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Captaincy Records and Statistics - Test Cricket
Oldest Captains (Age at Last Match)
Player Country Born Match Age Versus Ground
W G Grace England 18/07/1848 01/06/1899 50 years 318 days Australia Trent Bridge
G O B Allen England 31/07/1902 27/03/1948 45 years 240 days West Indies Sabina Park
W R Hammond England 19/06/1903 21/03/1947 43 years 275 days New Zealand AMI Stadium
W Bardsley Australia 06/12/1882 24/07/1926 43 years 230 days England Old Trafford
Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan 28/05/1974 10/05/2017 42 years 347 days West Indies Windsor Park
N Betancourt West Indies 04/06/1887 01/02/1930 42 years 242 days England Queen's Park Oval
S E Gregory Australia 14/04/1870 19/08/1912 42 years 127 days England Kennington Oval
R B Simpson Australia 03/02/1936 28/04/1978 42 years 84 days West Indies Sabina Park
W W Armstrong Australia 22/05/1879 13/08/1921 42 years 83 days England Kennington Oval
J W H Douglas England 03/09/1882 26/07/1924 41 years 327 days South Africa Old Trafford
M H Mankad India 12/04/1917 21/01/1959 41 years 284 days West Indies Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
V Y Richardson Australia 07/09/1894 28/02/1936 41 years 174 days South Africa Kingsmead
L Amarnath India 11/09/1911 12/12/1952 41 years 92 days Pakistan Eden Gardens
R Illingworth England 08/06/1932 23/08/1973 41 years 76 days West Indies Lord's
T W Graveney England 16/06/1927 25/07/1968 41 years 39 days Australia Headingley
A D Nourse South Africa 12/11/1910 16/08/1951 40 years 277 days England Kennington Oval
D S De Silva Sri Lanka 11/06/1942 11/03/1983 40 years 273 days New Zealand Basin Reserve
F R Brown England 16/12/1910 16/08/1951 40 years 243 days South Africa Kennington Oval
J M Blackham Australia 11/05/1854 14/12/1894 40 years 217 days England Sydney Cricket Ground
C H Lloyd West Indies 31/08/1944 30/12/1984 40 years 121 days Australia Sydney Cricket Ground
C B Fry England 25/04/1872 19/08/1912 40 years 116 days Australia Kennington Oval
G A Gooch England 23/07/1953 22/07/1993 39 years 364 days Australia Headingley
A L Hassett Australia 28/08/1913 15/08/1953 39 years 352 days England Kennington Oval
D G Bradman Australia 27/08/1908 14/08/1948 39 years 353 days England Kennington Oval
F Mitchell South Africa 13/08/1872 15/07/1912 39 years 337 days Australia Lord's
J Ryder Australia 08/08/1889 08/03/1929 39 years 212 days England Melbourne Cricket Ground
A Shaw England 29/08/1842 10/03/1882 39 years 193 days Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground
H R Adhikari India 31/07/1919 06/02/1959 39 years 190 days West Indies Arun Jaitley Stadium
I V A Richards West Indies 07/03/1952 08/08/1991 39 years 154 days England Kennington Oval
H M R K B Herath Sri Lanka 19/03/1978 26/07/2017 39 years 129 days India Galle International Stadium
J M Brearley England 28/04/1942 27/08/1981 39 years 121 days Australia Kennington Oval
Imran Khan Pakistan 25/11/1952 02/01/1992 39 years 38 days Sri Lanka Iqbal Stadium
F M M Worrell West Indies 01/08/1924 22/08/1963 39 years 21 days England Kennington Oval
I W Johnson Australia 08/12/1917 02/11/1956 38 years 330 days India Eden Gardens
L Hutton England 23/06/1916 25/03/1955 38 years 275 days New Zealand Eden Park
A R Border Australia 27/07/1955 25/03/1994 38 years 241 days South Africa Kingsmead
G A Headley West Indies 30/05/1909 21/01/1948 38 years 236 days England Kensington Oval
Lord Hawke England 16/08/1860 01/04/1899 38 years 228 days South Africa Newlands
S R Waugh Australia 02/06/1965 02/01/2004 38 years 214 days India Sydney Cricket Ground
H L Collins Australia 21/01/1888 14/08/1926 38 years 205 days England Kennington Oval
J C White England 19/02/1891 13/07/1929 38 years 144 days South Africa Headingley
J D C Goddard West Indies 21/04/1919 22/08/1957 38 years 123 days England Kennington Oval
C K Nayudu India 31/10/1895 10/02/1934 38 years 102 days England MA Chidambaram Stadium
R B Kanhai West Indies 26/12/1935 30/03/1974 38 years 94 days England Queen's Park Oval
E A Halliwell South Africa 07/09/1864 08/11/1902 38 years 62 days Australia Newlands
A J Stewart England 08/04/1963 31/05/2001 38 years 53 days Pakistan Old Trafford
V S Hazare India 11/03/1915 28/03/1953 38 years 17 days West Indies Sabina Park
A Kumble India 17/10/1970 29/10/2008 38 years 12 days Australia Arun Jaitley Stadium
F S G Calthorpe England 27/05/1892 03/04/1930 37 years 311 days West Indies Sabina Park
K W R Fletcher England 20/05/1944 17/02/1982 37 years 273 days Sri Lanka P Sara Oval
No. of Records = 50
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