Stats: Oldest living Test cricketers in the world

Norman Gordon, former South African fast bowler

Norman Gordon, the South African fast bowler is the oldest living Test cricketer at the moment and the only one to be living beyond the magical 100 year mark. He played 5 Test matches for the Proteas before the Second World War and was too old to be selected for the side when the war ended.

In one of the Tests, he bowled a total of 92.2 eight-ball overs for a lone wicket, conceding 256 runs. Those were the days where the transition was being made from matting to turf wickets. He took 20 wickets in his career with a best performance of 5 for 103 in an innings.

The right-handed Gordon is also the first cricketer ever to live 100 years and the only man to be still living from the days of Timeless Tests.

Lindsay Tuckett, also a former South African international, occupies the second place. The rainbow nation has two more cricketers in top 10. England and West Indies have three and two players respectively. Arthur Morris, the former left-handed batsman, who once played alongside Don Bradman is the only Australian in top 10.

Out of these 10, only Arthur Morris and John Watkins of South Africa has played more than 10 Test matches. Morris, a left-handed batsmen, has played 46 Test matches, scoring 3533 runs at an average of 46.48. He also has a double hundred to his name.

The top 10 list is dominated by bowlers and all-rounders. Andy Ganteaume of Trinidad – West Indies, is the only wicket-keeper in top 10. The oldest surviving Indian cricketer is Deepak Shodhan, who played 3 Tests in 1952-53, and at 85 years of age, is ranked 30^th in this list.

#	Player	Current Age	Born On	Nationality	Matches	Career Span
1	Norman Gordon	102 years 307 days	6 Aug 1911	South Africa	5	1938-1939
2	Lindsay Tuckett	95 years 123 days	6 Feb 1919	South Africa	9	1947-1949
3	Andy Ganteaume	93 years 138 days	22 Jan 1921	West Indies	1	1948-4948
4	Arthur Morris	92 years 141 days	19 Jan1922	Australia	46	1946-1955
5	John Watkins	91 years 60 days	10 Apr 1923	South Africa	15	1949-1957
6	Don Smith	90 years 360 days	14 Jun 1923	England	3	1957-1957
7	Fred Ridgway	90 years 303 days	10 Aug 1923	England	5	1951-1952
8	Bob Appleyard	89 years 347 days	27 Jun 1924	England	9	1954-1956
9	Roy Miller	89 years 167 days	24 Dec 1924	West Indies	1	1953-1953
10	Ian Smith	89 years 106 days	23 Feb 1925	South Africa	9	1947-1957

*Ages current on 9^th June 2014