Oldest team to play ODI

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 age	For	Vs	Venue	Date
35 Yrs 254 dys	USA	Aus	Rose Bowl	13 Sep 2004
34 Yrs 350 dys	USA	NZ	The Oval	10 Sep 2004
33 Yrs 302 dys	Hol	Eng	Peshawar	22 Feb 1996
33 Yrs 99 dys	Hol	UAE	Lahore	01 Mar 1996
33 Yrs 43 dys	Hol	NZ	Baroda (ICPL)	17 Feb 1996
32 Yrs 356 dys	Eng	NZ	Wellington	09 Mar 1975
32 Yrs 244 dys	Zim	Eng	Albury	18 Mar 1992
32 Yrs 236 dys	Hol	SA	Rawalpindi	05 Mar 1996
32 Yrs 224 dys	Zim	Pak	Hobart BO	27 Feb 1992
32 Yrs 190 dys	Zim	SL	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
32 Yrs 190 dys	Eng	NZ	Dunedin	08 Mar 1975
32 Yrs 155 dys	Can	Ken	Cape Town	15 Feb 2003
32 Yrs 151 dys	Can	BD	Durban	11 Feb 2003
32 Yrs 114 dys	Hol	Pak	Lahore	26 Feb 1996
32 Yrs 2 dys	Zim	SA	Canberra	10 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.