Test Oldest Players on Debut

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Years	Days
49	119	J Southerton	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
47	284	Miran Bakhsh	Pakistan v India	Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore	1954/55
46	253	DD Blackie	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1928/29
46	237	H Ironmonger	Australia v England	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	1928/29
42	242	N Betancourt	West Indies v England	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	1929/30
41	337	ER Wilson	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1920/21
41	27	RJD Jamshedji	India v England	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1933/34
40	345	CA Wiles	West Indies v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1933
40	295	O Henry	South Africa v India	Kingsmead, Durban	1992/93
40	216	S Kinneir	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1911/12
40	110	HW Lee	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1930/31
40	56	GWA Chubb	South Africa v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1951
40	39	C Ramaswami	India v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1936
39	361	G Challenor	West Indies v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1928
39	360	A Wood	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1938
39	306	BBM Gaskin	West Indies v England	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1947/48
39	298	WE Astill	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1927/28
39	251	DS de Silva	Sri Lanka v England	P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	1981/82
39	231	EC Joyce	Ireland v Pakistan	The Village, Malahide, Dublin	2018
39	131	JWH Makepeace	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1920/21
39	105	SJ Cook	South Africa v India	Kingsmead, Durban	1992/93
39	102	Amir Elahi	India v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1947/48
39	37	EH Bowley	England v South Africa	Headingley, Leeds	1929
38	299	Asif Afridi	Pakistan v South Africa	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	2025/26
38	283	EM Grace	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1880
38	282	CWL Parker	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1921
38	272	JD Lindsay	South Africa v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1947
38	112	R Howorth	England v South Africa	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1947
38	101	HM McGirr	New Zealand v England	Eden Park, Auckland	1929/30
38	59	JH King	England v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1909
38	35	RG Holland	Australia v West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1984/85

The list shows occurrences of players aged 38 years or more on debut