Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests at ENG: Lord's, London

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	10	6	1	0	3	0	6.000	60	10	0	30	0	85.71
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2016	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2021	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-2001	7	1	3	0	3	0	0.330	14.28	42.85	0	42.85	0	25
GA Gooch (ENG)	1988-1993	7	3	2	0	2	0	1.500	42.85	28.57	0	28.57	0	60
R Illingworth (ENG)	1969-1973	7	1	2	0	4	0	0.500	14.28	28.57	0	57.14	0	33.33
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	7	2	2	0	3	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	42.85	0	50
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1989	6	0	5	0	1	0	0.000	0	83.33	0	16.66	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2003	6	4	1	0	1	0	4.000	66.66	16.66	0	16.66	0	80
BA Stokes (ENG)	2022-2025	6	4	2	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1959	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1979	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1960-1968	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1993	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1981	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
ER Dexter (ENG)	1962-1964	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1946	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
L Hutton (ENG)	1952-1954	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
DR Jardine (ENG)	1931-1933	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
CH Lloyd (WI)	1976-1984	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1899-1909	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2010	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1950	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1996	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
DG Bradman (AUS)	1938-1948	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
APF Chapman (ENG)	1928-1930	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
GS Chappell (AUS)	1977-1980	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2013-2015	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
DB Close (ENG)	1967-1967	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2023-2025	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1974	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MS Dhoni (IND)	2011-2014	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
D Elgar (SA)	2017-2022	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
SP Fleming (NZ)	1999-2004	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1987	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WG Grace (ENG)	1890-1896	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
AW Greig (ENG)	1975-1976	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1987	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1974	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
V Kohli (IND)	2018-2021	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
BB McCullum (NZ)	2013-2015	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2016	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1884-1890	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1958-1965	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1988-1991	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1965	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
GS Sobers (WI)	1966-1969	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AG Steel (ENG)	1886-1888	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-2000	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
KS Williamson (NZ)	2021-2022	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1983	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1934-1935	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
GOB Allen (ENG)	1936-1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1921-1921	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
A Balbirnie (IRE)	2023-2023	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
T Bavuma (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JM Blackham (AUS)	1893-1893	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2024-2024	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
FR Brown (ENG)	1951-1951	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MG Burgess (NZ)	1978-1978	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AW Carr (ENG)	1926-1926	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JE Cheetham (SA)	1955-1955	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HL Collins (AUS)	1926-1926	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JV Coney (NZ)	1986-1986	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1973	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1998	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HG Deane (SA)	1929-1929	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
DM de Silva (SL)	2024-2024	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1991-1991	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2011-2011	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1921-1921	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1969-1969	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	2007-2007	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1988-1988	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2006	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
A Flower (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RE Foster (ENG)	1907-1907	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
SC Ganguly (IND)	2002-2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1982-1982	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2009-2009	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1924	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GC Grant (WI)	1933-1933	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RS Grant (WI)	1939-1939	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2005-2005	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WA Hadlee (NZ)	1949-1949	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1967-1967	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Lord Harris (ENG)	1884-1884	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AL Hassett (AUS)	1953-1953	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
VS Hazare (IND)	1952-1952	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0

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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:

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]

Australia vs South Africa at Lord's, ICC World Test Championship Final, Jun 11-14, 2025 [Test # 2585]

England vs Sri Lanka at Lord's, Sri Lanka in England 2nd Test, Aug 29-Sep 1, 2024 [Test # 2546]