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

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

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

Player	Age	Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
H Ironmonger	49y 311d	6/18	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
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
CV Grimmett	44y 65d	6/73	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
FE Woolley	42y 242d	7/76	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Jan 1930	Test # 188
EE Hemmings	41y 135d	6/58	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	5 Jul 1990	Test # 1147
AP Freeman	41y 71d	5/100	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
LR Gibbs	41y 60d	5/102	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	Test # 764
SF Barnes	40y 301d	7/88	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
AA Mailey	40y 223d	6/138	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
CP Carter	40y 203d	6/91	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
HMRKB Herath	40y 123d	6/98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
WJ O'Reilly	40y 99d	5/14	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
GWA Chubb	40y 84d	6/51	South Africa	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
FR Brown	40y 69d	5/49	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
JM Anderson	39y 336d	5/60	England	v India	Birmingham	1 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
DS de Silva	39y 276d	5/59	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
FJ Laver	39y 231d	8/31	Australia	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1909	Test # 104
R Peel	39y 180d	6/23	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
R Illingworth	39y 72d	5/70	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
RG Holland	39y 34d	6/106	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Noman Ali	39y 5d	6/112	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	12 Oct 2025	Test # 2602
Sir RJ Hadlee	39y 2d	5/53	New Zealand	v England	Birmingham	5 Jul 1990	Test # 1147
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
CA Walsh	38y 138d	6/61	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
M Muralitharan	38y 92d	5/63	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
WE Hollies	38y 3d	5/63	England	v West Indies	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
R Ashwin	38y 2d	6/88	India	v Bangladesh	Chennai	19 Sep 2024	Test # 2550
TJ Murtagh	37y 356d	5/13	Ireland	v England	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
JC White	37y 348d	8/126	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
BE Congdon	37y 347d	5/65	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
CS Marriott	37y 332d	6/59	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
LN Constantine	37y 332d	5/75	West Indies	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1939	Test # 274
MH Mankad	37y 306d	5/64	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
GH Hirst	37y 262d	5/58	England	v Australia	Birmingham	27 May 1909	Test # 101
HHH Johnson	37y 258d	5/55	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
Mohammad Nazir	37y 211d	5/72	Pakistan	v India	Nagpur	5 Oct 1983	Test # 963
KAJ Roach	37y 155d	5/78	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Dec 2025	Test # 2610
DW Carr	37y 145d	5/146	England	v Australia	The Oval	9 Aug 1909	Test # 105
IWG Johnson	37y 139d	7/44	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
T Emmett	37y 121d	7/68	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
SK Warne	37y 104d	5/39	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
J Cowie	37y 73d	5/127	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
A Kumble	37y 70d	5/84	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
ESM Kentish	37y 55d	5/49	West Indies	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
CS Martin	37y 47d	6/26	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Napier	26 Jan 2012	Test # 2033
TB Burtt	37y 17d	5/69	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	8 Feb 1952	Test # 349

Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Only the last 5wi 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]