Test Oldest Captains

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(Age on final day of their last Test match)

Years	Days
50	320	WG Grace	England v Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1899
45	245	GOB Allen	England v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1947/48
43	279	WR Hammond	England v New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1946/47
43	232	W Bardsley	Australia v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1926
42	351	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan v West Indies	Windsor Park, Roseau	2016/17
42	247	N Betancourt	West Indies v England	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	1929/30
42	130	SE Gregory	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1912
42	89	RB Simpson	Australia v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1977/78
42	86	WW Armstrong	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1921
41	330	JWHT Douglas	England v South Africa	Old Trafford, Manchester	1924
41	289	MH Mankad	India v West Indies	Nehru Stadium, Madras	1958/59
41	178	VY Richardson	Australia v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1935/36
41	95	L Amarnath	India v Pakistan	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1952/53
41	80	R Illingworth	England v West Indies	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1973
41	44	TW Graveney	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1968
40	279	AD Nourse	South Africa v England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
40	277	DS de Silva	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1982/83
40	245	FR Brown	England v South Africa	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
40	223	JM Blackham	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1894/95
40	124	CH Lloyd	West Indies v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1984/85
40	119	CB Fry	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1912
40	64	CR Ervine	Zimbabwe v Afghanistan	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2025/26
40	3	GA Gooch	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1993

The list shows occurrences of captains aged 40 years or more