Records | Women's Test matches | Bowling records | Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Age	Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ME Maclagan	40y 75d	5/43	ENG Women	v AUS Women	Scarborough	16 Jun 1951	Women's Test # 13
R Thompson	39y 175d	5/33	AUS Women	v ENG Women	Bendigo	25 Jan 1985	Women's Test # 77
DE McEvoy	38y 239d	5/23	ENG Women	v NZ Women	Auckland	26 Mar 1949	Women's Test # 12
E Bakewell	38y 197d	7/61	ENG Women	v WI Women	Birmingham	1 Jul 1979	Women's Test # 65
GE McConway	37y 85d	6/71	ENG Women	v AUS Women	Worcester	1 Aug 1987	Women's Test # 84
ER Wilson	36y 107d	6/71	AUS Women	v ENG Women	Adelaide	8 Mar 1958	Women's Test # 23
Shaiza Khan	34y 363d	6/167	PAK Women	v WI Women	Karachi	15 Mar 2004	Women's Test # 122
L Johnston	34y 241d	7/24	AUS Women	v NZ Women	Melbourne	5 Feb 1972	Women's Test # 42
CL Fitzpatrick	33y 124d	5/31	AUS Women	v ENG Women	Leeds	6 Jul 2001	Women's Test # 113
LG Ward	32y 295d	6/48	SA Women	v NZ Women	Johannesburg	24 Mar 1972	Women's Test # 45
P Rau	32y 166d	5/24	India Women	v ENG Women	Shenley	15 Jul 1999	Women's Test # 110
MB Duggan	32y 106d	7/6	ENG Women	v AUS Women	Melbourne	21 Feb 1958	Women's Test # 22
LJ Clifford	32y 6d	5/51	ENG Women	v AUS Women	Sydney	25 Jan 1969	Women's Test # 38

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:
England Women v Australia Women at Canterbury, Only Test, Aug 11-14, 2015 [Women Test # 138]
India Women v South Africa Women at Mysore, Only Test, Nov 16-19, 2014 [Women Test # 137]
England Women v India Women at Wormsley, Only Test, Aug 13-16, 2014 [Women Test # 136]

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