Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath

During this test match, the Cricinfo commentary mentioned that Shoaib Malik was the only other current player who made his international debut prior to 2000. Obviously, that relates to ODIs & not Test matches.

Anderson ranks only fourth (after Herath’s retirement) among players active in last 12 months.

Hamilton Masakadza (debut July 2001) leads the way, despite Zimbabwe’s rare Test outings these days. Parthiv Patel debuted at the age of 5 (or thereabouts) in 2002 and still hangs around the fringes of the India squad. Devon Smith has somehow sustained a Test career as an opener over 15 years averaging just short of 24.

Others in excess of a decade on the scene:
2003: Hafeez
2004: Amla, Steyn, Karthik, B Taylor
2005: Cremer, Mpofu
2006: Razzak
2007: R Taylor, Broad
2008: Vijay, Siddle