Oldest player to take a maiden five-wickets-in-an-innings

Oldest player to take a maiden five-wickets-in-an-innings in Tests

Oldest player to take a maiden five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Age	Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
H Ironmonger	48y 312d	7/23	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
DD Blackie	46y 268d	6/94	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
AJ Traicos	45y 154d	5/86	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
EE Hemmings	41y 135d	6/58	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	5 Jul 1990	Test # 1147
GWA Chubb	40y 70d	5/77	South Africa	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
FR Brown	40y 69d	5/49	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
AP Freeman	40y 65d	5/54	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
DS de Silva	39y 276d	5/59	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Asif Afridi	38y 299d	6/79	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	20 Oct 2025	Test # 2603
R Howorth	38y 270d	6/124	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
RG Holland	38y 72d	6/54	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
TJ Murtagh	37y 356d	5/13	Ireland	v England	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
BE Congdon	37y 347d	5/65	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
CS Marriott	37y 332d	5/37	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
JC White	37y 314d	5/107	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
HHH Johnson	37y 258d	5/41	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
OC Scott	37y 232d	5/266	West Indies	v England	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
DW Carr	37y 145d	5/146	England	v Australia	The Oval	9 Aug 1909	Test # 105
T Emmett	37y 121d	7/68	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
ESM Kentish	37y 55d	5/49	West Indies	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
J Trim	36y 340d	5/34	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
TWJ Goddard	36y 296d	6/29	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1937	Test # 261
SR Harmer	36y 252d	6/50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	20 Oct 2025	Test # 2603
HF Boyle	36y 213d	6/42	Australia	v England	Manchester	10 Jul 1884	Test # 14
CR Miller	36y 34d	5/55	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
DAJ Holford	35y 329d	5/23	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
Zulfiqar Babar	35y 316d	5/74	Pakistan	v Australia	Dubai (DICS)	22 Oct 2014	Test # 2140
JR Reid	35y 270d	6/60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
D Paterson	35y 245d	5/71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	5 Dec 2024	Test # 2566
RO Schwarz	35y 219d	5/102	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	9 Dec 1910	Test # 111
FJ Laver	35y 173d	7/64	Australia	v England	Nottingham	29 May 1905	Test # 83
JB Iverson	35y 162d	6/27	Australia	v England	Sydney	5 Jan 1951	Test # 329
JM Patel	35y 23d	9/69	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
R Illingworth	35y 14d	6/29	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1967	Test # 619
AA Mailey	35y 11d	5/160	Australia	v England	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137

Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Ireland at Mirpur, 2nd Test, Nov 19-23, 2025 [Test # 2607]

Australia v England at Perth, 1st Test, Nov 21-22, 2025 [Test # 2608]

India v South Africa at Eden Gardens, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]