Oldest player to take ten-wickets-in-a-match

Records for Test Matches

Oldest player to take ten-wickets-in-a-match
Player
Age
Bowl
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
49y 311d11/24Australiav South AfricaMelbourne12 Feb 1932Test # 216
44y 65d13/173Australiav South AfricaDurban28 Feb 1936Test # 251
41y 71d12/171Englandv South AfricaManchester27 Jul 1929Test # 184
40y 301d14/144Englandv South AfricaDurban14 Feb 1914Test # 133
39y 193d11/136Sri Lankav PakistanAbu Dhabi28 Sep 2017Test # 2275
39y 34d10/174Australiav New ZealandSydney22 Nov 1985Test # 1030
37y 348d13/256Englandv AustraliaAdelaide1 Feb 1929Test # 179
37y 332d11/96Englandv West IndiesThe Oval12 Aug 1933Test # 229
37y 258d10/96West Indiesv EnglandKingston27 Mar 1948Test # 298
37y 243d10/117West Indiesv EnglandLord's29 Jun 2000Test # 1503
37y 144d10/88New Zealandv IndiaWankhede24 Nov 1988Test # 1109
36y 313d10/113Australiav West IndiesAdelaide15 Dec 2000Test # 1523
36y 298d12/131Indiav West IndiesRoseau12 Jul 2023Test # 2510
36y 253d10/190Sri Lankav BangladeshMirpur26 Dec 2008Test # 1903
36y 206d10/152Australiav EnglandLord's21 Jun 1956Test # 426
36y 101d10/108Australiav New ZealandWellington29 Feb 2024Test # 2533
35y 360d12/246Australiav EnglandThe Oval8 Sep 2005Test # 1763
35y 355d10/78Sri Lankav South AfricaGalle12 Jul 2018Test # 2311
35y 324d11/118Pakistanv ZimbabweHarare3 Sep 2013Test # 2095
35y 247d11/140Indiav New ZealandAuckland24 Jan 1976Test # 769
35y 187d13/131Indiav PakistanDelhi16 Oct 1952Test # 355
35y 180d11/121Pakistanv West IndiesGeorgetown2 Apr 1988Test # 1095
35y 91d12/173Australiav EnglandThe Oval11 Aug 1902Test # 74
35y 54d10/157Indiav Sri LankaDelhi10 Dec 2005Test # 1776
35y 39d13/236Australiav EnglandMelbourne11 Feb 1921Test # 138
35y 23d14/124Indiav AustraliaKanpur19 Dec 1959Test # 483
34y 342d14/99Englandv AustraliaNottingham11 Jun 1953Test # 372
34y 269d10/124New Zealandv West IndiesPort of Spain29 Mar 1985Test # 1013
34y 168d12/130Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1927Test # 168
34y 168d19/90Englandv AustraliaManchester26 Jul 1956Test # 428
34y 121d11/76Englandv AustraliaManchester24 Jul 1902Test # 73
34y 121d10/130Indiav AustraliaEden Gardens2 Nov 1956Test # 433
34y 119d10/185Australiav West IndiesSydney2 Jan 1982Test # 917
34y 73d12/166Australiav IndiaKanpur2 Oct 1979Test # 857
34y 73d10/110Indiav AustraliaDelhi17 Feb 2023Test # 2493
34y 61d10/132Englandv New ZealandLeeds24 May 2013Test # 2089
34y 42d10/215Englandv AustraliaSydney2 Jan 2003Test # 1636
34y 30d10/67Englandv West IndiesManchester24 Jul 2020Test # 2390
33y 359d12/89Englandv South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1957Test # 435
33y 357d11/110Pakistanv West IndiesSt John's25 May 2000Test # 1497
33y 332d10/78Englandv IndiaLord's27 Jun 1936Test # 252
33y 294d10/45Englandv Sri LankaLeeds19 May 2016Test # 2203
33y 291d10/144New Zealandv EnglandLeeds28 Jul 1983Test # 958
33y 199d11/98Englandv West IndiesLord's20 Jun 1957Test # 440
33y 183d11/96Australiav West IndiesSydney26 Jan 1989Test # 1113
33y 43d14/225New Zealandv IndiaWankhede3 Dec 2021Test # 2438
33y 36d11/127South Africav EnglandJohannesburg25 Nov 1999Test # 1471
33y 34d12/181South Africav EnglandJohannesburg1 Jan 1910Test # 106
32y 361d10/151Australiav EnglandLeeds8 Jun 1989Test # 1121
32y 355d11/31Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
32y 349d10/122Englandv South AfricaNottingham23 Jul 1998Test # 1421
32y 342d11/95Australiav IndiaPerth1 Feb 1992Test # 1186
32y 308d10/160Australiav EnglandSydney29 Jan 1892Test # 36
32y 304d10/175Englandv South AfricaLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
32y 227d12/104Indiav AustraliaMelbourne30 Dec 1977Test # 812
32y 214d10/122Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1938Test # 265
32y 206d14/184Pakistanv New ZealandDubai (DICS)24 Nov 2018Test # 2330
32y 161d10/127Australiav West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 1981Test # 915
32y 150d10/133Australiav BangladeshCairns25 Jul 2003Test # 1652
32y 148d12/119Englandv West IndiesBirmingham4 Jul 1963Test # 545
32y 107d10/113West Indiesv AustraliaSydney25 Jan 1952Test # 347
32y 102d12/127Australiav South AfricaCenturion12 Feb 2014Test # 2119
32y 92d10/186Pakistanv EnglandKarachi16 Dec 1987Test # 1086
32y 76d12/70Australiav IndiaPune23 Feb 2017Test # 2250
32y 63d10/210Sri Lankav AustraliaCairns9 Jul 2004Test # 1706
32y 16d12/100Pakistanv West IndiesDhaka6 Mar 1959Test # 471
Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Only the last 10wm 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]