List of England Test cricket records
Youngest players

List of England Test cricket records

Section Title: Youngest players
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date

1	18 years and 149 days	Brian Close	New Zealand	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	23 July 1949

2	19 years and 32 days	Jack Crawford	South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa	2 January 1906

3	19 years and 83 days	Denis Compton	New Zealand	The Oval, London, England	14 August 1937

4	19 years and 269 days	Ben Hollioake	Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	7 August 1997

5	19 years and 297 days	Haseeb Hameed	India	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India	9 November 2016

Last updated: 30 July 2018

Sentence(s)

The youngest cricketer to play Test cricket for England was Brian Close who at the age of 18 years and 149 days debuted in the Test against New Zealand in July 1949.

final_sentence: The youngest cricketer to play Test cricket for England was Brian Close who at the age of 18 years and 149 days debuted in the Test against New Zealand in July 1949.