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Oldest team to play ODI

By Rajneesh Gupta
September 16, 2004 23:36 IST
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The USA -Australia Champions Trophy match on September 13 at Rose Bowl witnessed a very interesting world record, which somehow escaped the eagle eyes of cricket statisticians world over. The USA side comprised of four forty-plus, three thirty five-plus, two thirty-plus and only two under-30 players with Steve Messiah being the youngest at 25.

The average age of this USA team was 35 years and 254 days, which makes it the oldest team ever to appear in a One-Day International. Interestingly USA side itself also occupies the second position in the list of oldest teams.

The side that featured in the match against New Zealand on the opening day of ICC Champions Trophy was 34 years 350 days old on an average, which easily broke the previous world record held by Holland. The average age of Dutch team in 1995-96 World Cup match against England was 33 years 302 days.

The following table has the details:

Average age For Vs Venue Date
35 Yrs 254 dys USA Aus Rose Bowl 13 Sep 2004
34 Yrs 350 dys USA NZ The Oval 10 Sep 2004
33 Yrs 302 dys Hol Eng Peshawar 22 Feb 1996
33 Yrs 99 dys Hol UAE Lahore 01 Mar 1996
33 Yrs 43 dys Hol NZ Baroda (ICPL) 17 Feb 1996
32 Yrs 356 dys Eng NZ Wellington 09 Mar 1975
32 Yrs 244 dys Zim Eng Albury 18 Mar 1992
32 Yrs 236 dys Hol SA Rawalpindi 05 Mar 1996
32 Yrs 224 dys Zim Pak Hobart BO 27 Feb 1992
32 Yrs 190 dys Zim SL New Plymouth 23 Feb 1992
32 Yrs 190 dys Eng NZ Dunedin 08 Mar 1975
32 Yrs 155 dys Can Ken Cape Town 15 Feb 2003
32 Yrs 151 dys Can BD Durban 11 Feb 2003
32 Yrs 114 dys Hol Pak Lahore 26 Feb 1996
32 Yrs 2 dys Zim SA Canberra 10 Mar 1992

Note: The authentic information is not available about the exact date of birth of some of the players of East African team that played in 1975 World Cup. However, it is confirmed that the average age of that side is not anywhere near to the USA.

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