Oldest players on debut

Oldest players on debut in Tests

Oldest players on debut

Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
J Southerton	49y 119d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
Miran Bakhsh	47y 284d	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	29 Jan 1955	Test # 397
DD Blackie	46y 253d	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
H Ironmonger	46y 237d	Australia	v England	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
N Betancourt	42y 242d	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
ER Wilson	41y 337d	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
RJD Jamshedji	41y 27d	India	v England	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933	Test # 230
CA Wiles	40y 345d	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1933	Test # 228
O Henry	40y 295d	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
SP Kinneir	40y 216d	England	v Australia	Sydney	15 Dec 1911	Test # 116
HW Lee	40y 110d	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
GWA Chubb	40y 56d	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
C Ramaswami	40y 39d	India	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936	Test # 253
G Challenor	39y 361d	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
A Wood	39y 360d	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
BBM Gaskin	39y 306d	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
WE Astill	39y 298d	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
DS de Silva	39y 251d	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
EC Joyce	39y 231d	Ireland	v Pakistan	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
JWH Makepeace	39y 131d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1920	Test # 136
SJ Cook	39y 105d	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
Amir Elahi	39y 102d	India	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
EH Bowley	39y 37d	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
EM Grace	38y 283d	England	v Australia	The Oval	6 Sep 1880	Test # 4
CWL Parker	38y 282d	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
JD Lindsay	38y 272d	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
R Howorth	38y 112d	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
HM McGirr	38y 101d	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	14 Feb 1930	Test # 190
JH King	38y 59d	England	v Australia	Lord's	14 Jun 1909	Test # 102
RG Holland	38y 35d	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
CS Marriott	37y 332d	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
KK Tarapore	37y 329d	India	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
TPB Smith	37y 291d	England	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
EJ Gregory	37y 290d	Australia	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
NFD Thomson	37y 290d	Australia	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
CR Browne	37y 259d	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
HHH Johnson	37y 258d	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
Hon.FSG Calthorpe	37y 229d	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	11 Jan 1930	Test # 187
HSB Love	37y 184d	Australia	v England	Brisbane	10 Feb 1933	Test # 223
RA Sinfield	37y 168d	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
J Harry	37y 163d	Australia	v England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895	Test # 44
RK Oxenham	37y 154d	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
JC Clay	37y 152d	England	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1935	Test # 246
S von Berg	37y 150d	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
DW Carr	37y 145d	England	v Australia	The Oval	9 Aug 1909	Test # 105
SN Banerjee	37y 124d	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
AC Waller	37y 84d	Zimbabwe	v England	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
WW Whysall	37y 77d	England	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
H Smith	37y 33d	England	v West Indies	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
BE McGain	36y 359d	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
PN Kirsten	36y 340d	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
JH Childs	36y 320d	England	v West Indies	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
RWG Emery	36y 317d	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	8 Feb 1952	Test # 349
MP Jarvis	36y 317d	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
TJ Murtagh	36y 282d	Ireland	v Pakistan	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
J Vine	36y 270d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
SD Udal	36y 239d	England	v Pakistan	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
HDG Leveson Gower	36y 238d	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
CK Nayudu	36y 238d	India	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1932	Test # 219
AP Freeman	36y 216d	England	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
NJ O'Brien	36y 184d	Ireland	v Pakistan	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
NS Asgarali	36y 174d	West Indies	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
AJ Richardson	36y 148d	Australia	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
Tabish Khan	36y 146d	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 May 2021	Test # 2421
GH Pope	36y 145d	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
AJ Pycroft	36y 134d	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
N Puna	36y 120d	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
Harry Elliott	36y 94d	England	v South Africa	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
AF Lissette	36y 89d	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
WFF Price	36y 88d	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
TF Smailes	36y 87d	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
CF Root	36y 57d	England	v Australia	Nottingham	12 Jun 1926	Test # 163

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan v Bangladesh at Rawalpindi, 2nd Test, Aug 30-Sep 3, 2024 [Test # 2547]

England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, 2nd Test, Aug 29-Sep 1, 2024 [Test # 2546]

Pakistan v Bangladesh at Rawalpindi, 1st Test, Aug 21-25, 2024 [Test # 2544]