| Player | Age | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Taibu | 20y 358d | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 6 May 2004 | Test # 1698 |
| Nawab of Pataudi | 21y 77d | India | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 23 Mar 1962 | Test # 527 |
| GC Smith | 22y 82d | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chittagong (MAA) | 24 Apr 2003 | Test # 1640 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 22y 115d | Bangladesh | v West Indies | St George's | 17 Jul 2009 | Test # 1926 |
| ID Craig | 22y 194d | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 |
| Javed Miandad | 22y 260d | Pakistan | v Australia | Karachi | 27 Feb 1980 | Test # 876 |
| M Bisset | 22y 306d | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 |
| Mohammad Ashraful | 22y 353d | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 25 Jun 2007 | Test # 1837 |
| MP Bowden | 23y 144d | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 |
| SR Tendulkar | 23y 169d | India | v Australia | Delhi | 10 Oct 1996 | Test # 1335 |
| GC Grant | 23y 217d | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1930 | Test # 199 |
| Hon.IFW Bligh | 23y 292d | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 | Test # 10 |
| SP Fleming | 23y 319d | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 14 Feb 1997 | Test # 1355 |
| ADR Campbell | 23y 354d | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Sep 1996 | Test # 1333 |
| Waqar Younis | 24y 15d | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | Karachi | 1 Dec 1993 | Test # 1237 |
| Javed Burki | 24y 23d | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 31 May 1962 | Test # 530 |
| N Kapil Dev | 24y 48d | India | v West Indies | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 | Test # 949 |
| DJ Bravo | 24y 95d | West Indies | v South Africa | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 |
| WJ Cronje | 24y 125d | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1994 | Test # 1246 |
| IT Botham | 24y 194d | England | v West Indies | Nottingham | 5 Jun 1980 | Test # 880 |
| HW Taylor | 24y 222d | South Africa | v England | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 |
| BA Murphy | 24y 342d | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 8 Nov 2001 | Test # 1566 |
| DB Carr | 25y 40d | England | v India | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 |
| KJ Hughes | 25y 57d | Australia | v Pakistan | Perth | 24 Mar 1979 | Test # 850 |
| MV Boucher | 25y 81d | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 |
| DS Sheppard | 25y 117d | England | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 1 Jul 1954 | Test # 388 |
| DI Gower | 25y 133d | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 12 Aug 1982 | Test # 932 |
| MA Atherton | 25y 135d | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 5 Aug 1993 | Test # 1230 |
| PW Sherwell | 25y 138d | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 2 Jan 1906 | Test # 88 |
| PBH May | 25y 160d | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 9 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 |
| A Flower | 25y 217d | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Karachi | 1 Dec 1993 | Test # 1237 |
| HB Cameron | 25y 223d | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 |
| RJ Shastri | 25y 229d | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 |
| CA Smith | 25y 234d | England | v South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 |
| Shoaib Malik | 25y 242d | Pakistan | v South Africa | Karachi | 1 Oct 2007 | Test # 1843 |
| JM Parker | 25y 252d | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Karachi | 30 Oct 1976 | Test # 784 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 25y 277d | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 |
| PA de Silva | 25y 309d | Sri Lanka | v England | Lord's | 22 Aug 1991 | Test # 1176 |
| Khaled Mashud | 25y 313d | Bangladesh | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2001 | Test # 1577 |
| WL Murdoch | 25y 324d | Australia | v England | The Oval | 6 Sep 1880 | Test # 4 |
| APF Chapman | 25y 345d | England | v Australia | The Oval | 14 Aug 1926 | Test # 167 |
Records include the following recent matches:
India v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, 1st Test, Nov 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1933]
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, Aug 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1932]
England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 20-23, 2009 [Test # 1931]
Statsguru Trivia
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- Only one player has scored more than 1000 runs in Tests without making a single 50-plus score. Name him. (Ajai Banerji, India)
- How many batsmen have scored 150 or more in the fourth innings of a successful run-chase in Tests? (Navathej Katragadda, India)
Did you know?
The Dunedin Test between New Zealand and Pakistan will be the first time a Test match will be hosted in that country in November. The earliest New Zealand had hosted a Test before this was on December 7, when Sri Lanka played a Test in Christchurch in 2006. The match finished inside three days.
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