Oldest captains

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Oldest captains

Rank	Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	WG Grace	50y 320d	England	v Australia	Nottingham	1 Jun 1899	Test # 60
🥈 2	GOB Allen	45y 245d	England	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
🥉 3	WR Hammond	43y 279d	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
4	W Bardsley	43y 233d	Australia	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1926	Test # 166
5	Misbah-ul-Haq	42y 351d	Pakistan	v West Indies	Roseau	10 May 2017	Test # 2261
6	N Betancourt	42y 247d	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
7	SE Gregory	42y 130d	Australia	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
8	RB Simpson	42y 89d	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
9	WW Armstrong	42y 86d	Australia	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1921	Test # 144
10	JWHT Douglas	41y 330d	England	v South Africa	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
11	MH Mankad	41y 289d	India	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
12	VY Richardson	41y 178d	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
13	L Amarnath	41y 95d	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952	Test # 360
14	R Illingworth	41y 80d	England	v West Indies	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
15	TW Graveney	41y 44d	England	v Australia	Leeds	25 Jul 1968	Test # 640
16	AD Nourse	40y 279d	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
17	DS de Silva	40y 277d	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
18	FR Brown	40y 245d	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
19	JM Blackham	40y 223d	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894	Test # 42
20	CH Lloyd	40y 124d	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
21	CB Fry	40y 119d	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
22	GA Gooch	40y 3d	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1993	Test # 1227
23	DG Bradman	39y 357d	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
24	AL Hassett	39y 356d	Australia	v England	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
25	F Mitchell	39y 339d	South Africa	v Australia	Lord's	15 Jul 1912	Test # 125
26	CR Ervine	39y 323d	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	6 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
27	J Ryder	39y 220d	Australia	v England	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
28	A Shaw	39y 197d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1882	Test # 8
29	HR Adhikari	39y 195d	India	v West Indies	Delhi	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
30	IVA Richards	39y 158d	West Indies	v England	The Oval	8 Aug 1991	Test # 1175
31	HMRKB Herath	39y 132d	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
32	JM Brearley	39y 126d	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
33	Imran Khan	39y 94d	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
34	FMM Worrell	39y 25d	West Indies	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1963	Test # 547
35	IWG Johnson	38y 334d	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
36	L Hutton	38y 278d	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
37	AR Border	38y 245d	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
38	GA Headley	38y 241d	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
39	Lord Hawke	38y 231d	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
40	SR Waugh	38y 218d	Australia	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
41	HL Collins	38y 209d	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
42	JC White	38y 147d	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
43	JDC Goddard	38y 125d	West Indies	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
44	CK Nayudu	38y 105d	India	v England	Chennai	10 Feb 1934	Test # 232
45	RB Kanhai	38y 100d	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
46	EA Halliwell	38y 65d	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
47	AJ Stewart	38y 57d	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	31 May 2001	Test # 1547
48	VS Hazare	38y 24d	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
49	A Kumble	38y 16d	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891

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