Individual Most Matches As Captain - England

Most matches as captain in Tests in 1970s - England

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
R Illingworth	1970-1973	25	8	5	0	12	0	1.600	32.00	20.00	-	48.00	-	61.53
JM Brearley	1977-1979	24	14	2	0	8	0	7.000	58.33	8.33	-	33.33	-	87.50
MH Denness	1974-1975	19	6	5	0	8	0	1.200	31.57	26.31	-	42.10	-	54.54
AW Greig	1975-1977	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.600	21.42	35.71	-	42.85	-	37.50
AR Lewis	1972-1973	8	1	2	0	5	0	0.500	12.50	25.00	-	62.50	-	33.33
G Boycott	1978-1978	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
JH Edrich	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-

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The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India vs Pakistan at Kanpur, Pakistan tour of India 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India vs Pakistan at Wankhede, Pakistan tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]