List of Captains for England in Tests
List of captains
Player | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | NR | W/L | %W | %L | %NR | % |
| James Lillywhite | 1877-1877 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50.00 | 50.00 | - | 50.00 |
| Lord Harris | 1879-1884 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.000 | 50.00 | 25.00 | - | 66.66 |
| A Shaw | 1881-1882 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 50.00 | - | - |
| AN Hornby | 1882-1884 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 50.00 | - | - |
| Hon.IFW Bligh | 1882-1883 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50.00 | 50.00 | - | 50.00 |
| A Shrewsbury | 1884-1887 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.500 | 71.42 | 28.57 | - | 71.42 |
| AG Steel | 1886-1888 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.000 | 75.00 | 25.00 | - | 75.00 |
| WW Read | 1888-1892 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| WG Grace | 1888-1899 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.660 | 61.53 | 23.07 | - | 72.72 |
| CA Smith | 1889-1889 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| MP Bowden | 1889-1889 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| AE Stoddart | 1893-1898 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | 37.50 | 50.00 | - | 42.85 |
| Sir TC O'Brien | 1896-1896 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| Lord Hawke | 1896-1899 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 100.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| AC MacLaren | 1897-1909 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.360 | 18.18 | 50.00 | - | 26.66 |
| PF Warner | 1903-1906 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.660 | 40.00 | 60.00 | - | 40.00 |
| Hon.FS Jackson | 1905-1905 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 40.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| RE Foster | 1907-1907 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33.33 | - | - | 100.00 |
| FL Fane | 1907-1910 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.660 | 40.00 | 60.00 | - | 40.00 |
| AO Jones | 1908-1908 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| HDG Leveson Gower | 1910-1910 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 33.33 | 66.66 | - | 33.33 |
| JWHT Douglas | 1911-1924 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 44.44 | 44.44 | - | 50.00 |
| CB Fry | 1912-1912 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 66.66 | - | - | 100.00 |
| Lord Tennyson | 1921-1921 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 33.33 | - | - |
| FT Mann | 1922-1923 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.000 | 40.00 | 20.00 | - | 66.66 |
| AER Gilligan | 1924-1925 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 44.44 | 44.44 | - | 50.00 |
| AW Carr | 1926-1929 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 16.66 | - | - | 100.00 |
| APF Chapman | 1926-1931 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.500 | 52.94 | 11.76 | - | 81.81 |
| RT Stanyforth | 1927-1928 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.000 | 50.00 | 25.00 | - | 66.66 |
| GTS Stevens | 1928-1928 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| JC White | 1929-1929 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25.00 | 25.00 | - | 50.00 |
| AHH Gilligan | 1930-1930 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 25.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| Hon.FSG Calthorpe | 1930-1930 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25.00 | 25.00 | - | 50.00 |
| RES Wyatt | 1930-1935 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.600 | 18.75 | 31.25 | - | 37.50 |
| DR Jardine | 1931-1934 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9.000 | 60.00 | 6.66 | - | 90.00 |
| CF Walters | 1934-1934 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| GOB Allen | 1936-1948 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 36.36 | 45.45 | - | 44.44 |
| RWV Robins | 1937-1937 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33.33 | - | - | 100.00 |
| WR Hammond | 1938-1947 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.330 | 20.00 | 15.00 | - | 57.14 |
| NWD Yardley | 1947-1950 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.570 | 28.57 | 50.00 | - | 36.36 |
| K Cranston | 1948-1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - |
| FG Mann | 1948-1949 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 28.57 | - | - | 100.00 |
| FR Brown | 1949-1951 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.830 | 33.33 | 40.00 | - | 45.45 |
| ND Howard | 1951-1952 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 25.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| DB Carr | 1952-1952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| L Hutton | 1952-1955 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.750 | 47.82 | 17.39 | - | 73.33 |
| Rev.DS Sheppard | 1954-1954 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 50.00 | - | - | 100.00 |
| PBH May | 1955-1961 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.000 | 48.78 | 24.39 | - | 66.66 |
| MC Cowdrey | 1959-1969 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.000 | 29.62 | 14.81 | - | 66.66 |
| ER Dexter | 1961-1964 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.280 | 30.00 | 23.33 | - | 56.25 |
| MJK Smith | 1964-1966 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.660 | 20.00 | 12.00 | - | 62.50 |
| DB Close | 1966-1967 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 85.71 | - | - | 100.00 |
| TW Graveney | 1968-1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - |
| R Illingworth | 1969-1973 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2.400 | 38.70 | 16.12 | - | 70.58 |
| AR Lewis | 1972-1973 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 12.50 | 25.00 | - | 33.33 |
| MH Denness | 1974-1975 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.200 | 31.57 | 26.31 | - | 54.54 |
| JH Edrich | 1975-1975 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| AW Greig | 1975-1977 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.600 | 21.42 | 35.71 | - | 37.50 |
| JM Brearley | 1977-1981 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.500 | 58.06 | 12.90 | - | 81.81 |
| G Boycott | 1978-1978 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 25.00 | 25.00 | - | 50.00 |
| IT Botham | 1980-1981 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 33.33 | - | - |
| KWR Fletcher | 1981-1982 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.28 | 14.28 | - | 50.00 |
| RGD Willis | 1982-1984 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.400 | 38.88 | 27.77 | - | 58.33 |
| DI Gower | 1982-1989 | 32 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.270 | 15.62 | 56.25 | - | 21.73 |
| MW Gatting | 1986-1988 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0.400 | 8.69 | 21.73 | - | 28.57 |
| JE Emburey | 1988-1988 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| CS Cowdrey | 1988-1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| GA Gooch | 1988-1993 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.830 | 29.41 | 35.29 | - | 45.45 |
| AJ Lamb | 1990-1990 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 100.00 | - | - |
| AJ Stewart | 1993-2001 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | 26.66 | 53.33 | - | 33.33 |
| MA Atherton | 1993-2001 | 54 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.610 | 24.07 | 38.88 | - | 38.23 |
| N Hussain | 1999-2003 | 45 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.130 | 37.77 | 33.33 | - | 53.12 |
| MA Butcher | 1999-1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - |
| MP Vaughan | 2003-2008 | 51 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2.360 | 50.98 | 21.56 | - | 70.27 |
| ME Trescothick | 2004-2005 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 50.00 | 50.00 | - | 50.00 |
| A Flintoff | 2006-2007 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.280 | 18.18 | 63.63 | - | 22.22 |
| AJ Strauss | 2006-2012 | 50 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.180 | 48.00 | 22.00 | - | 68.57 |
| KP Pietersen | 2008-2008 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 33.33 | 33.33 | - | 50.00 |
| AN Cook | 2010-2016 | 59 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.090 | 40.67 | 37.28 | - | 52.17 |
| JE Root | 2017-2022 | 64 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.030 | 42.18 | 40.62 | - | 50.94 |
| BA Stokes | 2020-2025 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.370 | 55.00 | 40.00 | - | 57.89 |
| OJ Pope | 2024-2025 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.500 | 60.00 | 40.00 | - | 60.00 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]
England vs Australia at Brisbane, The Ashes 2nd Test, Dec 4-7, 2025 [Test # 2611]
England vs Australia at Perth, The Ashes 1st Test, Nov 21-22, 2025 [Test # 2608]