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Player Age Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
S Dhaniram 39y 256d 5/32 Canada v Bermuda King City (NW) 29 Jun 2008 ODI # 2725
SF Dukanwala 39y 40d 5/29 U.A.E. v Netherlands Lahore 1 Mar 1996 ODI # 1069
IVA Richards 37y 230d 6/41 West Indies v India Delhi 23 Oct 1989 ODI # 582
RJ Hadlee 37y 218d 5/38 New Zealand v Pakistan Dunedin 6 Feb 1989 ODI # 554
Wasim Akram 36y 258d 5/28 Pakistan v Namibia Kimberley 16 Feb 2003 ODI # 1954
M Muralitharan 36y 227d 5/29 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Harare 30 Nov 2008 ODI # 2785
RR Singh 35y 254d 5/31 India v Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 1999 ODI # 1463
Mohammad Rafique 35y 199d 5/47 Bangladesh v Kenya Fatullah 23 Mar 2006 ODI # 2355
RDM Leverock 35y 123d 5/53 Bermuda v Kenya Mombasa 14 Nov 2006 ODI # 2446
ST Jayasuriya 35y 108d 5/17 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Lahore 16 Oct 2004 ODI # 2188
Saeed Ajmal 35y 84d 5/24 Pakistan v India Delhi 6 Jan 2013 ODI # 3316
GD McGrath 34y 363d 5/27 Australia v Pakistan Sydney 6 Feb 2005 ODI # 2222
DT Johnston 34y 355d 5/14 Ireland v Canada Centurion 19 Apr 2009 ODI # 2843
J Garner 34y 18d 5/47 West Indies v England Perth 3 Jan 1987 ODI # 411
GB Hogg 33y 343d 5/32 Australia v West Indies Melbourne 14 Jan 2005 ODI # 2204
EA Brandes 33y 328d 5/41 Zimbabwe v India Paarl 27 Jan 1997 ODI # 1169
AY Karim 33y 299d 5/33 Kenya v Bangladesh Nairobi (Gym) 10 Oct 1997 ODI # 1239
GA Hick 33y 273d 5/33 England v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Feb 2000 ODI # 1567
TM Alderman 33y 264d 5/32 Australia v India Christchurch 3 Mar 1990 ODI # 613
SM Pollock 33y 213d 5/23 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 14 Feb 2007 ODI # 2523
VC Drakes 33y 211d 5/33 West Indies v Kenya Kimberley 4 Mar 2003 ODI # 1981
ACI Lock 33y 146d 5/44 Zimbabwe v New Zealand Napier 3 Feb 1996 ODI # 1047
B Lee 32y 308d 5/49 Australia v England Lord's 12 Sep 2009 ODI # 2888
M Prabhakar 32y 217d 5/33 India v New Zealand Amritsar 18 Nov 1995 ODI # 1016
MS Kasprowicz 32y 207d 5/47 Australia v Pakistan Lord's 4 Sep 2004 ODI # 2166
AJ Bichel 32y 187d 7/20 Australia v England Port Elizabeth 2 Mar 2003 ODI # 1976
GS Chappell 32y 154d 5/15 Australia v India Sydney 8 Jan 1981 ODI # 104
Imran Khan 32y 117d 6/14 Pakistan v India Sharjah 22 Mar 1985 ODI # 321
UDU Chandana 32y 116d 5/61 Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (SSC) 31 Aug 2004 ODI # 2163
CK Langeveldt 32y 101d 5/39 South Africa v Sri Lanka Providence 28 Mar 2007 ODI # 2556

Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Only the last 5wi by any player is shown.

Records include the following recent matches:
Scotland v Pakistan at Edinburgh, 1st ODI, May 17, 2013 [ODI # 3356]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 3rd ODI, May 8, 2013 [ODI # 3355]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 2nd ODI, May 5, 2013 [ODI # 3354]

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