Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GS Chappell (AUS)	1975-1982	11	6	4	0	1	0	1.500	54.54	36.36	0	9.09	0	60
AR Border (AUS)	1984-1993	10	4	2	0	4	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2010	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1978	6	2	1	0	3	0	2.000	33.33	16.66	0	50	0	66.66
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1963	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
DG Bradman (AUS)	1937-1948	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
CH Lloyd (WI)	1975-1984	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2025	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
MA Taylor (AUS)	1994-1998	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2003	5	5	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2021-2024	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1911-1921	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
C Hill (AUS)	1910-1912	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1881-1883	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
MA Noble (AUS)	1904-1908	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1931-1933	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2013	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
DW Gregory (AUS)	1877-1879	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1898-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2020	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
AE Stoddart (ENG)	1894-1898	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
GOB Allen (ENG)	1937-1937	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
L Amarnath (IND)	1948-1948	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1920-1921	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Hon.IFW Bligh (ENG)	1882-1883	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
JM Brearley (ENG)	1978-1980	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1951	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1932	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1952-1953	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HL Collins (AUS)	1925-1925	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1975	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MS Dhoni (IND)	2011-2014	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
G Giffen (AUS)	1894-1895	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1925-1925	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
TP Horan (AUS)	1885-1885	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1983-1990	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1971	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
James Lillywhite (ENG)	1877-1877	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
PBH May (ENG)	1958-1959	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2004-2009	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1977-1979	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2021	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
J Ryder (AUS)	1928-1929	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
A Shaw (ENG)	1881-1882	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
PW Sherwell (SA)	1910-1911	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1885-1885	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GC Smith (SA)	2005-2008	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1966	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
GHS Trott (AUS)	1898-1898	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
PF Warner (ENG)	1904-1904	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
FMM Worrell (WI)	1960-1961	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1994	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1991-1991	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1977-1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JM Blackham (AUS)	1892-1892	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
APF Chapman (ENG)	1928-1929	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1974	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2013	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1997-1997	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1987-1987	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
J Darling (AUS)	1902-1902	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
ER Dexter (ENG)	1962-1963	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
D Elgar (SA)	2022-2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
FL Fane (ENG)	1908-1908	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2006	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2003-2003	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1981-1981	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JDC Goddard (WI)	1951-1952	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1964	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1990	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WG Grace (ENG)	1892-1892	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GC Grant (WI)	1931-1931	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1977-1977	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1947-1947	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1964-1964	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Lord Harris (ENG)	1879-1879	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2015	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1980	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1983-1983	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
N Hussain (ENG)	2002-2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1954-1955	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1972-1973	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
DR Jardine (ENG)	1932-1933	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1981-1981	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2012-2012	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1954-1955	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AO Jones (ENG)	1908-1908	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1985-1985	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
V Kohli (IND)	2018-2018	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
A Kumble (IND)	2007-2007	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2016-2016	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1967-1968	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AM Rahane (IND)	2020-2020	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs India at Melbourne, Australia vs India 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2024 [Test # 2571]

Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan in Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2023 [Test # 2519]