Name Date of birth First Test Age as on
March 15, 1997
L S Birkett (West April 14, 1904 1930-31 92 years & 335
Indies) days
A R Gover February 29, 1908 1936 89 years & 15
(England) days
G LWeir (New June 2, 1908 1929-30 88 years & 287
Zealand days
Sir D G Bradman August 27, 1908 1929-29 88 years & 201
(Australia) days
M J Gopalan June 6, 1909 1933-34 87 years & 283
(India) days
R E Grieveson August 24, 1909 1938-39 87 years & 204
(South Africa) days
D C Cleverly December 23, 1909 1931-32 87 years & 83
(New Zealand) days
H D Read January 28, 1910 1936 87 years & 47
(England) days
N Gordon (South August 6, 1911 1938-39 85 years & 222
Africa) days
L Amarnath September 11, 1933-34 85 years & 186
(India) 1911 days
R L Harvey September 14, 1935-36 85 years & 183
(South Africa) 1911 days
The oldest living Test cricketers from the other three Test-playing countries are: Mohammad Aslam (Pakistan) - 77 years and 70 days; D S De Silva (Sri Lanka) - 54 years and 277 days; and John Traicos (Zimbabwe) - 50 years and 74 days.
The whereabouts of India's Cota Ramaswamy, who was born on June 18, 1896, is not known.