Summary The 42-year-old Misbah became the sixth oldest player in Test history to make a century.
LONDON (AFP) - Oldest players to have made a Test century after 42-year-old Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq made 110 not out against England at Lord s on Thursday (player, country, runs, age (years/days), opposition, venue, year):
Jack Hobbs (ENG): ............142 .......46y 82d .........AUS ..........Melbourne ..................1929
Jack Hobbs (ENG): ............159 .......45y 239d .......WIS.......... The Oval..................... 1928
Patsy Hendren (ENG): .......132 .......45y 151d .......AUS .........Old Trafford ................1934
Warren Bardsley (AUS): ....193no.... 43y 202d ......ENG .........Lord s .........................1926
Jack Hobbs (ENG): ...........119 .........43y 192d....... AUS .........Lord s ........................1926
Dave Nourse (RSA): .........111 .........42y 291d .......AUS .........Johannesburg ...........1921
Frank Woolley (ENG): ......154 ........42y 61d ..........RSA ........Old Trafford ...............1929
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK): ......110no .....42y 47d ..........ENG ........Lord s ........................2016
Jack Hobbs (ENG): ..........119 ........42y 31d ...........AUS .........Adelaide ...................1925
Jack Hobbs (ENG): .........154 .........42y 16d ..........AUS .........Melbourne ................1925
Eric Rowan (RSA): .........236 .........42y 06d ..........ENG .........Headingley ...............1951
Jack Hobbs (ENG): ........115 .........42y 03d ...........AUS .........Sydney .....................1924
Note: Misbah s innings still in progress.
