Quiz! Can you name the players with the longest careers in men’s Test cricket?

We have put the cut-off at twenty years in this quiz. Until September 9, 2025, twenty cricketers have made the cut in men’s Test cricket. The list includes a Zimbabwean who returned to the XI in August 2025 at the age of 39.

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This is a motley crew. At the top is a titan of first-class cricket, who made his Test debut in the 1890s and continued until the 1930s, in one of several Test careers interrupted by any of the two World Wars.

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There are – among others – Australian and an Englishman who returned from retirement when their teams were in dire straits; and one who played for South Africa before their apartheid ban and for Zimbabwe more than 22 years later.

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In this quiz, we have provided the teams these cricketers played for, and their career span. All you need to do is to click on the correct name.

Quiz! Can you name the players with the longest careers in men’s Test cricket?

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