Oldest players to score a test century

No doubt, Jack Hobbs was cricket’s most prolific batsman but he is also the oldest batsman who scored a century in Test cricket. Jack Hobbs who is known as “The Master” among cricket fans has scored a hundred at the age of 46y 82d.

Recently West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a century against Bangladesh during their two matches series in the Caribbean Islands. He achieved this feat when he was 40.28 years old and made him sixteenth oldie to get this unique record.

Here we present you a list of top 16 oldest players to have scored a century in Test cricket:

Oldest players to score a century in Test cricket

Player	Age	Runs	Team
Jack Hobbs	46y 82d	142	England
EH Hendren	45y 151d	132	England
W Bardsley	43y 202d	193*	Australia
AW Nourse	42y 291d	111	South Africa
FE Woolley	42y 61d	154	England
EAB Rowan	42y 6d	236	South Africa
RB Simpson	41y 359d	100	Australia
WW Armstrong	41y 265d	123*	Australia
TW Graveney	41y 263d	105	England
HW Taylor	41y 241d	117	South Africa
B Sutcliffe	41y 108d	151*	New Zealand
G Boycott	41y 63d	105	England
GA Gooch	40y 314d	210	England
AD Nourse	40y 207d	208	South Africa
CH Lloyed	40y 84d	114	West Indies
S Chanderpaul	40y 28d	101*	West Indies