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Player Age Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
Rajin Saleh 20y 297d Bangladesh v South Africa Birmingham 12 Sep 2004 ODI # 2171
T Taibu 20y 342d Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Bulawayo 20 Apr 2004 ODI # 2119
P Utseya 21y 125d Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Harare 29 Jul 2006 ODI # 2392
GC Smith 22y 71d South Africa v India Dhaka 13 Apr 2003 ODI # 2002
Shakib Al Hasan 22y 124d Bangladesh v West Indies Roseau 26 Jul 2009 ODI # 2862
Mohammad Ashraful 23y 13d Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 20 Jul 2007 ODI # 2605
SR Tendulkar 23y 126d India v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 28 Aug 1996 ODI # 1106
Javed Miandad 23y 162d Pakistan v West Indies Karachi 21 Nov 1980 ODI # 93
Moin Khan 23y 196d Pakistan v India Sharjah 7 Apr 1995 ODI # 995
N Kapil Dev 23y 249d India v Sri Lanka Amritsar 12 Sep 1982 ODI # 156
RR Sarwan 23y 300d West Indies v England Georgetown 18 Apr 2004 ODI # 2118
WTS Porterfield 23y 326d Ireland v Netherlands Dublin 28 Jul 2008 ODI # 2737
ADR Campbell 23y 338d Zimbabwe v Australia Colombo (RPS) 26 Aug 1996 ODI # 1105
T Duffin 23y 342d Zimbabwe v Kenya Bulawayo 25 Feb 2006 ODI # 2339
Waqar Younis 23y 354d Pakistan v West Indies Sharjah 5 Nov 1993 ODI # 845
SP Fleming 23y 358d New Zealand v Sri Lanka Christchurch 25 Mar 1997 ODI # 1184
DJ Bravo 24y 58d West Indies v Zimbabwe Harare 4 Dec 2007 ODI # 2653
WJ Cronje 24y 105d South Africa v New Zealand Brisbane 8 Jan 1994 ODI # 870
Nowroz Mangal 24y 142d Afghanistan v Scotland Benoni 19 Apr 2009 ODI # 2842
H Masakadza 24y 171d Zimbabwe v Pakistan Multan 27 Jan 2008 ODI # 2665
V Sehwag 24y 178d India v Bangladesh Dhaka 16 Apr 2003 ODI # 2004
IT Botham 24y 186d England v West Indies Leeds 28 May 1980 ODI # 89
CD McMillan 24y 209d New Zealand v Sri Lanka Sharjah 10 Apr 2001 ODI # 1705
TM Odoyo 24y 210d Kenya v Zimbabwe Harare 8 Dec 2002 ODI # 1913
RJ Shastri 24y 245d India v Pakistan Indore 27 Jan 1987 ODI # 426
BA Murphy 24y 329d Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Sharjah 26 Oct 2001 ODI # 1765
A Ranatunga 24y 333d Sri Lanka v India Dhaka 29 Oct 1988 ODI # 530
Minhajul Abedin 25y 91d Bangladesh v India Chandigarh 25 Dec 1990 ODI # 657
Gazi Ashraf 25y 92d Bangladesh v Pakistan Moratuwa 31 Mar 1986 ODI # 375
Shoaib Malik 25y 106d Pakistan v Sri Lanka Abu Dhabi 18 May 2007 ODI # 2584
KJ Hughes 25y 134d Australia v England Lord's 9 Jun 1979 ODI # 63
A Bagai 25y 158d Canada v Netherlands Toronto 3 Jul 2007 ODI # 2596
BC Lara 25y 193d West Indies v India Jaipur 11 Nov 1994 ODI # 951
A Flower 25y 196d Zimbabwe v South Africa Bangalore 10 Nov 1993 ODI # 848
U Bhatti 25y 230d Canada v Kenya King City (NW) 22 Aug 2009 ODI # 2877
DL Vettori 25y 280d New Zealand v Bangladesh Chittagong (MAA) 2 Nov 2004 ODI # 2189
Khaled Mashud 25y 288d Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Chittagong (MAA) 23 Nov 2001 ODI # 1773
ME Trescothick 25y 289d England v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 10 Oct 2001 ODI # 1756
MA Atherton 25y 330d England v West Indies Bridgetown 16 Feb 1994 ODI # 880

Records include the following recent matches:
South Africa v England at Centurion, 2nd ODI, Nov 22, 2009 [ODI # 2929]
South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, 2nd ODI, Nov 10, 2009 [ODI # 2928]
New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 3rd ODI, Nov 9, 2009 [ODI # 2927]

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