Oldest players

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Oldest players

Rank	Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	NE Clarke	47y 257d	Netherlands	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	5 Mar 1996	ODI # 1073
🥈 2	AJ Traicos	45y 312d	Zimbabwe	v India	Pune	25 Mar 1993	ODI # 823
🥉 3	N Gifford	44y 361d	England	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Mar 1985	ODI # 323
4	R Sharma	43y 308d	Hong Kong	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	18 Jul 2004	ODI # 2147
5	Khurram Khan	43y 267d	U.A.E.	v West Indies	Napier	15 Mar 2015	ODI # 3638
6	JL Louw	43y 236d	Namibia	v Zimbabwe	Harare	10 Feb 2003	ODI # 1943
7	Aamir Kaleem	43y 188d	Oman	v U.S.A.	Lauderhill	27 May 2025	ODI # 4879
8	GJAF Aponso	43y 129d	Netherlands	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	5 Mar 1996	ODI # 1073
9	Mohammad Tauqir	43y 60d	U.A.E.	v West Indies	Napier	15 Mar 2015	ODI # 3638
10	DJ Pringle	43y 44d	East Africa	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975	ODI # 27
11	SW Lubbers	42y 347d	Netherlands	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	5 Mar 1996	ODI # 1073
12	DL Blake	42y 284d	U.S.A.	v Australia	Southampton	13 Sep 2004	ODI # 2172
13	Mohammad Nadeem	42y 265d	Oman	v U.S.A.	Lauderhill	27 May 2025	ODI # 4879
14	DS de Silva	42y 261d	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Melbourne	27 Feb 1985	ODI # 313
15	RW Taylor	42y 223d	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1984	ODI # 251
16	CB Lambert	42y 213d	U.S.A.	v New Zealand	The Oval	10 Sep 2004	ODI # 2169
17	SO Tikolo	42y 212d	Kenya	v Netherlands	Lincoln	23 Jan 2014	ODI # 3460
18	CA Reid	42y 157d	U.S.A.	v Australia	Southampton	13 Sep 2004	ODI # 2172
19	CEB Rice	42y 114d	South Africa	v India	New Delhi	14 Nov 1991	ODI # 688
20	FJ Titmus	42y 105d	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	9 Mar 1975	ODI # 18
21	RB Simpson	42y 68d	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
22	ST Jayasuriya	41y 363d	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	28 Jun 2011	ODI # 3165
23	EE Hemmings	41y 354d	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	9 Feb 1991	ODI # 668
24	PG Nana	41y 301d	East Africa	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975	ODI # 27
25	S Dhaniram	41y 261d	Canada	v Netherlands	Rotterdam	5 Jul 2010	ODI # 3014
26	DB Close	41y 186d	England	v Australia	Birmingham	28 Aug 1972	ODI # 4
27	GA Gooch	41y 171d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Jan 1995	ODI # 969
28	G Boycott	41y 60d	England	v India	Jalandhar	20 Dec 1981	ODI # 131
29	R Illingworth	41y 42d	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	20 Jul 1973	ODI # 7
30	W Barresi	41y 40d	Netherlands	v Scotland	Dundee	12 Jun 2025	ODI # 4888
31	IL Philip	40y 349d	Scotland	v Bangladesh	Edinburgh	24 May 1999	ODI # 1459
32	BL D'Oliveira	40y 329d	England	v Australia	Birmingham	28 Aug 1972	ODI # 4
33	Naseem Khushi	40y 322d	Oman	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Jun 2023	ODI # 4605
34	MR Johnson	40y 321d	U.S.A.	v Australia	Southampton	13 Sep 2004	ODI # 2172
35	AC Cummins	40y 319d	Canada	v New Zealand	Gros Islet	22 Mar 2007	ODI # 2548
36	JM Davison	40y 311d	Canada	v Australia	Bengaluru	16 Mar 2011	ODI # 3134
37	Misbah-ul-Haq	40y 296d	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	20 Mar 2015	ODI # 3642
38	Jahangir Shah	40y 283d	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Sharjah	28 Apr 1990	ODI # 626
39	LR Gibbs	40y 251d	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	7 Jun 1975	ODI # 22
40	JE Emburey	40y 212d	England	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	20 Mar 1993	ODI # 818
41	CH Lloyd	40y 187d	West Indies	v Pakistan	Melbourne	6 Mar 1985	ODI # 317
42	RE van der Merwe	40y 163d	Netherlands	v Scotland	Dundee	12 Jun 2025	ODI # 4888
43	BE Congdon	40y 156d	New Zealand	v England	Manchester	17 Jul 1978	ODI # 53
44	LN Onyango	40y 123d	Kenya	v Netherlands	Lincoln	23 Jan 2014	ODI # 3460
45	GR Codrington	40y 112d	Canada	v England	Gros Islet	18 Mar 2007	ODI # 2541
46	DL Houghton	40y 104d	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	5 Oct 1997	ODI # 1238
47	Imran Tahir	40y 101d	South Africa	v Australia	Manchester	6 Jul 2019	ODI # 4188
48	O Henry	40y 79d	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1992	ODI # 754
49	Mohammad Nabi	40y 58d	Afghanistan	v Australia	Lahore	28 Feb 2025	ODI # 4850
50	SJ Cook	40y 33d	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2 Sep 1993	ODI # 837
51	Shaiman Anwar	40y 32d	U.A.E.	v Zimbabwe	Harare	16 Apr 2019	ODI # 4124
52	HR Johnson	40y 28d	U.S.A.	v Australia	Southampton	13 Sep 2004	ODI # 2172
53	CG Greenidge	40y 24d	West Indies	v England	Manchester	25 May 1991	ODI # 677
54	RP Lefebvre	40y 21d	Netherlands	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Feb 2003	ODI # 1972

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