Oldest players to have made a Test century after 42-year-old Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq made a hundred against England at Lord’s on Thursday (player, country, runs, age at time of hundred (years/days), opposition, venue, year):
Jack Hobbs (ENG) 142 46y 82d AUS Melbourne 1929
Jack Hobbs (ENG) 159 45y 239d WIS The Oval 1928
Patsy Hendren (ENG) 132 45y 151d AUS Old Trafford 1934
Warren Bardsley (AUS) 193no 43y 202d ENG Lord’s 1926
Jack Hobbs (ENG) 119 43y 192d AUS Lord’s 1926
Dave Nourse (RSA) 111 42y 291d AUS Johannesburg 1921
Frank Woolley (ENG) 154 42y 61d RSA Old Trafford 1929
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) 114 42y 47d ENG Lord’s 2016
Jack Hobbs (ENG) 119 42y 31d AUS Adelaide 1925
Jack Hobbs (ENG) 154 42y 16d AUS Melbourne 1925
Eric Rowan (RSA) 236 42y 06d ENG Headingley 1951
Jack Hobbs (ENG) 115 42y 03d AUS Sydney 1924
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