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	2.000	56.6	28.3	0	15.09	0	66.66
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	30	18	5	0	7	0	3.600	60	16.66	0	23.33	0	78.26
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2020	22	14	7	0	1	0	2.000	63.63	31.81	0	4.54	0	66.66
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2003	13	10	0	0	3	0	-	76.92	0	0	23.07	0	100
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1923	13	1	7	0	5	0	0.140	7.69	53.84	0	38.46	0	12.5
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1950	10	0	6	0	4	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	9	0	8	0	1	0	0.000	0	88.88	0	11.11	0	0
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2025	7	7	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	7	2	2	0	3	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	42.85	0	50
D Elgar (SA)	2019-2024	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
DJ McGlew (SA)	1957-1962	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	7	2	1	0	4	0	2.000	28.57	14.28	0	57.14	0	66.66
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2006	6	0	4	0	2	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2006-2009	6	5	1	0	0	0	5.000	83.33	16.66	0	0	0	83.33
HM Amla (SA)	2014-2016	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-1996	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
APF Chapman (ENG)	1930-1931	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1953-1954	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2014	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
ID Craig (AUS)	1957-1958	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
MS Dhoni (IND)	2010-2013	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1913-1914	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	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
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1950	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2000	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
V Kohli (IND)	2018-2022	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
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
PBH May (ENG)	1956-1957	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
A Melville (SA)	1938-1939	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1962	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
VY Richardson (AUS)	1935-1936	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1906	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
RB Simpson (AUS)	1966-1967	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1965	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1966-1967	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2004-2005	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
PF Warner (ENG)	1906-1906	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-1993	4	0	1	0	3	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MV Boucher (SA)	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AN Cook (ENG)	2015-2016	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
Lord Hawke (ENG)	1896-1899	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2002	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2019-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1970	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JE Root (ENG)	2019-2020	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
RT Stanyforth (ENG)	1927-1928	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2010	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AR Border (AUS)	1994-1994	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1921	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
J Darling (AUS)	1902-1902	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
AB de Villiers (SA)	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
TM Dilshan (SL)	2011-2012	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2007	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
EA Halliwell (SA)	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2007-2007	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
HDG Leveson Gower (ENG)	1910-1910	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
AD Mathews (SL)	2016-2017	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2013-2013	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1954	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
D Ramdin (WI)	2014-2015	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1994-1995	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2018-2019	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2018-2018	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1997	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	2002-2002	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1998-1998	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2023-2023	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	-
Q de Kock (SA)	2020-2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
DM de Silva (SL)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
FL Fane (ENG)	1910-1910	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2001	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2007-2008	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2002-2002	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2013-2013	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
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2008-2008	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2022-2022	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2017-2017	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1998-1998	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Shan Masood (PAK)	2024-2025	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RG Sharma (IND)	2023-2024	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1954-1954	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
T Taibu (ZIM)	2005-2005	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2007-2007	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2002-2003	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
KS Williamson (NZ)	2016-2016	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
JH Anderson (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	2002-2002	1	0	1	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
DJ Bravo (WI)	2008-2008	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:

South Africa vs Pakistan at Cape Town, South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2576]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Centurion, South Africa vs Pakistan 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2024 [Test # 2572]

South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Gqeberha, South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Dec 5-9, 2024 [Test # 2566]