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Oldest team to play ODI

Rajneesh Gupta | September 16, 2004 23:36 IST

The USA -Australia Champions Trophy match on September 13 at Rose Bowl witnessed a very interesting world record, which somehow escaped the eagle eyes of cricket statisticians world over. The USA side comprised of four forty-plus, three thirty five-plus, two thirty-plus and only two under-30 players with Steve Messiah being the youngest at 25.

The average age of this USA team was 35 years and 254 days, which makes it the oldest team ever to appear in a One-Day International. Interestingly USA side itself also occupies the second position in the list of oldest teams.

The side that featured in the match against New Zealand on the opening day of ICC Champions Trophy was 34 years 350 days old on an average, which easily broke the previous world record held by Holland. The average age of Dutch team in 1995-96 World Cup match against England was 33 years 302 days.

The following table has the details:
Average ageForVsVenueDate
35 Yrs 254 dysUSAAusRose Bowl13 Sep 2004
34 Yrs 350 dysUSANZ The Oval10 Sep 2004
33 Yrs 302 dysHolEngPeshawar 22 Feb 1996
33 Yrs 99 dysHolUAELahore 01 Mar 1996
33 Yrs 43 dysHolNZ Baroda (ICPL)17 Feb 1996
32 Yrs 356 dysEngNZ Wellington09 Mar 1975
32 Yrs 244 dysZimEngAlbury18 Mar 1992
32 Yrs 236 dysHolSARawalpindi 05 Mar 1996
32 Yrs 224 dysZimPakHobart BO27 Feb 1992
32 Yrs 190 dysZimSL New Plymouth23 Feb 1992
32 Yrs 190 dysEngNZ Dunedin08 Mar 1975
32 Yrs 155 dysCanKenCape Town15 Feb 2003
32 Yrs 151 dysCanBDDurban11 Feb 2003
32 Yrs 114 dysHolPakLahore 26 Feb 1996
32 Yrs 2 dysZimSACanberra10 Mar 1992

Note: The authentic information is not available about the exact date of birth of some of the players of East African team that played in 1975 World Cup. However, it is confirmed that the average age of that side is not anywhere near to the USA.



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