England vs India Records

Test Matches Records

Individual Most Matches As Captain - England

Most matches as captain for England vs India in Tests - England

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AN Cook	2012-2016	14	5	6	0	3	0	0.830	35.71	42.85	0	21.42	0	45.45
JE Root	2018-2021	13	6	6	0	1	0	1.000	46.15	46.15	0	7.69	0	50
BA Stokes	2022-2025	10	4	5	0	1	0	0.800	40	50	0	10	0	44.44
N Hussain	2001-2002	7	1	2	0	4	0	0.500	14.28	28.57	0	57.14	0	33.33
KWR Fletcher	1981-1982	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
DI Gower	1984-1986	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
JM Brearley	1979-1980	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
ER Dexter	1961-1962	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
GA Gooch	1990-1993	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
AW Greig	1976-1977	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
AR Lewis	1972-1973	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
MJK Smith	1964-1964	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
ND Howard	1951-1952	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
L Hutton	1952-1952	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
DR Jardine	1932-1934	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
AJ Strauss	2011-2011	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GOB Allen	1936-1936	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
MA Atherton	1996-1996	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
DB Close	1967-1967	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MH Denness	1974-1974	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
A Flintoff	2006-2006	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
WR Hammond	1946-1946	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
R Illingworth	1971-1971	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
PBH May	1959-1959	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MP Vaughan	2007-2007	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
RGD Willis	1982-1982	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
MC Cowdrey	1959-1959	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MW Gatting	1986-1986	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
KP Pietersen	2008-2008	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
DB Carr	1952-1952	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
OJ Pope	2025-2025	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AJ Stewart	1993-1993	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]