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Captaincy Records and Statistics - Test Cricket
Captains for  in Chronological Order
  Player First Match Last Match Tests Won Lost Drawn Toss
1 J Lillywhite 15/03/1877 31/03/1877 2 1 (50.00%) 1 (50.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
2 L Harris 02/01/1879 11/08/1884 4 2 (50.00%) 1 (25.00%) 1 (25.00%) 2 (50.00%)
3 A Shaw 31/12/1881 10/03/1882 4 0 (0.00%) 2 (50.00%) 2 (50.00%) 4 (100.00%)
4 A N Hornby 28/08/1882 11/07/1884 2 0 (0.00%) 1 (50.00%) 1 (50.00%) 1 (50.00%)
5 I F W Bligh 30/12/1882 17/02/1883 4 2 (50.00%) 2 (50.00%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (75.00%)
6 A Shrewsbury 12/12/1884 25/02/1887 7 5 (71.43%) 2 (28.57%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (42.86%)
7 A G Steel 05/07/1886 16/07/1888 4 3 (75.00%) 1 (25.00%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (50.00%)
8 W W Read 10/02/1888 19/03/1892 2 2 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
9 W G Grace 13/08/1888 01/06/1899 13 8 (61.54%) 3 (23.08%) 2 (15.38%) 4 (30.77%)
10 C A Smith 12/03/1889 12/03/1889 1 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
11 M P Bowden 25/03/1889 25/03/1889 1 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%)
12 A E Stoddart 17/07/1893 29/01/1898 8 3 (37.50%) 4 (50.00%) 1 (12.50%) 2 (25.00%)
13 T C O'Brien 13/02/1896 13/02/1896 1 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
14 Lord Hawke 02/03/1896 01/04/1899 4 4 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 4 (100.00%)
15 A C MacLaren 13/12/1897 09/08/1909 22 4 (18.18%) 11 (50.00%) 7 (31.82%) 11 (50.00%)
16 P F Warner 11/12/1903 30/03/1906 10 4 (40.00%) 6 (60.00%) 0 (0.00%) 5 (50.00%)
17 F S Jackson 29/05/1905 14/08/1905 5 2 (40.00%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (60.00%) 5 (100.00%)
18 R E Foster 01/07/1907 19/08/1907 3 1 (33.33%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (66.67%) 3 (100.00%)
19 F L Fane 13/12/1907 11/03/1910 5 2 (40.00%) 3 (60.00%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (60.00%)
20 A O Jones 07/02/1908 21/02/1908 2 0 (0.00%) 2 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (50.00%)
21 H D G Leveson Gower 01/01/1910 26/02/1910 3 1 (33.33%) 2 (66.67%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
22 J W H Douglas 15/12/1911 26/07/1924 18 8 (44.44%) 8 (44.44%) 2 (11.11%) 7 (38.89%)
23 C B Fry 10/06/1912 19/08/1912 6 4 (66.67%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (33.33%) 4 (66.67%)
24 L H Tennyson 02/07/1921 13/08/1921 3 0 (0.00%) 1 (33.33%) 2 (66.67%) 2 (66.67%)
25 F T Mann 23/12/1922 16/02/1923 5 2 (40.00%) 1 (20.00%) 2 (40.00%) 3 (60.00%)
26 A E R Gilligan 14/06/1924 27/02/1925 9 4 (44.44%) 4 (44.44%) 1 (11.11%) 2 (22.22%)
27 A W Carr 12/06/1926 17/08/1929 6 1 (16.67%) 0 (0.00%) 5 (83.33%) 3 (50.00%)
28 A P F Chapman 14/08/1926 21/02/1931 17 9 (52.94%) 2 (11.76%) 6 (35.29%) 9 (52.94%)
29 R T Stanyforth 24/12/1927 28/01/1928 4 2 (50.00%) 1 (25.00%) 1 (25.00%) 0 (0.00%)
30 G T S Stevens 04/02/1928 04/02/1928 1 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
31 J C White 08/03/1929 13/07/1929 4 1 (25.00%) 1 (25.00%) 2 (50.00%) 3 (75.00%)
32 A H H Gilligan 10/01/1930 21/02/1930 4 1 (25.00%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (75.00%) 1 (25.00%)
33 F S G Calthorpe 11/01/1930 03/04/1930 4 1 (25.00%) 1 (25.00%) 2 (50.00%) 2 (50.00%)
34 R E S Wyatt 16/08/1930 17/08/1935 16 3 (18.75%) 5 (31.25%) 8 (50.00%) 12 (75.00%)
35 D R Jardine 27/06/1931 10/02/1934 15 9 (60.00%) 1 (6.67%) 5 (33.33%) 7 (46.67%)
36 C F Walters 08/06/1934 08/06/1934 1 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
37 G O B Allen 27/06/1936 27/03/1948 11 4 (36.36%) 5 (45.45%) 2 (18.18%) 6 (54.55%)
38 R W V Robins 26/06/1937 14/08/1937 3 1 (33.33%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (66.67%) 2 (66.67%)
39 W R Hammond 10/06/1938 21/03/1947 20 4 (20.00%) 3 (15.00%) 13 (65.00%) 11 (55.00%)
40 N W D Yardley 28/02/1947 20/07/1950 14 4 (28.57%) 7 (50.00%) 3 (21.43%) 9 (64.29%)
41 K Cranston 21/01/1948 21/01/1948 1 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%)
42 F G Mann 16/12/1948 25/06/1949 7 2 (28.57%) 0 (0.00%) 5 (71.43%) 5 (71.43%)
43 F R Brown 23/07/1949 16/08/1951 15 5 (33.33%) 6 (40.00%) 4 (26.67%) 3 (20.00%)
44 N D Howard 02/11/1951 12/01/1952 4 1 (25.00%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (75.00%) 2 (50.00%)
45 D B Carr 06/02/1952 06/02/1952 1 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%)
46 L Hutton 05/06/1952 25/03/1955 23 11 (47.83%) 4 (17.39%) 8 (34.78%) 7 (30.43%)
47 D S R Sheppard 01/07/1954 22/07/1954 2 1 (50.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (50.00%) 1 (50.00%)
48 P B H May 09/06/1955 17/08/1961 41 20 (48.78%) 10 (24.39%) 11 (26.83%) 27 (65.85%)
49 M C Cowdrey 23/07/1959 06/03/1969 27 8 (29.63%) 4 (14.81%) 15 (55.56%) 17 (62.96%)
50 E R Dexter 21/10/1961 13/08/1964 30 9 (30.00%) 7 (23.33%) 14 (46.67%) 13 (43.33%)
51 M J K Smith 10/01/1964 02/06/1966 25 5 (20.00%) 3 (12.00%) 17 (68.00%) 10 (40.00%)
52 D B Close 18/08/1966 24/08/1967 7 6 (85.71%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (14.29%) 4 (57.14%)
53 T W Graveney 25/07/1968 25/07/1968 1 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%)
54 R Illingworth 12/06/1969 23/08/1973 31 12 (38.71%) 5 (16.13%) 14 (45.16%) 15 (48.39%)
55 A R Lewis 20/12/1972 24/03/1973 8 1 (12.50%) 2 (25.00%) 5 (62.50%) 3 (37.50%)
56 M H Denness 02/02/1974 10/07/1975 19 6 (31.58%) 5 (26.32%) 8 (42.11%) 9 (47.37%)
57 J H Edrich 04/01/1975 04/01/1975 1 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
58 A W Greig 31/07/1975 12/03/1977 14 3 (21.43%) 5 (35.71%) 6 (42.86%) 6 (42.86%)
59 J M Brearley 16/06/1977 27/08/1981 31 18 (58.06%) 4 (12.90%) 9 (29.03%) 13 (41.94%)
60 G Boycott 18/01/1978 04/03/1978 4 1 (25.00%) 1 (25.00%) 2 (50.00%) 3 (75.00%)
61 I T Botham 05/06/1980 02/07/1981 12 0 (0.00%) 4 (33.33%) 8 (66.67%) 6 (50.00%)
62 K W R Fletcher 27/11/1981 17/02/1982 7 1 (14.29%) 1 (14.29%) 5 (71.43%) 5 (71.43%)
63 R G D Willis 10/06/1982 02/03/1984 18 7 (38.89%) 5 (27.78%) 6 (33.33%) 8 (44.44%)
64 D I Gower 12/08/1982 24/08/1989 32 5 (15.63%) 18 (56.25%) 9 (28.13%) 14 (43.75%)
65 M W Gatting 19/06/1986 02/06/1988 23 2 (8.70%) 5 (21.74%) 16 (69.57%) 14 (60.87%)
66 J E Emburey 16/06/1988 30/06/1988 2 0 (0.00%) 2 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (50.00%)
67 C S Cowdrey 21/07/1988 21/07/1988 1 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
68 G A Gooch 04/08/1988 22/07/1993 34 10 (29.41%) 12 (35.29%) 12 (35.29%) 16 (47.06%)
69 A J Lamb 05/04/1990 23/11/1990 3 0 (0.00%) 3 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (66.67%)
70 A J Stewart 11/02/1993 31/05/2001 15 4 (26.67%) 8 (53.33%) 3 (20.00%) 5 (33.33%)
71 M A Atherton 05/08/1993 02/08/2001 54 13 (24.07%) 21 (38.89%) 20 (37.04%) 23 (42.59%)
72 N Hussain 01/07/1999 24/07/2003 45 17 (37.78%) 15 (33.33%) 13 (28.89%) 19 (42.22%)
73 M A Butcher 05/08/1999 05/08/1999 1 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (100.00%) 1 (100.00%)
74 M P Vaughan 31/07/2003 30/07/2008 51 26 (50.98%) 11 (21.57%) 14 (27.45%) 24 (47.06%)
75 M E Trescothick 20/05/2004 12/11/2005 2 1 (50.00%) 1 (50.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
76 A Flintoff 01/03/2006 02/01/2007 11 2 (18.18%) 7 (63.64%) 2 (18.18%) 7 (63.64%)
77 A J Strauss 13/07/2006 16/08/2012 50 23 (46.00%) 11 (22.00%) 15 (30.00%) 28 (56.00%)
78 K P Pietersen 07/08/2008 19/12/2008 3 1 (33.33%) 1 (33.33%) 1 (33.33%) 0 (0.00%)
79 A N Cook 12/03/2010 16/12/2016 59 24 (40.68%) 22 (37.29%) 13 (22.03%) 28 (47.46%)
80 J E Root* 06/07/2017 24/03/2022 64 27 (42.19%) 26 (40.63%) 11 (17.19%) 38 (59.38%)
81 B A Stokes* 08/07/2020 26/07/2024 27 17 (62.96%) 9 (33.33%) 1 (3.70%) 15 (55.56%)
82 O J D Pope*# 21/08/2024 06/09/2024 3 2 (66.67%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
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