Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for England vs South Africa in Tests

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	21	8	6	0	7	0	1.330	38.09	28.57	0	33.33	0	57.14
WJ Cronje (SA)	1995-2000	15	4	3	0	8	0	1.330	26.66	20	0	53.33	0	57.14
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1924	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.110	6.66	60	0	33.33	0	10
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	12	4	5	0	3	0	0.800	33.33	41.66	0	25	0	44.44
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1957	10	5	4	0	1	0	1.250	50	40	0	10	0	55.55
A Melville (SA)	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1951	10	1	5	0	4	0	0.200	10	50	0	40	0	16.66
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1996	8	1	2	0	5	0	0.500	12.5	25	0	62.5	0	33.33
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1960	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2020	8	6	2	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1907	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1965	8	1	1	0	6	0	1.000	12.5	12.5	0	75	0	50
F du Plessis (SA)	2017-2020	7	2	5	0	0	0	0.400	28.57	71.42	0	0	0	28.57
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2012	7	1	3	0	3	0	0.330	14.28	42.85	0	42.85	0	25
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1913-1924	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2003	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
FR Brown (ENG)	1951-1951	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
APF Chapman (ENG)	1930-1931	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1960-1960	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1965	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1939	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
FT Mann (ENG)	1922-1923	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-1998	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1935	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
PF Warner (ENG)	1906-1906	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1935-1935	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1947	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
AN Cook (ENG)	2015-2016	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
D Elgar (SA)	2017-2022	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1924	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
Lord Hawke (ENG)	1896-1899	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
RT Stanyforth (ENG)	1927-1928	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1957	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
JE Cheetham (SA)	1955-1955	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RE Foster (ENG)	1907-1907	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HDG Leveson Gower (ENG)	1910-1910	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
BA Stokes (ENG)	2022-2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1965	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
KC Wessels (SA)	1994-1994	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
JC White (ENG)	1929-1929	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
HM Amla (SA)	2015-2016	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1931	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AW Carr (ENG)	1929-1929	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
AB de Villiers (SA)	2016-2016	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
FL Fane (ENG)	1910-1910	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
EA Halliwell (SA)	1896-1896	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
LJ Tancred (SA)	1912-1912	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MP Bowden (ENG)	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
OR Dunell (SA)	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
EP Nupen (SA)	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Sir TC O'Brien (ENG)	1896-1896	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
WW Read (ENG)	1892-1892	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AR Richards (SA)	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GTS Stevens (ENG)	1928-1928	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]