England left-arm spinner Norman Gifford was 44 years old when he made
his debut in a one-day tournament in Sharjah in 1985. Norman had been
the assistant manager on a couple of overseas tours, and took over as
captain for this tournament when a few senior players were rested. Next
comes South African Clive Rice, who was 42 years old when he captained
in their first official one-day internationals, in India in November
1991. If you include the non-Test teams then the oldest debutant in
one-day internationals and the oldest player overall too is the
Barbados-born opener Nolan Clarke, who was 47 when he played for the
Netherlands in the 1996 World Cup.
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| Norman Gifford was 44 when he made his one-day debut for England |
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