Captaincy Records and Statistics - Test Cricket
Most Consecutive Matches as Captain
Player Country Career Matches From To
A D Mathews* Sri Lanka 2009- 31 08/03/2013 13/08/2016
A J Strauss England 2004-2012 29 27/05/2010 16/08/2012
A N Cook England 2006-2018 57 15/11/2012 16/12/2016
A R Border Australia 1978-1994 93 07/12/1984 25/03/1994
A Ranatunga Sri Lanka 1982-2000 28 17/08/1992 26/12/1995
B B McCullum New Zealand 2004-2016 31 02/01/2013 20/02/2016
C H Lloyd West Indies 1966-1984 29 22/11/1974 17/03/1978
D J G Sammy West Indies 2007-2013 30 15/11/2010 19/12/2013
D L Vettori New Zealand 1997-2014 32 08/11/2007 15/01/2011
D P M D Jayawardene Sri Lanka 1997-2014 28 28/02/2006 01/03/2009
G C Smith South Africa 2002-2014 40 16/12/2009 01/03/2014
G C Smith South Africa 2002-2014 37 14/10/2005 24/03/2006
G C Smith South Africa 2002-2014 29 15/12/2006 06/03/2009
G S A Sobers West Indies 1954-1974 39 03/03/1965 20/04/1972
I M Chappell Australia 1964-1980 30 12/02/1971 28/08/1975
J E Root* England 2012- 39 06/07/2017 24/01/2020
J R Reid New Zealand 1949-1965 34 18/02/1956 08/07/1965
M A Atherton England 1989-2001 52 05/08/1993 21/03/1998
M A Taylor Australia 1989-1999 50 28/09/1994 02/01/1999
M Azharuddin India 1984-2000 37 02/02/1990 04/07/1996
M S Dhoni India 2005-2014 27 24/01/2010 13/01/2012
Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan 2001-2017 35 30/06/2012 17/11/2016
Mushfiqur Rahim* Bangladesh 2005- 27 21/10/2011 12/01/2017
P B H May England 1951-1961 35 09/06/1955 02/07/1959
R T Ponting Australia 1995-2012 73 03/11/2004 26/12/2010
S C Ganguly India 1996-2008 33 10/11/2000 08/10/2003
S P D Smith* Australia 2010- 31 05/11/2015 22/03/2018
S P Fleming New Zealand 1994-2008 65 01/07/1999 15/12/2006
S R Waugh Australia 1985-2004 30 23/08/2001 02/01/2004
S T Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 1991-2007 38 09/09/1999 08/11/2002
W J Cronje South Africa 1992-2000 26 25/11/1994 30/01/1998
W J Cronje South Africa 1992-2000 26 26/02/1998 02/03/2000
No. of Records = 32
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