Women's Test Oldest Captains

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(Age on final day of their last Women's Test match)

Years	Days
46	334	SJ Power	West Indies Women v Pakistan Women	National Stadium, Karachi	2003/04
40	276	ME Hide	England Women v New Zealand Women	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1954
40	154	KV Burdett	New Zealand Women v England Women	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1991/92
40	92	ME Maclagan	England Women v Australia Women	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1951
39	178	RH Thompson	Australia Women v England Women	Queen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo	1984/85
38	304	MD Raj	India Women v Australia Women	Carrara Oval, Carrara	2021/22
38	212	RU McKenzie	New Zealand Women v Australia Women	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1960/61
38	89	M Picton	Australia Women v England Women	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	1968/69
38	35	MC Dive	Australia Women v England Women	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1951
37	264	I Allitt	Australia Women v England Women	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1963
37	258	MB Duggan	England Women v Australia Women	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1963
37	47	R Heyhoe-Flint	England Women v Australia Women	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1976
37	24	PF McKelvey	New Zealand Women v Australia Women	Albert Ground, Melbourne	1978/79
36	331	IM Pickering	New Zealand Women v England Women	Eden Park, Auckland	1948/49
35	240	CM Edwards	England Women v Australia Women	Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury	2015
35	126	UL Paisley	Australia Women v England Women	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1957/58
35	115	H Kaur	India Women v South Africa Women	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	2024
35	0	Shaiza Khan	Pakistan Women v West Indies Women	National Stadium, Karachi	2003/04
34	351	BJ Clark	Australia Women v England Women	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	2005
34	314	AJ Healy	Australia Women v England Women	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	2024/25
34	217	ME Grealey	Ireland Women v Pakistan Women	College Park, Dublin	2000
34	217	DA Gordon	Australia Women v England Women	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1976
34	148	S Goatman	England Women v West Indies Women	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1979
34	65	MAM Lewis	New Zealand Women v England Women	North Marine Road, Scarborough	2004
34	37	HC Knight	England Women v Australia Women	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	2024/25
34	20	M Knee	Australia Women v New Zealand Women	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1971/72
33	328	HM Sharpe	England Women v South Africa Women	Newlands, Cape Town	1960/61
33	323	LJ Shankland	New Zealand Women v Australia Women	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	1989/90
33	306	MC Robinson	England Women v Australia Women	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1957/58
33	89	KL Rolton	Australia Women v England Women	Bradman Oval, Bowral	2007/08
33	15	M Maben	India Women v New Zealand Women	Shri GM Bilakhia Stadium, Vapi	2003/04
32	310	SL Illingworth	New Zealand Women v England Women	Woodbridge Road, Guildford	1996
32	203	WA Blunsden	Australia Women v New Zealand Women	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1974/75
31	268	MEM Peden	Australia Women v England Women	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1937
31	201	SD Kulkarni	India Women v Australia Women	St Peter's College, Adelaide	1990/91
30	321	RL Haynes	Australia Women v England Women	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	2017/18
30	170	DF Edulji	India Women v England Women	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1986
30	169	SA Tredrea	Australia Women v England Women	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth	1984/85
30	120	K Smithies	England Women v India Women	Denis Compton Oval, Shenley	1999
30	43	S Rangaswamy	India Women v Australia Women	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1983/84

The list shows occurrences of captains aged 30 years or more