Oldest captains

Test Record

Oldest captains

Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Match Date
WG Grace	50y 320d	England	v Australia	1 Jun 1899
GOB Allen	45y 245d	England	v West Indies	27 Mar 1948
WR Hammond	43y 279d	England	v New Zealand	21 Mar 1947
W Bardsley	43y 233d	Australia	v England	24 Jul 1926
N Betancourt	42y 247d	West Indies	v England	1 Feb 1930
SE Gregory	42y 130d	Australia	v England	19 Aug 1912
RB Simpson	42y 89d	Australia	v West Indies	28 Apr 1978
WW Armstrong	42y 86d	Australia	v England	13 Aug 1921
JWHT Douglas	41y 330d	England	v South Africa	26 Jul 1924
MH Mankad	41y 289d	India	v West Indies	21 Jan 1959

ODI Record

Oldest captains

Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Match Date
N Gifford	44y 361d	England	v Pakistan	26 Mar 1985
R Sharma	43y 308d	Hong Kong	v Pakistan	18 Jul 2004
SW Lubbers	42y 347d	Netherlands	v South Africa	5 Mar 1996
CEB Rice	42y 114d	South Africa	v India	14 Nov 1991
RB Simpson	42y 68d	Australia	v West Indies	12 Apr 1978
DB Close	41y 186d	England	v Australia	28 Aug 1972
R Illingworth	41y 42d	England	v New Zealand	20 Jul 1973
DS de Silva	40y 264d	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	2 Mar 1983
CH Lloyd	40y 187d	West Indies	v Pakistan	6 Mar 1985
AJ Traicos	40y 166d	Zimbabwe	v Australia	30 Oct 1987

T20 Record

Oldest captains

Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Match Date
S Dhaniram	39y 362d	Canada	v Zimbabwe	13 Oct 2008
S Thuraisingam	38y 329d	Canada	v Bermuda	5 Aug 2008
SO Tikolo	37y 40d	Kenya	v Ireland	4 Aug 2008
SO Tikolo	37y 40d	Kenya	v Scotland	4 Aug 2008
FL Reifer	37y 10d	West Indies	v Bangladesh	2 Aug 2009
J Smits	36y 353d	Netherlands	v Pakistan	9 Jun 2009
Inzamam-ul-Haq	36y 178d	Pakistan	v England	28 Aug 2006
IH Romaine	35y 361d	Bermuda	v Scotland	3 Aug 2008
IH Romaine	35y 361d	Bermuda	v Ireland	3 Aug 2008
AC Gilchrist	35y 312d	Australia	v India	22 Sep 2007