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

Records for Test Matches

Oldest player to take a maiden five-wickets-in-an-innings
Player
Age
Bowl
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
48y 312d7/23Australiav West IndiesMelbourne13 Feb 1931Test # 205
46y 268d6/94Australiav EnglandMelbourne29 Dec 1928Test # 178
45y 154d5/86Zimbabwev IndiaHarare18 Oct 1992Test # 1197
41y 135d6/58Englandv New ZealandBirmingham5 Jul 1990Test # 1147
40y 70d5/77South Africav EnglandLord's21 Jun 1951Test # 335
40y 69d5/49Englandv AustraliaMelbourne23 Feb 1951Test # 331
40y 65d5/54Englandv West IndiesManchester21 Jul 1928Test # 174
39y 276d5/59Sri Lankav PakistanFaisalabad14 Mar 1982Test # 925
38y 270d6/124Englandv West IndiesBridgetown21 Jan 1948Test # 293
38y 72d6/54Australiav West IndiesSydney30 Dec 1984Test # 1006
37y 356d5/13Irelandv EnglandLord's24 Jul 2019Test # 2352
37y 347d5/65New Zealandv IndiaAuckland24 Jan 1976Test # 769
37y 332d5/37Englandv West IndiesThe Oval12 Aug 1933Test # 229
37y 314d5/107Englandv AustraliaMelbourne29 Dec 1928Test # 178
37y 258d5/41West Indiesv EnglandKingston27 Mar 1948Test # 298
37y 232d5/266West Indiesv EnglandKingston3 Apr 1930Test # 193
37y 145d5/146Englandv AustraliaThe Oval9 Aug 1909Test # 105
37y 121d7/68Englandv AustraliaMelbourne2 Jan 1879Test # 3
37y 55d5/49West Indiesv EnglandKingston15 Jan 1954Test # 380
36y 340d5/34West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne31 Dec 1951Test # 345
36y 296d6/29Englandv New ZealandManchester24 Jul 1937Test # 261
36y 213d6/42Australiav EnglandManchester10 Jul 1884Test # 14
36y 34d5/55Australiav New ZealandAuckland11 Mar 2000Test # 1488
35y 329d5/23West Indiesv IndiaBridgetown10 Mar 1976Test # 773
35y 316d5/74Pakistanv AustraliaDubai (DICS)22 Oct 2014Test # 2140
35y 270d6/60New Zealandv South AfricaDunedin28 Feb 1964Test # 559
35y 219d5/102South Africav AustraliaSydney9 Dec 1910Test # 111
35y 173d7/64Australiav EnglandNottingham29 May 1905Test # 83
35y 162d6/27Australiav EnglandSydney5 Jan 1951Test # 329
35y 23d9/69Indiav AustraliaKanpur19 Dec 1959Test # 483
35y 14d6/29Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1967Test # 619
35y 11d5/160Australiav EnglandAdelaide14 Jan 1921Test # 137
Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
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]