Top 9 Test playing nations and their oldest active Test cricketers

#2 Jimmy Anderson - England - 36 years and 87 days

Jimmy Anderson is the only English bowler to pass 500 Test wickets

Jimmy Anderson is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of his generation due to his swinging deliveries. Anderson has made an immense number of records while playing Test cricket for his nation. Anderson is the only English bowler to pass 500 Test wickets and is also the bowler to take the highest wickets for England in both Test and ODIs.

Jimmy entered the world of Test cricket on 22 May 2003 as the 613th player for England. Shattering the opposition, he took a five-wicket haul in his debut match against Zimbabwe. From 2003 to present, Anderson has taken 564 wickets from 143 matches which even includes 26 five-wicket hauls and 3 ten-wicket hauls. Anderson has a bowling average of just 26.84, which makes him one of the best bowlers of his era.