Individual Most Matches As Captain - England

Most matches as captain in Tests at ENG: Kennington Oval, London - England

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
MA Atherton	1993-1997	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60.00	20.00	-	20.00	-	75.00
PBH May	1955-1961	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40.00	-	-	60.00	-	100.00
AJ Strauss	2006-2012	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60.00	40.00	-	-	-	60.00
JM Brearley	1977-1981	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25.00	-	-	75.00	-	100.00
AN Cook	2013-2016	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25.00	50.00	-	25.00	-	33.33
GA Gooch	1988-1992	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25.00	50.00	-	25.00	-	33.33
WG Grace	1888-1896	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
N Hussain	1999-2002	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25.00	50.00	-	25.00	-	33.33
R Illingworth	1969-1973	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25.00	75.00	-	-	-	25.00
JE Root	2017-2021	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75.00	25.00	-	-	-	75.00
MP Vaughan	2003-2007	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
RES Wyatt	1930-1935	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25.00	50.00	-	25.00	-	33.33
FR Brown	1949-1951	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	-	33.33	-	50.00
MC Cowdrey	1959-1968	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	-	-	33.33	-	100.00
ER Dexter	1962-1964	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	-	33.33	-	50.00
DI Gower	1984-1989	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	-	33.33	-	50.00
WR Hammond	1938-1946	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	66.66	-	100.00
L Hutton	1952-1954	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	-	33.33	-	50.00
AC MacLaren	1899-1909	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	66.66	-	100.00
APF Chapman	1926-1928	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
DB Close	1966-1967	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
CB Fry	1912-1912	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
MW Gatting	1986-1987	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
AW Greig	1975-1976	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
Lord Harris	1880-1884	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
OJ Pope	2024-2025	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
BA Stokes	2022-2023	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
RGD Willis	1982-1983	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
NWD Yardley	1947-1948	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
GOB Allen	1936-1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
IT Botham	1980-1980	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
AW Carr	1929-1929	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
MH Denness	1974-1974	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
RE Foster	1907-1907	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
AER Gilligan	1924-1924	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
AN Hornby	1882-1882	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Hon.FS Jackson	1905-1905	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
DR Jardine	1931-1931	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
KP Pietersen	2008-2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
RWV Robins	1937-1937	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
MJK Smith	1965-1965	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
AG Steel	1886-1886	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
AJ Stewart	1998-1998	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Lord Tennyson	1921-1921	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-

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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

England vs Sri Lanka at The Oval, Sri Lanka in England 3rd Test, Sep 6-9, 2024 [Test # 2548]

England vs Australia at The Oval, The Ashes 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]