List of Captains for Australia vs England in Tests
List of captains
Player | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | NR | W/L | %W | %L | %NR | % |
| DW Gregory (AUS) | 1877-1879 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 66.66 | 33.33 | 0 | 66.66 |
| James Lillywhite (ENG) | 1877-1877 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Lord Harris (ENG) | 1879-1884 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.000 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 66.66 |
| WL Murdoch (AUS) | 1880-1890 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.710 | 31.25 | 43.75 | 0 | 41.66 |
| A Shaw (ENG) | 1881-1882 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| AN Hornby (ENG) | 1882-1884 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Hon.IFW Bligh (ENG) | 1882-1883 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| A Shrewsbury (ENG) | 1884-1887 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.500 | 71.42 | 28.57 | 0 | 71.42 |
| TP Horan (AUS) | 1885-1885 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| HH Massie (AUS) | 1885-1885 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| JM Blackham (AUS) | 1885-1894 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 0 | 50 |
| HJH Scott (AUS) | 1886-1886 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Steel (ENG) | 1886-1888 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.000 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 75 |
| PS McDonnell (AUS) | 1887-1888 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.200 | 16.66 | 83.33 | 0 | 16.66 |
| WW Read (ENG) | 1888-1888 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| WG Grace (ENG) | 1888-1899 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.660 | 61.53 | 23.07 | 0 | 72.72 |
| AE Stoddart (ENG) | 1893-1898 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | 37.5 | 50 | 0 | 42.85 |
| G Giffen (AUS) | 1894-1895 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| GHS Trott (AUS) | 1896-1898 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.660 | 62.5 | 37.5 | 0 | 62.5 |
| AC MacLaren (ENG) | 1897-1909 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.360 | 18.18 | 50 | 0 | 26.66 |
| J Darling (AUS) | 1899-1905 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.250 | 27.77 | 22.22 | 0 | 55.55 |
| H Trumble (AUS) | 1902-1902 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| MA Noble (AUS) | 1903-1909 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.600 | 53.33 | 33.33 | 0 | 61.53 |
| PF Warner (ENG) | 1903-1904 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.500 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 60 |
| Hon.FS Jackson (ENG) | 1905-1905 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 40 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| FL Fane (ENG) | 1907-1908 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 33.33 | 66.66 | 0 | 33.33 |
| AO Jones (ENG) | 1908-1908 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| JWHT Douglas (ENG) | 1911-1921 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 33.33 | 66.66 | 0 | 33.33 |
| C Hill (AUS) | 1911-1912 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 20 |
| CB Fry (ENG) | 1912-1912 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| SE Gregory (AUS) | 1912-1912 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| WW Armstrong (AUS) | 1920-1921 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 80 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Lord Tennyson (ENG) | 1921-1921 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| HL Collins (AUS) | 1924-1926 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.000 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 66.66 |
| AER Gilligan (ENG) | 1924-1925 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 20 |
| AW Carr (ENG) | 1926-1926 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| W Bardsley (AUS) | 1926-1926 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| APF Chapman (ENG) | 1926-1930 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.000 | 66.66 | 11.11 | 0 | 85.71 |
| J Ryder (AUS) | 1928-1929 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 20 |
| JC White (ENG) | 1929-1929 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| WM Woodfull (AUS) | 1930-1934 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.830 | 33.33 | 40 | 0 | 45.45 |
| RES Wyatt (ENG) | 1930-1934 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 33.33 |
| DR Jardine (ENG) | 1932-1933 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.000 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 80 |
| CF Walters (ENG) | 1934-1934 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| GOB Allen (ENG) | 1936-1937 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.660 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 40 |
| DG Bradman (AUS) | 1936-1948 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.660 | 57.89 | 15.78 | 0 | 78.57 |
| WR Hammond (ENG) | 1938-1947 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.330 | 12.5 | 37.5 | 0 | 25 |
| NWD Yardley (ENG) | 1947-1948 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 |
| FR Brown (ENG) | 1950-1951 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 20 |
| AL Hassett (AUS) | 1950-1953 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.000 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 66.66 |
| L Hutton (ENG) | 1953-1955 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.000 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 80 |
| IWG Johnson (AUS) | 1954-1956 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 22.22 | 44.44 | 0 | 33.33 |
| AR Morris (AUS) | 1954-1954 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| PBH May (ENG) | 1956-1961 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 23.07 | 46.15 | 0 | 33.33 |
| R Benaud (AUS) | 1958-1963 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.000 | 42.85 | 14.28 | 0 | 75 |
| MC Cowdrey (ENG) | 1961-1968 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 16.66 | 33.33 | 0 | 33.33 |
| RN Harvey (AUS) | 1961-1961 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| ER Dexter (ENG) | 1962-1964 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.500 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 33.33 |
| RB Simpson (AUS) | 1964-1966 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| BC Booth (AUS) | 1965-1966 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| MJK Smith (ENG) | 1965-1966 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 50 |
| WM Lawry (AUS) | 1968-1971 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | 11.11 | 22.22 | 0 | 33.33 |
| TW Graveney (ENG) | 1968-1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| BN Jarman (AUS) | 1968-1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| R Illingworth (ENG) | 1970-1972 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.000 | 36.36 | 18.18 | 0 | 66.66 |
| IM Chappell (AUS) | 1971-1975 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.750 | 43.75 | 25 | 0 | 63.63 |
| MH Denness (ENG) | 1974-1975 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.250 | 16.66 | 66.66 | 0 | 20 |
| JH Edrich (ENG) | 1975-1975 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| AW Greig (ENG) | 1975-1977 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| GS Chappell (AUS) | 1977-1983 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.500 | 40 | 26.66 | 0 | 60 |
| JM Brearley (ENG) | 1977-1981 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.750 | 61.11 | 22.22 | 0 | 73.33 |
| GN Yallop (AUS) | 1978-1979 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.200 | 16.66 | 83.33 | 0 | 16.66 |
| IT Botham (ENG) | 1980-1981 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Hughes (AUS) | 1981-1981 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.330 | 16.66 | 50 | 0 | 25 |
| RGD Willis (ENG) | 1982-1983 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 33.33 |
| AR Border (AUS) | 1985-1993 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.160 | 44.82 | 20.68 | 0 | 68.42 |
| DI Gower (ENG) | 1985-1989 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 25 | 41.66 | 0 | 37.5 |
| MW Gatting (ENG) | 1986-1988 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.000 | 33.33 | 16.66 | 0 | 66.66 |
| AJ Lamb (ENG) | 1990-1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Gooch (ENG) | 1990-1993 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 |
| MA Atherton (ENG) | 1993-2001 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.440 | 26.66 | 60 | 0 | 30.76 |
| MA Taylor (AUS) | 1994-1999 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.250 | 56.25 | 25 | 0 | 69.23 |
| AJ Stewart (ENG) | 1998-1999 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.330 | 20 | 60 | 0 | 25 |
| N Hussain (ENG) | 2001-2003 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.330 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 25 |
| SR Waugh (AUS) | 2001-2003 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.000 | 88.88 | 11.11 | 0 | 88.88 |
| AC Gilchrist (AUS) | 2001-2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 2005-2010 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.330 | 42.1 | 31.57 | 0 | 57.14 |
| MP Vaughan (ENG) | 2005-2005 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.000 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 66.66 |
| A Flintoff (ENG) | 2006-2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Strauss (ENG) | 2009-2011 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.500 | 50 | 20 | 0 | 71.42 |
| MJ Clarke (AUS) | 2011-2015 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 43.75 | 43.75 | 0 | 50 |
| AN Cook (ENG) | 2013-2015 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.850 | 40 | 46.66 | 0 | 46.15 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 2017-2022 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.200 | 13.33 | 66.66 | 0 | 16.66 |
| SPD Smith (AUS) | 2017-2025 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.000 | 77.77 | 11.11 | 0 | 87.5 |
| TD Paine (AUS) | 2019-2019 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 50 |
| PJ Cummins (AUS) | 2021-2025 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.000 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 75 |
| BA Stokes (ENG) | 2023-2025 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.600 | 33.33 | 55.55 | 0 | 37.5 |
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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 England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]
England vs Australia at Brisbane, The Ashes 2nd Test, Dec 4-7, 2025 [Test # 2611]