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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]

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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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