feb 1938	87y 309d
G Thomas (AUS)	1965-1966	8	21 Mar 1938	87y 285d
Mohammad Farooq (PAK)	1960-1965	7	8 Apr 1938	87y 267d
Javed Burki (PAK)	1960-1969	25	8 May 1938	87y 237d
CD Watson (WI)	1960-1962	7	1 Jul 1938	87y 183d
AR Lewis (ENG)	1972-1973	9	6 Jul 1938	87y 178d
JT Sparling (NZ)	1958-1964	11	24 Jul 1938	87y 160d
R Dumbrill (SA)	1965-1967	5	19 Nov 1938	87y 42d
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1969	28	14 Dec 1938	87y 17d
A D'Souza (PAK)	1959-1962	6	17 Jan 1939	86y 348d
AA Baig (IND)	1959-1967	10	19 Mar 1939	86y 287d
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1971	29	29 Jun 1939	86y 185d
RGA Headley (WI)	1973-1973	2	29 Jun 1939	86y 185d
RM Prideaux (ENG)	1968-1969	3	31 Jul 1939	86y 153d
D Gamsy (SA)	1970-1970	2	17 Feb 1940	85y 317d
N Gifford (ENG)	1964-1973	15	30 Mar 1940	85y 276d
JDF Larter (ENG)	1962-1965	10	24 Apr 1940	85y 251d
BA Davis (WI)	1965-1965	4	2 May 1940	85y 243d
PHJ Trimborn (SA)	1967-1970	4	18 May 1940	85y 227d
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1978	49	22 May 1940	85y 223d
RM Edwards (WI)	1968-1969	5	3 Jun 1940	85y 211d
RHD Sellers (AUS)	1964-1964	1	20 Aug 1940	85y 133d
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1982	108	21 Oct 1940	85y 71d
J Birkenshaw (ENG)	1973-1974	5	13 Nov 1940	85y 48d
GA Bartlett (NZ)	1961-1968	10	3 Feb 1941	84y 331d
RW Morgan (NZ)	1965-1972	20	12 Feb 1941	84y 322d
MR Bynoe (WI)	1959-1967	4	23 Feb 1941	84y 311d
GP Bilby (NZ)	1966-1966	2	7 May 1941	84y 238d
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1973	29	14 May 1941	84y 231d
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	60	24 Jun 1941	84y 190d
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	28	30 Jun 1941	84y 184d
GE Corling (AUS)	1964-1964	5	13 Jul 1941	84y 171d
RW Taylor (ENG)	1971-1984	57	17 Jul 1941	84y 167d
PB Truscott (NZ)	1965-1965	1	14 Aug 1941	84y 139d
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1976	8	29 Sep 1941	84y 93d
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	49	13 Oct 1941	84y 79d
BW Yuile (NZ)	1963-1969	17	29 Oct 1941	84y 63d
IJ Jones (ENG)	1964-1968	15	10 Dec 1941	84y 21d
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1977	47	28 Dec 1941	84y 3d
LC Mayne (AUS)	1965-1970	6	23 Jan 1942	83y 342d
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1969	26	30 Jan 1942	83y 335d
DJ Sincock (AUS)	1964-1966	3	1 Feb 1942	83y 333d
UN Kulkarni (IND)	1967-1968	4	7 Mar 1942	83y 299d
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1981	39	28 Apr 1942	83y 247d
A Bacher (SA)	1965-1970	12	24 May 1942	83y 221d
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1973	19	30 Aug 1942	83y 123d
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	5	6 Sep 1942	83y 116d
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1975	20	1 Dec 1942	83y 30d
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1978	12	26 Dec 1942	83y 5d
DL Amiss (ENG)	1966-1977	50	7 Apr 1943	82y 268d
JR Watkins (AUS)	1973-1973	1	16 Apr 1943	82y 259d
MLC Foster (WI)	1969-1978	14	9 May 1943	82y 236d
DL Murray (WI)	1963-1980	62	20 May 1943	82y 225d
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1964-1980	58	6 Jun 1943	82y 208d
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1964-1969	5	10 Aug 1943	82y 143d
IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1980	75	26 Sep 1943	82y 96d
TM Findlay (WI)	1969-1973	10	19 Oct 1943	82y 73d
JN Shepherd (WI)	1969-1971	5	9 Nov 1943	82y 52d
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1979	57	22 Nov 1943	82y 39d
BD Milburn (NZ)	1969-1969	3	24 Nov 1943	82y 37d
CA Davis (WI)	1968-1973	15	1 Jan 1944	81y 364d
RJ Inverarity (AUS)	1968-1972	6	31 Jan 1944	81y 334d
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	23	27 Feb 1944	81y 307d
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	9 Mar 1944	81y 297d
JRF Duncan (AUS)	1971-1971	1	25 Mar 1944	81y 281d
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1967-1978	21	19 Apr 1944	81y 256d
J Benaud (AUS)	1972-1973	3	11 May 1944	81y 234d
CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	8	13 May 1944	81y 232d
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1968-1982	59	20 May 1944	81y 225d
MG Burgess (NZ)	1968-1980	50	17 Jul 1944	81y 167d
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1965-1973	13	29 Jul 1944	81y 155d
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	31 Aug 1944	81y 122d
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	34	3 Sep 1944	81y 119d
RMH Cottam (ENG)	1969-1973	4	16 Oct 1944	81y 76d
DR O'Sullivan (NZ)	1973-1976	11	16 Nov 1944	81y 45d
RE Redmond (NZ)	1973-1973	1	29 Dec 1944	81y 2d
B Andrews (NZ)	1973-1974	2	4 Apr 1945	80y 271d
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	57	21 Apr 1945	80y 254d
AM Pai (IND)	1969-1969	1	28 Apr 1945	80y 247d
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1969-1981	41	3 May 1945	80y 242d
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	58	17 May 1945	80y 228d
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	21	21 Jul 1945	80y 163d
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	21 Jul 1945	80y 163d
AR Dell (AUS)	1971-1974	2	6 Aug 1945	80y 147d
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1973	32	7 Sep 1945	80y 115d
VA Holder (WI)	1969-1979	40	10 Oct 1945	80y 82d
KD Walters (AUS)	1965-1981	74	21 Dec 1945	80y 10d

Ages current at December 31, 2025

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand v West Indies at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia v England at Adelaide, 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]