Individual List Captains

England vs other countries Tests Individual - List of Captains

List of captains

Player	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	%NR	%
DW Gregory (AUS)	1877-1879	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	66.66
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1880-1890	16	5	7	0	4	0	0.710	31.25	43.75	0	41.66
TP Horan (AUS)	1885-1885	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
HH Massie (AUS)	1885-1885	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
JM Blackham (AUS)	1885-1894	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	50
HJH Scott (AUS)	1886-1886	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
PS McDonnell (AUS)	1887-1888	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	16.66
OR Dunell (SA)	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
G Giffen (AUS)	1894-1895	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	50
EA Halliwell (SA)	1896-1896	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
AR Richards (SA)	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
GHS Trott (AUS)	1896-1898	8	5	3	0	0	0	1.660	62.5	37.5	0	62.5
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	18	5	4	0	9	0	1.250	27.77	22.22	0	55.55
H Trumble (AUS)	1902-1902	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
MA Noble (AUS)	1903-1909	15	8	5	0	2	0	1.600	53.33	33.33	0	61.53
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1907	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	66.66
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	60
C Hill (AUS)	1911-1912	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	20
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	0
LJ Tancred (SA)	1912-1912	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1924	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.110	6.66	60	0	10
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1920-1921	10	8	0	0	2	0	-	80	0	0	100
HL Collins (AUS)	1924-1926	8	4	2	0	2	0	2.000	50	25	0	66.66
W Bardsley (AUS)	1926-1926	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	33.33
APF Chapman (ENG)	1928-1928	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
RK Nunes (WI)	1928-1930	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	0
J Ryder (AUS)	1928-1929	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	20
TC Lowry (NZ)	1930-1931	7	0	2	0	5	0	0.000	0	28.57	0	0
Hon.FSG Calthorpe (ENG)	1930-1930	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50
ELG Hoad (WI)	1930-1930	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
N Betancourt (WI)	1930-1930	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
MP Fernandes (WI)	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	20	9	7	0	4	0	1.280	45	35	0	56.25
EP Nupen (SA)	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1931	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
CK Nayudu (IND)	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	0
ML Page (NZ)	1933-1937	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	0
GC Grant (WI)	1933-1935	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	40
DR Jardine (ENG)	1933-1933	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	100
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1933-1935	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	50
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1935	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	100
Vizianagram (IND)	1936-1936	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	0
DG Bradman (AUS)	1936-1948	19	11	3	0	5	0	3.660	57.89	15.78	0	78.57
A Melville (SA)	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	0.000	0	40	0	0
RS Grant (WI)	1939-1939	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1939-1939	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	100
Nawab of Pataudi (IND)	1946-1946	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	0
WA Hadlee (NZ)	1947-1951	7	0	1	0	6	0	0.000	0	14.28	0	0
K Cranston (ENG)	1948-1948	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
GA Headley (WI)	1948-1948	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
GOB Allen (ENG)	1948-1948	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	0
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1948	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1957	11	5	4	0	2	0	1.250	45.45	36.36	0	55.55
L Amarnath (IND)	1948-1949	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1951	10	1	5	0	4	0	0.200	10	50	0	16.66
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1950-1950	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	33.33
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1950	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	14	8	2	0	4	0	4.000	57.14	14.28	0	80
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	14	1	5	0	8	0	0.200	7.14	35.71	0	16.66
AR Morris (AUS)	1951-1954	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1952-1952	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1954-1954	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	50
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1954-1954	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	50
AH Kardar (PAK)	1954-1958	9	2	4	0	3	0	0.500	22.22	44.44	0	33.33
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1954-1956	14	5	4	0	5	0	1.250	35.71	28.57	0	55.55
GO Rabone (NZ)	1955-1955	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1955-1955	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1960	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	33.33
HB Cave (NZ)	1956-1956	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1956-1965	16	1	13	0	2	0	0.070	6.25	81.25	0	7.14
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1957	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	66.66
PBH May (ENG)	1957-1960	8	4	0	0	4	0	-	50	0	0	100
PR Umrigar (IND)	1958-1958	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1963	19	8	3	1	7	0	2.660	42.1	15.78	0	70.83
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1958-1959	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
HR Adhikari (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1959-1959	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	66.66
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1960-1960	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1960-1968	10	1	2	0	7	0	0.500	10	20	0	33.33
RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1962	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1961-1962	7	2	2	0	3	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	50
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1962-1975	18	2	10	0	6	0	0.200	11.11	55.55	0	16.66
Javed Burki (PAK)	1962-1962	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1963-1963	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	25
FMM Worrell (WI)	1963-1963	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	75
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1978	18	4	5	0	9	0	0.800	22.22	27.77	0	44.44
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1965	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	0
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1965	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	100
BC Booth (AUS)	1965-1966	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	0
ME Chapple (NZ)	1966-1966	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
BW Sinclair (NZ)	1966-1966	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
MJK Smith (ENG)	1966-1966	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

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]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]