Top 10 Oldest Players to Score a Test Ton

Top 10 Oldest Players to Score a Test Ton: Over the years many legends have defied the usual and common perceptions related to age. These legends had the courage and iron will to overcome the age factor and to do truly remarkable things. Sachin Tendulkar was 39 when he hit his 100^th international ton. Recently West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a century against Bangladesh during their two match series in the Caribbean Islands. He achieved this when he was 40.28 years old. But it’s surprising that it only made him the 16^th oldest player to hold this peculiar record. Let’s have a look at the oldest players to score a test ton.

The Top 10 Oldest Players to Score a Test Ton.

10. HW Taylor (41 years 241 days, 117 vs England):

Herbert Wilfred Taylor was a South African cricketer who played 42 Tests for his century. He became the first South African to pass 2,500 Test runs. Taylor’s greatest achievement is generally reckoned to be scoring 508 runs at an average of 50.80 in the 1913-14 test series against England. He was selected one of Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1925.