After all, eight of the 10 youngest test players in history hail from Pakistan -- and the remaining two from India.
Current Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar, who is in fourth place, and former leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, who is 10th, prevent a clean sweep by the Pakistani boy wonders.
The first player making the list from outside the region is West Indian J. E.D. Sealy, whose debut at 17 years and 122 days puts him in 11th place.
The following are the 10 youngest players to have made their Test debut:
1. Hasan Raza (Pakistan) 14 yrs, 227 days 2. Mushtaq Mohammad (Pakistan) 15 yrs, 124 days 3. Aaquib Javed (Pakistan) 16 yrs, 189 days 4. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 16 yrs, 205 days 5. Aftab Baloch (Pakistan) 16 yrs, 221 days 6. Nasim-ul Ghani (Pakistan) 16 yrs, 248 days 7. Khalid Hassan (Pakistan) 16 yrs, 352 days 8. Zahid Fazal (Pakistan) 17 yrs, 005 days 9. Ata-ur Rehman (Pakistan) 17 yrs, 069 days 10. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (India) 17 yrs, 118 days
The youngest players from other countries are:
J.E.D. Sealy (West Indies) 17 yrs, 122 days C.D. Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka) 17 yrs, 189 days Ian Craig (Australia) 17 yrs, 239 days D.B. Close (England) 18 yrs, 149 days D.L. Freeman (New Zealand) 18 yrs, 197 days Paul Adams (South Africa) 18 yrs, 340 days H. Streak (Zimbabwe) 19 yrs, 260 days