Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for England vs Pakistan in Tests

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	11	6	4	0	1	0	1.500	54.54	36.36	0	9.09	0	60
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2012-2016	10	7	2	0	1	0	3.500	70	20	0	10	0	77.77
MW Gatting (ENG)	1987-1987	8	0	2	0	6	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1987	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1987-1992	8	3	1	0	4	0	3.000	37.5	12.5	0	50	0	75
AN Cook (ENG)	2015-2016	7	2	4	0	1	0	0.500	28.57	57.14	0	14.28	0	33.33
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	7	4	0	0	3	0	-	57.14	0	0	42.85	0	100
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2005-2006	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1974	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1977-1978	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1978	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
GA Gooch (ENG)	1992-1992	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
Javed Burki (PAK)	1962-1962	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2020	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
BA Stokes (ENG)	2022-2024	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1962-1969	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	2000-2001	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
AH Kardar (PAK)	1954-1954	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
Salman Butt (PAK)	2010-2010	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1996	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
Azhar Ali (PAK)	2020-2020	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Babar Azam (PAK)	2022-2022	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
DB Close (ENG)	1967-1967	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1974	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1984	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1967-1967	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1962	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
AR Lewis (ENG)	1973-1973	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Majid Khan (PAK)	1973-1973	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Moin Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1969-1969	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Shan Masood (PAK)	2024-2024	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1996-1996	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1984	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1984-1984	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
L Hutton (ENG)	1954-1954	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2018-2018	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1954-1954	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2005-2005	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2001-2001	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
G Boycott (ENG)	1978-1978	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
OJ Pope (ENG)	2024-2024	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2005-2005	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 - Live]
>> 41/1 (8.3 ov, JG Bethell 0*, Z Crawley 11*, MA Starc 1/25)

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]