Oldest player to take ten-wickets-in-a-match

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Oldest player to take ten-wickets-in-a-match

Rank	Player	Age	Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	H Ironmonger	49y 311d	11/24	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
🥈 2	CV Grimmett	44y 65d	13/173	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
🥉 3	AP Freeman	41y 71d	12/171	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
4	SF Barnes	40y 301d	14/144	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
5	HMRKB Herath	39y 193d	11/136	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
6	RG Holland	39y 34d	10/174	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
7	Noman Ali	38y 110d	10/121	Pakistan	v West Indies	Multan	25 Jan 2025	Test # 2578
8	JC White	37y 348d	13/256	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
9	CS Marriott	37y 332d	11/96	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
10	HHH Johnson	37y 258d	10/96	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
11	CA Walsh	37y 243d	10/117	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
12	RJ Hadlee	37y 144d	10/88	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
13	CR Miller	36y 313d	10/113	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
14	R Ashwin	36y 298d	12/131	India	v West Indies	Roseau	12 Jul 2023	Test # 2510
15	M Muralidaran	36y 253d	10/190	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
16	KR Miller	36y 206d	10/152	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
17	NM Lyon	36y 101d	10/108	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
18	AY Patel	36y 11d	11/160	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	1 Nov 2024	Test # 2560
19	SK Warne	35y 360d	12/246	Australia	v England	The Oval	8 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
20	MDK Perera	35y 355d	10/78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
21	RA Jadeja	35y 331d	10/120	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	1 Nov 2024	Test # 2560
22	Saeed Ajmal	35y 324d	11/118	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	3 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
23	SM Boland	35y 267d	10/76	Australia	v India	Sydney	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2575
24	EAS Prasanna	35y 247d	11/140	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
25	MH Mankad	35y 187d	13/131	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
26	Imran Khan	35y 180d	11/121	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
27	H Trumble	35y 91d	12/173	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
28	A Kumble	35y 54d	10/157	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
29	AA Mailey	35y 39d	13/236	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
30	JM Patel	35y 23d	14/124	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
31	AV Bedser	34y 342d	14/99	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
32	EJ Chatfield	34y 269d	10/124	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
33	G Geary	34y 168d	12/130	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
33	JC Laker	34y 168d	19/90	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
35	WH Lockwood	34y 121d	11/76	England	v Australia	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
35	Ghulam Ahmed	34y 121d	10/130	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
37	B Yardley	34y 119d	10/185	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
38	G Dymock	34y 73d	12/166	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
39	GP Swann	34y 61d	10/132	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
40	AR Caddick	34y 42d	10/215	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
41	SCJ Broad	34y 30d	10/67	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
42	JH Wardle	33y 359d	12/89	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
43	Wasim Akram	33y 357d	11/110	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
44	GOB Allen	33y 332d	10/78	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
45	JM Anderson	33y 294d	10/45	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
46	BL Cairns	33y 291d	10/144	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
47	TE Bailey	33y 199d	11/98	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
48	AR Border	33y 183d	11/96	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
49	AA Donald	33y 36d	11/127	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
50	AEE Vogler	33y 34d	12/181	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
51	TM Alderman	32y 361d	10/151	Australia	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
52	ERH Toshack	32y 355d	11/31	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
53	ARC Fraser	32y 349d	10/122	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
54	MR Whitney	32y 342d	11/95	Australia	v India	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
55	G Giffen	32y 308d	10/160	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
56	DVP Wright	32y 304d	10/175	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
57	MJ Santner	32y 262d	13/157	New Zealand	v India	Pune	24 Oct 2024	Test # 2557
58	JA Warrican	32y 242d	10/101	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
59	BS Chandrasekhar	32y 227d	12/104	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
60	WJ O'Reilly	32y 214d	10/122	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
61	Yasir Shah	32y 206d	14/184	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
62	DK Lillee	32y 161d	10/127	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
63	SCG MacGill	32y 150d	10/133	Australia	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
64	FS Trueman	32y 148d	12/119	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
65	GE Gomez	32y 107d	10/113	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
66	MG Johnson	32y 102d	12/127	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
67	Abdul Qadir	32y 92d	10/186	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
68	SNJ O'Keefe	32y 76d	12/70	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
69	UDU Chandana	32y 63d	10/210	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
70	Fazal Mahmood	32y 16d	12/100	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471

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