Pakistan’s cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi became the oldest player to appear in a One Day International cricket match for Pakistan. His age was 39 years 155 days in the first ODI against South Africa at Sharjah on 30 October 2013.
Misbah-ul-Haq broke Younis Ahmed’s record who was four days younger when played his last ODI for Pakistan. Left-hand batsman Younis Ahmed was 39 years 151 days old when he opened batting for Pakistan against India on 20 March 1987 at Hyderabad Deccan’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium.
Misbah-ul-Haq also broke Imran Khan’s record of oldest ODI captain of Pakistan. Imran Khan was 39 years 121 days old on the victorious day of the World Cup final on 25 March 1992. He became the first and so far only captain to win World Cup for Pakistan.
Now Misbah-ul-Haq holds both records of being the oldest player and the oldest captain for Pakistan. He is still eight years younger for the world record of being oldest ODI player. Netherland’s Nolan Clarke holds the world record of being the oldest ODI player when he played against South Africa at Rawalpindi at the age of 47 years and 247 days in the 1996 World Cup.
Misbah-ul-Haq is still five years younger to beat the world record of being the oldest ODI captain. England’s slow left-arm orthodox bowler Norman Gifford captained England at the age of 44 years and 361 days against Pakistan at Sharjah in 1985 Rothmans Cup.
OLDEST ODI PLAYERS FOR PAKISTAN
Following 12 players have played ODIs for Pakistan after the age of 36:
Player Age Opponent Venue Batting Bowling
Misbah-ul-Haq 39-155 South Africa Sharjah 31(49) 30.10.2013
Younis Ahmed 39-151 India Hyderabad 26(69) — 20.03.1987
Imran Khan 39-121 England Melbourne 72(110) 1/43(6.2) 25.03.1992
Javed Miandad 38-271 India Bangalore 38(64), 2 ct — 09.03.1996
Zaheer Abbas 38-102 Sri Lanka Hyderabad 26(27) 2/26(7) 03.11.1985
Abdul Qadir 38-048 Sri Lanka Sharjah 7*(7) 0/35(7.2) 02.11.1993
Mohammad Nazir 37-308 Australia Sydney 2*(8) 0/67(9) 10.01.1984
Inzamam-ul-Haq 37-018 Zimbabwe Kingston 37(35), 3 ct — 21.03.2007
Wasim Akram 36-274 Zimbabwe Bulawayo DNB — 04.03.2003
Mohammad Yousuf 36-073 SA Dubai 3(5) — 08.11.2010
Saleem Malik 36-053 India Manchester 6(19) — 08.06.1999
Asif Iqbal 36-014 West Indies The Oval 17(20), 1 ct 4/56(11) 20.06.1979
OLDEST ODI PLAYERS FOR EACH COUNTRY
Following is the list of the oldest player for each country that has played One Day International cricket.
Nolan Clarke 47-257 Netherlands v SA at Rawalpindi 32(46) — 05.03.1996
John Traicos 45-312 Zimbabwe v India at Pune 4(6) 1/50(10) 25.03.1993
Norman Gifford 44-361 England v Pak at Sharjah 0, 1 ct 4/23(10) 26.03.1985
Rahul Sharma 43-308 Hong Kong v Pak at Colombo 1(3) — 18.07.2004
Jan Louw 43-226 Namibia v Zim at Harare DNB, 1 ct 1/60(10) 10.02.2003
Donald Pringle 43-44 East Africa v Eng at Birmingham 3(12) 0/41(12) 14.06.1975
Donovan Blake 42-284 USA v Aus at Southampton 0(2) 0/7(1) 13.09.2004
Somachandra de Silva 42-261 SL v WI at Melbourne 5(19) — 27.02.1985
Clive Rice 42-114 SA v Ind at New Delhi DNB 1/54(9) 14.11.1991
Bobby Simpson 42-068 Aus v WI at Castries 23(29), 1 ct 2/30(7) 12.04.1978
Sunil Dhaniram 41-261 Canada v Neth at Rotterdam 9(18) 0/16(3) 05.07.2010
Iain Philip 40-349 Scotland v BD at Edinburgh 3(17), 3 ct — 24.05.1999
Jahangir Shah 40-283 Bangladesh v NZ at Sharjah DNB, 1 ct 0/62(9) 28.04.1990
Lance Gibbs 40-251 WI v SL at Manchester DNB 0/17(4) 07.06.1975
Bevan Congdon 40-156 NZ v Eng at Manchester 2(21) 0/26(11) 17.07.1978
Stephen Tikolo 39-268 Kenya v Zim at Kolkata 10(14) 0/49(7) 20.03.2011
Misbah-ul-Haq 39-155 Pakistan v SA at Sharjah 31(49) — 30.10.2013
David Jonston 39-130 Ireland v Scotland at Belfast 24(34) 0/60(9) 06.09.2013
Shaukat Dukanwala 39-40 UAE v Neth at Lahore DNB 5/29(10) 01.03.1996
Mohinder Amarnath 39-36 India v WI at Mumbai 15(47) — 30.10.1989
David Hemp 38-151 Bermuda v Neth at Potchefstroom 81(101), 1 ct — 08.04.2009
Karim Sadiq 29-228 Afghanistan v Kenya at Sharjah DNB 2/10(7) 04.10.2013
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