Stats: Oldest cricketers to take a 5-wicket haul in ODIs

Canada’s slow left-arm orthodox bowler Sunil Dhaniram is the oldest player to take a 5-wicket haul in ODIs

Canada’s Slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Sunil Dhaniram is the oldest bowler to take a five wicket haul in an ODI. At the age of 39 years and 256 days, he recorded figures of 5/32 against Bermuda in 2008.

Former Indian bowler, Robin Singh remains the oldest Indian bowler, at the age of 35 years and 254 days, to take five wickets, the feat he achieved against Sri Lanka in 1999.

Here are the 15 instances of oldest players taking 5-wicket hauls in ODIs (for players who’ve done it more than once, only the latest innings is mentioned):

Player	Age	Bowling Figures	Team	Opposition	Date
Sunil Dhaniram	39y 256d	5/32	Canada	v Bermuda	29 Jun 2008
Shaukat Dukanwala	39y 40d	5/29	U.A.E.	v Netherlands	1 Mar 1996
Viv Richards	37y 230d	6/41	West Indies	v India	23 Oct 1989
Richard Hadlee	37y 218d	5/38	New Zealand	v Pakistan	6 Feb 1989
Wasim Akram	36y 258d	5/28	Pakistan	v Namibia	16 Feb 2003
Muttiah Muralitharan	36y 227d	5/29	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	30 Nov 2008
Robin Singh	35y 254d	5/31	India	v Sri Lanka	26 May 1999
Mohammad Rafique	35y 199d	5/47	Bangladesh	v Kenya	23 Mar 2006
Dwayne Leverock	35y 123d	5/53	Bermuda	v Kenya	14 Nov 2006
Sanath Jayasuriya	35y 108d	5/17	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	16 Oct 2004
Saeed Ajmal	35y 84d	5/24	Pakistan	v India	6 Jan 2013
Glenn McGrath	34y 363d	5/27	Australia	v Pakistan	6 Feb 2005
Trent Johnston	34y 355d	5/14	Ireland	v Canada	19 Apr 2009
Joel Garner	34y 18d	5/47	West Indies	v England	3 Jan 1987
Brad Hogg	33y 343d	5/32	Australia	v West Indies	14 Jan 2005

**Stats updated till October 02, 2014