Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings

Records for Test Matches

Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings
Player
Age
Bowl
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
49y 311d6/18Australiav South AfricaMelbourne12 Feb 1932Test # 216
46y 268d6/94Australiav EnglandMelbourne29 Dec 1928Test # 178
45y 154d5/86Zimbabwev IndiaHarare18 Oct 1992Test # 1197
44y 65d6/73Australiav South AfricaDurban28 Feb 1936Test # 251
42y 242d7/76Englandv New ZealandWellington24 Jan 1930Test # 188
41y 135d6/58Englandv New ZealandBirmingham5 Jul 1990Test # 1147
41y 71d5/100Englandv South AfricaManchester27 Jul 1929Test # 184
41y 60d5/102West Indiesv AustraliaBrisbane28 Nov 1975Test # 764
40y 301d7/88Englandv South AfricaDurban14 Feb 1914Test # 133
40y 223d6/138Australiav EnglandThe Oval14 Aug 1926Test # 167
40y 203d6/91South Africav AustraliaJohannesburg12 Nov 1921Test # 146
40y 123d6/98Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)20 Jul 2018Test # 2313
40y 99d5/14Australiav New ZealandWellington29 Mar 1946Test # 275
40y 84d6/51South Africav EnglandManchester5 Jul 1951Test # 336
40y 69d5/49Englandv AustraliaMelbourne23 Feb 1951Test # 331
39y 336d5/60Englandv IndiaBirmingham1 Jul 2022Test # 2470
39y 276d5/59Sri Lankav PakistanFaisalabad14 Mar 1982Test # 925
39y 231d8/31Australiav EnglandManchester26 Jul 1909Test # 104
39y 180d6/23Englandv AustraliaThe Oval10 Aug 1896Test # 52
39y 72d5/70Englandv IndiaThe Oval19 Aug 1971Test # 692
39y 34d6/106Australiav New ZealandSydney22 Nov 1985Test # 1030
39y 2d5/53New Zealandv EnglandBirmingham5 Jul 1990Test # 1147
38y 270d6/124Englandv West IndiesBridgetown21 Jan 1948Test # 293
38y 138d6/61West Indiesv South AfricaPort of Spain17 Mar 2001Test # 1538
38y 92d5/63Sri Lankav IndiaGalle18 Jul 2010Test # 1964
38y 3d5/63Englandv West IndiesManchester8 Jun 1950Test # 323
37y 356d5/13Irelandv EnglandLord's24 Jul 2019Test # 2352
37y 348d8/126Englandv AustraliaAdelaide1 Feb 1929Test # 179
37y 347d5/65New Zealandv IndiaAuckland24 Jan 1976Test # 769
37y 332d6/59Englandv West IndiesThe Oval12 Aug 1933Test # 229
37y 332d5/75West Indiesv EnglandThe Oval19 Aug 1939Test # 274
37y 306d5/64Indiav PakistanPeshawar12 Feb 1955Test # 398
37y 262d5/58Englandv AustraliaBirmingham27 May 1909Test # 101
37y 258d5/55West Indiesv EnglandKingston27 Mar 1948Test # 298
37y 232d5/266West Indiesv EnglandKingston3 Apr 1930Test # 193
37y 211d5/72Pakistanv IndiaNagpur5 Oct 1983Test # 963
37y 172d5/77Indiav EnglandDharamsala7 Mar 2024Test # 2534
37y 145d5/146Englandv AustraliaThe Oval9 Aug 1909Test # 105
37y 139d7/44Australiav West IndiesGeorgetown26 Apr 1955Test # 405
37y 121d7/68Englandv AustraliaMelbourne2 Jan 1879Test # 3
37y 104d5/39Australiav EnglandMelbourne26 Dec 2006Test # 1824
37y 73d5/127New Zealandv EnglandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
37y 70d5/84Indiav AustraliaMelbourne26 Dec 2007Test # 1855
37y 55d5/49West Indiesv EnglandKingston15 Jan 1954Test # 380
37y 47d6/26New Zealandv ZimbabweNapier26 Jan 2012Test # 2033
37y 17d5/69New Zealandv West IndiesChristchurch8 Feb 1952Test # 349
Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Only the last 5wi by any player is shown.
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

India v England at Dharamsala, 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]