Individual Most Matches As Captain IN England

Most matches as captain for Australia vs England in Tests IN England

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1993	18	9	4	0	5	0	2.250	50	22.22	0	27.77	0	69.23
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	15	3	3	0	9	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1899-1909	14	2	5	0	7	0	0.400	14.28	35.71	0	50	0	28.57
DI Gower (ENG)	1985-1989	12	3	5	0	4	0	0.600	25	41.66	0	33.33	0	37.5
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	10	3	6	0	1	0	0.500	30	60	0	10	0	33.33
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2013-2015	10	2	6	0	2	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
AN Cook (ENG)	2013-2015	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
WG Grace (ENG)	1888-1899	10	7	1	0	2	0	7.000	70	10	0	20	0	87.5
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2009	10	2	4	0	4	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	10	4	2	0	4	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
DG Bradman (AUS)	1938-1948	9	5	1	0	3	0	5.000	55.55	11.11	0	33.33	0	83.33
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	9	6	0	0	3	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.500	33.33	22.22	0	44.44	0	60
PBH May (ENG)	1956-1961	8	3	2	0	3	0	1.500	37.5	25	0	37.5	0	60
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1880-1890	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.250	14.28	57.14	0	28.57	0	20
GS Chappell (AUS)	1977-1980	6	0	3	0	3	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1961-1968	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1981-1981	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	6	3	2	0	1	0	1.500	50	33.33	0	16.66	0	60
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1921-1921	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
APF Chapman (ENG)	1926-1930	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2023-2023	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
ER Dexter (ENG)	1964-1964	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1953-1953	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1953-1953	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
R Illingworth (ENG)	1972-1972	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
MA Noble (AUS)	1909-1909	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2019	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
JE Root (ENG)	2019-2019	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1964	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
BA Stokes (ENG)	2023-2023	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2009	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2005-2005	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1930-1934	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1948-1948	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1961-1961	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AW Carr (ENG)	1926-1926	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
GA Gooch (ENG)	1993-1993	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1938	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1968	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AG Steel (ENG)	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2001	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JM Blackham (AUS)	1893-1893	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1981	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
HL Collins (AUS)	1926-1926	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1975-1975	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Lord Harris (ENG)	1880-1884	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2001	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
PS McDonnell (AUS)	1888-1888	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
HJH Scott (AUS)	1886-1886	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
GHS Trott (AUS)	1896-1896	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
W Bardsley (AUS)	1926-1926	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1921-1921	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AN Hornby (ENG)	1882-1884	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
MH Denness (ENG)	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
BN Jarman (AUS)	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AE Stoddart (ENG)	1893-1893	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
CF Walters (ENG)	1934-1934	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 Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]