Individual List Captains

List of Captains for England in Tests

List of captains

Player	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	%NR	%
Lord Hawke (ENG)	1896-1899	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
GS Sobers (WI)	1965-1972	39	9	10	0	20	0	0.90	23.07	25.64	-	47.36
CH Lloyd (WI)	1974-1985	74	36	12	0	26	0	3.00	48.64	16.21	-	75.00
BC Lara (WI)	1997-2006	47	10	26	0	11	0	0.38	21.27	55.31	-	27.77
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	51	26	11	0	14	0	2.36	50.98	21.56	-	70.27
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1989	32	5	18	0	9	0	0.27	15.62	56.25	-	21.73
AN Cook (ENG)	2010-2016	59	24	22	0	13	0	1.09	40.67	37.28	-	52.17
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2022	64	27	26	0	11	0	1.03	42.18	40.62	-	50.94
FR Brown (ENG)	1949-1951	15	5	6	0	4	0	0.83	33.33	40.00	-	45.45
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1964	30	9	7	0	14	0	1.28	30.00	23.33	-	56.25
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1981	31	18	4	0	9	0	4.50	58.06	12.90	-	81.81
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1978-1979	9	1	2	0	6	0	0.50	11.11	22.22	-	33.33
DL Murray (WI)	1979-1979	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1994-1997	22	6	7	0	9	0	0.85	27.27	31.81	-	46.15
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2001	15	4	8	0	3	0	0.50	26.66	53.33	-	33.33
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2007	11	2	7	0	2	0	0.28	18.18	63.63	-	22.22
DJG Sammy (WI)	2010-2013	30	8	12	0	10	0	0.66	26.66	40.00	-	40.00
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2020	37	11	21	0	5	0	0.52	29.72	56.75	-	34.37
BA Stokes (ENG)	2020-2025	37	22	13	0	2	0	1.69	59.45	35.13	-	62.85
AE Stoddart (ENG)	1893-1898	8	3	4	0	1	0	0.75	37.50	50.00	-	42.85
APF Chapman (ENG)	1926-1931	17	9	2	0	6	0	4.50	52.94	11.76	-	81.81
N Betancourt (WI)	1930-1930	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
Hon.FSG Calthorpe (ENG)	1930-1930	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00
GA Gooch (ENG)	1988-1993	34	10	12	0	12	0	0.83	29.41	35.29	-	45.45
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1884-1887	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.50	71.42	28.57	-	71.42
WG Grace (ENG)	1888-1899	13	8	3	0	2	0	2.66	61.53	23.07	-	72.72
AC MacLaren (ENG)	1897-1909	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.36	18.18	50.00	-	26.66
PF Warner (ENG)	1903-1906	10	4	6	0	0	0	0.66	40.00	60.00	-	40.00
FL Fane (ENG)	1907-1910	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.66	40.00	60.00	-	40.00
HDG Leveson Gower (ENG)	1910-1910	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	33.33
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1911-1924	18	8	8	0	2	0	1.00	44.44	44.44	-	50.00
FT Mann (ENG)	1922-1923	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	-	66.66
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1925	9	4	4	0	1	0	1.00	44.44	44.44	-	50.00
GC Grant (WI)	1930-1935	12	3	7	0	2	0	0.42	25.00	58.33	-	30.00
GOB Allen (ENG)	1936-1948	11	4	5	0	2	0	0.80	36.36	45.45	-	44.44
WR Hammond (ENG)	1938-1947	20	4	3	0	13	0	1.33	20.00	15.00	-	57.14
FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	7	2	0	0	5	0	-	28.57	-	-	100.00
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1961	41	20	10	0	11	0	2.00	48.78	24.39	-	66.66
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1966	25	5	3	0	17	0	1.66	20.00	12.00	-	62.50
AW Greig (ENG)	1975-1977	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.60	21.42	35.71	-	37.50
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1981-1982	7	1	1	0	5	0	1.00	14.28	14.28	-	50.00
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	54	13	21	0	20	0	0.61	24.07	38.88	-	38.23
RE Foster (ENG)	1907-1907	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	100.00
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1954-1954	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	-	-	100.00
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2003	45	17	15	0	13	0	1.13	37.77	33.33	-	53.12
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1991	50	27	8	0	15	0	3.37	54.00	16.00	-	77.14
RB Richardson (WI)	1992-1995	24	11	6	0	7	0	1.83	45.83	25.00	-	64.70
D Ramdin (WI)	2014-2015	13	4	7	0	2	0	0.57	30.76	53.84	-	36.36
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1981	12	0	4	0	8	0	-	-	33.33	-	-
DB Close (ENG)	1966-1967	7	6	0	0	1	0	-	85.71	-	-	100.00
R Illingworth (ENG)	1969-1973	31	12	5	0	14	0	2.40	38.70	16.12	-	70.58
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	50	24	11	0	15	0	2.18	48.00	22.00	-	68.57
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1984	18	7	5	0	6	0	1.40	38.88	27.77	-	58.33
WW Read (ENG)	1888-1892	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
DR Jardine (ENG)	1931-1934	15	9	1	0	5	0	9.00	60.00	6.66	-	90.00
FMM Worrell (WI)	1960-1963	15	9	3	1	2	0	3.00	60.00	20.00	-	73.07
G Boycott (ENG)	1978-1978	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00
AHH Gilligan (ENG)	1930-1930	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25.00	-	-	100.00
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	23	2	5	0	16	0	0.40	8.69	21.73	-	28.57
DJ Bravo (WI)	2008-2008	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
AN Hornby (ENG)	1882-1884	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	-
AW Carr (ENG)	1926-1929	6	1	0	0	5	0	-	16.66	-	-	100.00
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1975	19	6	5	0	8	0	1.20	31.57	26.31	-	54.54
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2017-2025	39	10	22	0	7	0	0.45	25.64	56.41	-	31.25
CB Fry (ENG)	1912-1912	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	-	-	100.00
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1950	14	4	7	0	3	0	0.57	28.57	50.00	-	36.36
L Hutton (ENG)	1952-1955	23	11	4	0	8	0	2.75	47.82	17.39	-	73.33
CH Gayle (WI)	2007-2010	20	3	9	0	8	0	0.33	15.00	45.00	-	25.00
A Shaw (ENG)	1881-1882	4	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	50.00	-	-
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2002	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.36	18.18	50.00	-	26.66
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1957	22	8	7	0	7	0	1.14	36.36	31.81	-	53.33
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1952-1955	13	3	4	0	6	0	0.75	23.07	30.76	-	42.85
Lord Harris (ENG)	1879-1884	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	-	66.66
RK Nunes (WI)	1928-1930	4	0	3	0	1	0	-	-	75.00	-	-
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1993-2001	15	4	8	0	3	0	0.50	26.66	53.33	-	33.33
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2008	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	-	50.00
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1948	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
ELG Hoad (WI)	1930-1930	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1969	27	8	4	0	15	0	2.00	29.62	14.81	-	66.66
DS Atkinson (WI)	1955-1956	7	3	3	0	1	0	1.00	42.85	42.85	-	50.00
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1990-1990	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
AG Steel (ENG)	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.00	75.00	25.00	-	75.00
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1930-1935	16	3	5	0	8	0	0.60	18.75	31.25	-	37.50
FCM Alexander (WI)	1958-1960	18	7	4	0	7	0	1.75	38.88	22.22	-	63.63
ND Howard (ENG)	1951-1952	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25.00	-	-	100.00
AR Lewis (ENG)	1972-1973	8	1	2	0	5	0	0.50	12.50	25.00	-	33.33
RL Chase (WI)	2025-2025	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2005	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	50.00
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	33.33	-	-
Sir TC O'Brien (ENG)	1896-1896	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
JC White (ENG)	1929-1929	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2005-2006	14	1	10	0	3	0	0.10	7.14	71.42	-	9.09
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40.00	-	-	100.00
RWV Robins (ENG)	1937-1937	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	-	-	100.00
D Ganga (WI)	2007-2007	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
James Lillywhite (ENG)	1877-1877	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	50.00
DL Haynes (WI)	1990-1990	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	-	50.00
RD Jacobs (WI)	2002-2002	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
RB Kanhai (WI)	1973-1974	13	3	3	0	7	0	1.00	23.07	23.07	-	50.00

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Birmingham Phoenix (Men) vs Southern Brave (Men) at Southampton, The Hundred Men's Competition 7th Match, Aug 10, 2025 [Twenty20]

Northern Superchargers (Men) vs Trent Rockets (Men) at Nottingham, The Hundred Men's Competition 8th Match, Aug 10, 2025 [Twenty20]

SLC Greys vs SLC Greens at Colombo (SSC), SLC T20 League 3rd Match, Aug 10, 2025 [Twenty20]