Individual List Captains

List of Captains for Australia vs South Africa in Tests

List of captains

Player	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	%NR	%
J Darling (AUS)	1902-1902	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	100
HM Taberer (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
JH Anderson (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
EA Halliwell (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
C Hill (AUS)	1910-1911	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	80
PW Sherwell (SA)	1910-1911	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	20
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	100
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
LJ Tancred (SA)	1912-1912	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1921	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	100
HW Taylor (SA)	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	0
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1932	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1931-1932	5	5	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
VY Richardson (AUS)	1935-1936	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	100
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1953	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.000	60	20	0	75
AD Nourse (SA)	1949-1950	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1952-1953	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	50
ID Craig (AUS)	1957-1958	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	100
DJ McGlew (SA)	1957-1957	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1957-1958	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1963-1963	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1963-1964	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	20	20	0	50
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1967	9	2	4	0	3	0	0.500	22.22	44.44	0	33.33
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1966-1967	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	75
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1970	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1993-1994	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	50
KC Wessels (SA)	1993-1994	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	66.66
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1998	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.250	14.28	57.14	0	20
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1998	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.000	50	16.66	0	75
SM Pollock (SA)	2001-2002	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2002	6	5	1	0	0	0	5.000	83.33	16.66	0	83.33
MV Boucher (SA)	2002-2002	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	33.33
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2009	12	8	3	0	1	0	2.660	66.66	25	0	72.72
GC Smith (SA)	2005-2014	18	5	10	0	3	0	0.500	27.77	55.55	0	33.33
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	50
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2014	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	50
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2018	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	71.42
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2018	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	33.33
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2022-2025	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	66.66
D Elgar (SA)	2022-2023	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	0
T Bavuma (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616 - Live]
>> 15/0 (3.1 ov, Z Crawley 5*, BM Duckett 8*, MG Neser 0/5)

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

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]