[caption id="attachment_360573" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<img class="size-full wp-image-360573" alt="Rafatullah Mohmand in action during the series against England Getty Images" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/GettyImages-498940422.jpg" width="628" height="355" /> Rafatullah Mohmand in action during the series against England Getty Images[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>When <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/rafatullah-mohmand" target="_blank">Rafatullah Mohmand</a> made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut in the first of the three-match T20I series for <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/teams/pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a> against England at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, he created a record by being the oldest T20I debutant from a Test-playing nation. Rafatullah, 39 years 20 days on debut, went past the record of <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/rahul-dravid" target="_blank">Rahul Dravid</a>, who had made his debut (it was his only T20I) at 38 years 232 days. Rafatullah was, thus, 153 days older than Dravid at the time of their respective T20Is debuts. They are the only ones from Test-playing nations to make T20I debuts after 38. In all, Rafatullah stands sixth in the history of T20Is, after Mohammad Tauqir of UAE (43 years 176 days), Khurram Khan of UAE (42 years 269 days), Najeeb Amar of Hong Kong (42 years 172 days), Munir Dar of Hong Kong (40 years 14 days), and Sunil Dhaniram of Canada (39 years 290 days). Between Rafatullah and Dravid is Sanjayan Thuraisingham, also of Canada (38 years 326 days). Rafatullah also set a new high for Pakistan, going past Inzamam-ul-Haq s previous record of 36 years 178 days. Tauqir also holds the world record for the oldest cricketer to <i>appear</i> in a T20I (at 43 years 179 days), Brad Hogg coming second with 43 years 45 days. Rafatullah comes second even on this list among cricketers from Test-playing nations, after Hogg, <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/sanath-jayasuriya" target="_blank">Sanath Jayasuriya</a> (41 years 360 days), <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/brad-hodge" target="_blank">Brad Hodge</a> (39 years 91 days), and Tillakaratne Dilshan (39 years 28 days). Rafatullah is currently 39 years 24 days, and has a genuine chance of going past both Hodge and Dilshan. <p></p> <p></p><b>Oldest T20I debutants</b> <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td rowspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Player</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td rowspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Country</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Age</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Years</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Days</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Mohammad Tauqir</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">UAE</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">43</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">176</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Khurram Khan</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">UAE</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">42</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">269</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Najeeb Amar</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Hong Kong</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">42</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">172</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Munir Dar</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Hong Kong</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">40</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">14</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Sunil Dhaniram</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Canada</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">39</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">290</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Rafatullah Mohmand</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Pakistan</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">39</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">20</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Sanjayan Thuraisingham</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Canada</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">38</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">326</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Rahul Dravid</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">India</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">38</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">232</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>As mentioned above, Rafatullah is now ahead of Inzamam by the proverbial mile, putting a clear two-and-a-half-year barrier between them. They are the only Pakistanis to have made T20I debuts after 36, or even 35. <p></p> <p></p><b>Oldest T20I debutants for Pakistan</b> <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td rowspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Player</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Age</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Years</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Days</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Rafatullah Mohmand</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">39</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">20</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Inzamam-ul-Haq</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">36</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">178</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Zulfiqar Babar</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">34</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">229</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Shakeel Ansar</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">33</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">203</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Misbah-ul-Haq</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">33</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">97</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>What, then, about all nations? Who are the oldest T20I debutants from each country? <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td rowspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Player</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td rowspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Country</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Age</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Years</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center"><b>Days</b></p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Mohammad Tauqir</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">UAE</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">43</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">176</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Najeeb Amar</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Hong Kong</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">42</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">172</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Sunil Dhaniram</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Canada</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">39</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">290</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Rafatullah Mohmand</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Pakistan</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">39</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">20</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Rahul Dravid</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">India</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">38</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">232</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Sultan Ahmed</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Oman</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">38</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">37</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Neil Carter</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Scotland</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">38</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">33</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">David Hemp</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Bermuda</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">37</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">269</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Floyd Reifer</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">West Indies</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">37</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">10</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Sanath Jayasuriya</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Sri Lanka</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">36</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">350</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Kennedy Otieno</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Kenya</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">36</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">144</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Mohammad Rafique</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Bangladesh</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">36</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">84</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Paul Nixon</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">England</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">36</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">80</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Jeroen Smits</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Netherlands</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">36</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">42</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Jeremy Bray</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Ireland</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">35</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">190</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Brad Hogg</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Australia</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">35</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">18</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Chris Cairns</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">New Zealand</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">34</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">249</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Imran Tahir</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">South Africa</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">34</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">128</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Vani Morea</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Papua New Guinea</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">32</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">132</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Ray Price</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Zimbabwe</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">32</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">120</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Shakti Gauchan</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Nepal</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">29</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">328</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Rokhan Barakzai</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">Afghanistan</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">26</p> <p></p></td> <p></p><td nowrap="nowrap"> <p></p><p align="center">331</p> <p></p></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>As is evident, the 35-plus group is dominated by the non-Test-playing nations. Three of the ten Test-playing nations do not have a debutant older than 35.
