Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Oldest captains

Player Age Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
S Dhaniram 39y 362d Canada v Zimbabwe King City (NW) 13 Oct 2008 T20I # 75
S Thuraisingam 38y 329d Canada v Bermuda Belfast 5 Aug 2008 T20I # 67
Misbah-ul-Haq 37y 275d Pakistan v England Abu Dhabi 27 Feb 2012 T20I # 229
SO Tikolo 37y 40d Kenya v Ireland Belfast 4 Aug 2008 T20I # 64
SO Tikolo 37y 40d Kenya v Scotland Belfast 4 Aug 2008 T20I # 66
FL Reifer 37y 10d West Indies v Bangladesh Basseterre 2 Aug 2009 T20I # 117
J Smits 36y 353d Netherlands v Pakistan Lord's 9 Jun 2009 T20I # 98
Inzamam-ul-Haq 36y 178d Pakistan v England Bristol 28 Aug 2006 T20I # 8
IH Romaine 35y 361d Bermuda v Scotland Belfast 3 Aug 2008 T20I # 61
IH Romaine 35y 361d Bermuda v Ireland Belfast 3 Aug 2008 T20I # 63
AC Gilchrist 35y 312d Australia v India Durban 22 Sep 2007 T20I # 45
GM Hamilton 35y 148d Scotland v Ireland Dubai (DSC) 11 Feb 2010 T20I # 140
DPMD Jayawardene 35y 133d Sri Lanka v West Indies Colombo (RPS) 7 Oct 2012 T20I # 289
TM Dilshan 35y 42d Sri Lanka v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 25 Nov 2011 T20I # 215
KC Sangakkara 34y 340d Sri Lanka v England Pallekele 1 Oct 2012 T20I # 284
PD Collingwood 34y 233d England v Australia Melbourne 14 Jan 2011 T20I # 198
Rizwan Cheema 34y 213d Canada v Kenya Dubai (GCA) 16 Mar 2013 T20I # 311
RT Ponting 34y 171d Australia v Sri Lanka Nottingham 8 Jun 2009 T20I # 97
SM Pollock 34y 153d South Africa v West Indies Port Elizabeth 16 Dec 2007 T20I # 50
SP Fleming 33y 269d New Zealand v Sri Lanka Auckland 26 Dec 2006 T20I # 12
GD Drummond 32y 317d Scotland v Afghanistan Sharjah 4 Mar 2013 T20I # 309
GP Swann 32y 219d England v India Kolkata 29 Oct 2011 T20I # 214
Mohammad Hafeez 32y 137d Pakistan v South Africa Centurion 3 Mar 2013 T20I # 306
MP Vaughan 32y 72d England v Australia Sydney 9 Jan 2007 T20I # 13
AJ Strauss 32y 13d England v West Indies Port of Spain 15 Mar 2009 T20I # 86

Age is shown as at the end of the player's final match as captain

Records include the following recent matches:
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 2nd T20I, May 12, 2013 [T20I # 316]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 1st T20I, May 11, 2013 [T20I # 315]
Kenya v Netherlands at Windhoek, 1st match, Apr 20, 2013 [T20I # 314]

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