Oldest Test match player (male)

Wilfred Rhodes (UK, b. 29 October 1877, d. 8 July 1973) was 52 years 163 days old when playing for England against the West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, on 10 April 1930 - the seventh and final day's play of a scheduled nine-day Test match. The last of the all-rounder's 58 Tests also extended his record for the longest-ever Test career (male) - a remarkable 30 years 313 days since making his debut on 1 June 1899, in the same match that saw the retirement of another of cricket's all-time greats: W.G. Grace.

achieved the longest Test match career (male) and remains the oldest Test match player (male), playing for England against the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, on 10 April 1930 at the age of 52 years 163 days.

Rhodes took 127 wickets in his 58-match Test career, at an average of 26.96 runs per wicket. He also plundered 2,325 runs in 98 innings, at an average of 30.19 runs per innings. In a first-class career that ran from 1898 to 1930, he took 4,204 wickets (average 16.72) and scored 39,969 runs (average 30.81).