Batting records

Oldest player to score a hundred

Oldest player to score a hundred in Tests

Oldest player to score a hundred

Player	Age	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JB Hobbs	46y 82d	142	England	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
EH Hendren	45y 151d	132	England	v Australia	Manchester	6 Jul 1934	Test # 235
W Bardsley	43y 202d	193*	Australia	v England	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
AW Nourse	42y 291d	111	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
FE Woolley	42y 61d	154	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
Misbah-ul-Haq	42y 47d	114	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	14 Jul 2016	Test # 2206
EAB Rowan	42y 6d	236	South Africa	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
RB Simpson	41y 359d	100	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
WW Armstrong	41y 265d	123*	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
TW Graveney	41y 263d	105	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	6 Mar 1969	Test # 650
HW Taylor	41y 241d	117	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931	Test # 202
B Sutcliffe	41y 108d	151*	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	5 Mar 1965	Test # 581
G Boycott	41y 63d	105	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
GA Gooch	40y 314d	210	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	2 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
AD Nourse	40y 207d	208	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
CH Lloyd	40y 84d	114	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
S Chanderpaul	40y 28d	101*	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014	Test # 2139
CG Macartney	40y 27d	109	Australia	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1926	Test # 166
VM Merchant	40y 21d	154	India	v England	Delhi	2 Nov 1951	Test # 339

Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Only the last century by any player is shown.

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v England at Sydney, 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]