Player Re-Appeared After A Gap.

John Traicos made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in 1992-93, some 22 years 222 days after his previous Test, for South Africa in 1969-70. George Gunn, the old Nottinghamshire opener, had a gap of 17 years 316 days between the 1911-12 Ashes and his recall, aged 50, for the series in West Indies in 1929-30. Gunn held the record for more than 60 years. Pakistan Younis Ahmed played two Tests in 1969-70, then two more in 1986-87, after a gap of between his appearances was 17 years and 111 days. In terms of matches missed, , Martin Bicknell, who missed 114 England Tests between the 1993 Ashes series and a brief recall against South Africa ten years later.  Younis Ahmad is again third on the list with 104. The England seamer Derek Shackleton missed 103 Tests between 1951-52 and 1963, and West Indies played 109 between Floyd Reifer's fourth Test in South Africa in January 1999, and his recall for the fifth, as captain during a contracts dispute against Bangladesh at home in July 2009.

Span Missed

Player	Span	Mat	From	To	Missed Span
AJ Traicos (SA/Zim)	1970-1993	7	10-Mar-70	18-Oct-92	22y 222d
G Gunn (Eng)	1907-1930	15	1-Mar-12	11-Jan-30	17y 316d
Younis Ahmed (Pak)	1969-1987	4	2-Nov-69	21-Feb-87	17y 111d
JMM Commaille (SA)	1910-1928	12	14-Mar-10	14-Jun-24	14y 92d
DC Cleverley (NZ)	1932-1946	2	1-Mar-32	29-Mar-46	14y 28d
F Mitchell (Eng/SA)	1899-1912	5	4 Apr 1899	27-May-12	13y 53d
GM Carew (WI)	1935-1949	4	10-Jan-35	11-Feb-48	13y 32d

In Terms of Matches Missed

Player	Span	Mat	Team	From	To	Missed Span	Matches Missed
MP Bicknell	1993-2003	4	England	9-Aug-93	21-Aug-03	10y 12d	114
FL Reifer	1997-2009	6	West Indies	18-Jan-99	9-Jul-09	10y 172d	109
Younis Ahmed	1969-1987	4	Pakistan	2-Nov-69	21-Feb-87	17y 111d	104
D Shackleton	1950-1963	7	England	7-Nov-51	20-Jun-63	11y 225d	103
HL Jackson	1949-1961	2	England	26-Jul-49	6-Jul-61	11y 345d	96

John Traicos made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in 1992-93, some 22 years 222 days after his previous Test, for South Africa in 1969-70