Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests held in South Africa

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2014	53	30	15	0	8	0	2.00	56.60	28.30	-	15.09	-	66.66
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	30	18	5	0	7	0	3.60	60.00	16.66	-	23.33	-	78.26
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2020	22	14	7	0	1	0	2.00	63.63	31.81	-	4.54	-	66.66
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2003	13	10	0	0	3	0	-	76.92	-	-	23.07	-	100.00
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1923	13	1	7	0	5	0	0.14	7.69	53.84	-	38.46	-	12.50
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1950	10	0	6	0	4	0	-	-	60.00	-	40.00	-	-
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	9	0	8	0	1	0	-	-	88.88	-	11.11	-	-
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.50	25.00	50.00	-	25.00	-	33.33
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2025	7	7	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	7	2	2	0	3	0	1.00	28.57	28.57	-	42.85	-	50.00
D Elgar (SA)	2019-2024	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.50	71.42	28.57	-	-	-	71.42
DJ McGlew (SA)	1957-1962	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.66	28.57	42.85	-	28.57	-	40.00
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	7	2	1	0	4	0	2.00	28.57	14.28	-	57.14	-	66.66
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2006	6	0	4	0	2	0	-	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
RT Ponting (AUS)	2006-2009	6	5	1	0	0	0	5.00	83.33	16.66	-	-	-	83.33
HM Amla (SA)	2014-2016	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	40.00	-	66.66
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-1996	5	0	1	0	4	0	-	-	20.00	-	80.00	-	-
APF Chapman (ENG)	1930-1931	5	0	1	0	4	0	-	-	20.00	-	80.00	-	-
JE Cheetham (SA)	1953-1954	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80.00	-	-	20.00	-	100.00
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2014	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	-	-	-	60.00
ID Craig (AUS)	1957-1958	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60.00	-	-	40.00	-	100.00
MS Dhoni (IND)	2010-2013	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	-	40.00	-	33.33
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1913-1914	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80.00	-	-	20.00	-	100.00
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1965	5	0	1	0	4	0	-	-	20.00	-	80.00	-	-
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1939	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20.00	-	-	80.00	-	100.00
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1950	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80.00	-	-	20.00	-	100.00
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2000	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	-	40.00	-	33.33
V Kohli (IND)	2018-2022	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.66	40.00	60.00	-	-	-	40.00
FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40.00	-	-	60.00	-	100.00
FT Mann (ENG)	1922-1923	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	40.00	-	66.66
PBH May (ENG)	1956-1957	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.00	40.00	40.00	-	20.00	-	50.00
A Melville (SA)	1938-1939	5	0	1	0	4	0	-	-	20.00	-	80.00	-	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1962	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.00	40.00	40.00	-	20.00	-	50.00
VY Richardson (AUS)	1935-1936	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80.00	-	-	20.00	-	100.00
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1906	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.00	80.00	20.00	-	-	-	80.00
RB Simpson (AUS)	1966-1967	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.33	20.00	60.00	-	20.00	-	25.00
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1965	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20.00	-	-	80.00	-	100.00
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	-	-	-	60.00
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1966-1967	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.00	60.00	20.00	-	20.00	-	75.00
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2004-2005	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	40.00	-	66.66
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	5	0	4	0	1	0	-	-	80.00	-	20.00	-	-
PF Warner (ENG)	1906-1906	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.25	20.00	80.00	-	-	-	20.00
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-1993	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	-	25.00	-	75.00	-	-
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
MV Boucher (SA)	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
AN Cook (ENG)	2015-2016	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	-	25.00	-	66.66
Lord Hawke (ENG)	1896-1899	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2002	4	0	3	0	1	0	-	-	75.00	-	25.00	-	-
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2019-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1970	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
JE Root (ENG)	2019-2020	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.00	75.00	25.00	-	-	-	75.00
RT Stanyforth (ENG)	1927-1928	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	-	25.00	-	66.66
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2010	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
AR Border (AUS)	1994-1994	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	-	33.33	-	50.00
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1921	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	66.66	-	100.00
J Darling (AUS)	1902-1902	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	-	-	33.33	-	100.00
AB de Villiers (SA)	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
TM Dilshan (SL)	2011-2012	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2007	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
EA Halliwell (SA)	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2007-2007	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
HDG Leveson Gower (ENG)	1910-1910	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
AD Mathews (SL)	2016-2017	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2013-2013	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1954	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
D Ramdin (WI)	2014-2015	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1994-1995	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2018-2019	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
SPD Smith (AUS)	2018-2018	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1997	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	2002-2002	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1998-1998	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	50.00	-	100.00
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2023-2023	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1931	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
Q de Kock (SA)	2020-2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
DM de Silva (SL)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
FL Fane (ENG)	1910-1910	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2001	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
CH Gayle (WI)	2007-2008	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2002-2002	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
BB McCullum (NZ)	2013-2013	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2008-2008	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2022-2022	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2017-2017	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
A Ranatunga (SL)	1998-1998	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Shan Masood (PAK)	2024-2025	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
RG Sharma (IND)	2023-2024	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1954-1954	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
T Taibu (ZIM)	2005-2005	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	2007-2007	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2002-2003	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
KS Williamson (NZ)	2016-2016	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
JH Anderson (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
MS Atapattu (SL)	2002-2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
MP Bowden (ENG)	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
DJ Bravo (WI)	2008-2008	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Central Districts vs Wellington at New Plymouth, Super Smash 8th Match, Dec 31, 2018 [Twenty20]

Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder at Adelaide, Big Bash League 14th Match, Dec 31, 2018 [Twenty20]

Otago vs Northern Districts at Alexandra, Super Smash 7th Match, Dec 30, 2018 [Twenty20]