Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for Australia in Tests

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2014	108	53	28	0	27	0	1.89	49.07	25.92	-	25.00	-	65.43
AR Border (AUS)	1984-1994	93	32	22	1	38	0	1.45	34.40	23.65	1.07	40.86	-	59.09
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2010	77	48	16	0	13	0	3.00	62.33	20.77	-	16.88	-	75.00
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2004	57	41	9	0	7	0	4.55	71.92	15.78	-	12.28	-	82.00
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	53	27	11	0	15	0	2.45	50.94	20.75	-	28.30	-	71.05
MA Taylor (AUS)	1994-1999	50	26	13	0	11	0	2.00	52.00	26.00	-	22.00	-	66.66
GS Chappell (AUS)	1975-1983	48	21	13	0	14	0	1.61	43.75	27.08	-	29.16	-	61.76
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2015	47	24	16	0	7	0	1.50	51.06	34.04	-	14.89	-	60.00
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2025	40	23	10	0	7	0	2.30	57.50	25.00	-	17.50	-	69.69
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1978	39	12	12	0	15	0	1.00	30.76	30.76	-	38.46	-	50.00
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2021-2025	37	23	8	0	6	0	2.87	62.16	21.62	-	16.21	-	74.19
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2020	36	18	15	0	3	0	1.20	50.00	41.66	-	8.33	-	54.54
IM Chappell (AUS)	1971-1975	30	15	5	0	10	0	3.00	50.00	16.66	-	33.33	-	75.00
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1963	28	12	4	1	11	0	3.00	42.85	14.28	3.57	39.28	-	73.52
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1984	28	4	13	0	11	0	0.30	14.28	46.42	-	39.28	-	23.52
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2003	26	14	5	0	7	0	2.80	53.84	19.23	-	26.92	-	73.68
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1971	25	9	8	0	8	0	1.12	36.00	32.00	-	32.00	-	52.94
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1930-1934	25	14	7	0	4	0	2.00	56.00	28.00	-	16.00	-	66.66
DG Bradman (AUS)	1936-1948	24	15	3	0	6	0	5.00	62.50	12.50	-	25.00	-	83.33
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1953	24	14	4	0	6	0	3.50	58.33	16.66	-	25.00	-	77.77
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2021	23	11	8	0	4	0	1.37	47.82	34.78	-	17.39	-	57.89
J Darling (AUS)	1899-1905	21	7	4	0	10	0	1.75	33.33	19.04	-	47.61	-	63.63
D Elgar (SA)	2017-2024	18	9	8	0	1	0	1.12	50.00	44.44	-	5.55	-	52.94
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1924	18	1	10	0	7	0	0.10	5.55	55.55	-	38.88	-	9.09
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1954-1956	17	7	5	0	5	0	1.40	41.17	29.41	-	29.41	-	58.33
WL Murdoch (AUS)	1880-1890	16	5	7	0	4	0	0.71	31.25	43.75	-	25.00	-	41.66
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	16	5	3	0	8	0	1.66	31.25	18.75	-	50.00	-	62.50
JE Cheetham (SA)	1952-1955	15	7	5	0	3	0	1.40	46.66	33.33	-	20.00	-	58.33
MA Noble (AUS)	1903-1909	15	8	5	0	2	0	1.60	53.33	33.33	-	13.33	-	61.53
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1951	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.11	6.66	60.00	-	33.33	-	10.00
HM Amla (SA)	2014-2016	14	4	4	0	6	0	1.00	28.57	28.57	-	42.85	-	50.00
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1962	14	4	6	0	4	0	0.66	28.57	42.85	-	28.57	-	40.00
TL Goddard (SA)	1963-1965	13	1	2	0	10	0	0.50	7.69	15.38	-	76.92	-	33.33
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1911	13	5	6	0	2	0	0.83	38.46	46.15	-	15.38	-	45.45
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.50	16.66	33.33	-	50.00	-	33.33
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1926	11	5	2	0	4	0	2.50	45.45	18.18	-	36.36	-	71.42
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1920-1921	10	8	0	0	2	0	-	80.00	-	-	20.00	-	100.00
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2025	10	9	0	0	1	0	-	90.00	-	-	10.00	-	100.00
C Hill (AUS)	1910-1912	10	5	5	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
A Melville (SA)	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	-	-	40.00	-	60.00	-	-
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	10	1	4	0	5	0	0.25	10.00	40.00	-	50.00	-	20.00
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1932	9	2	5	0	2	0	0.40	22.22	55.55	-	22.22	-	28.57
JM Blackham (AUS)	1885-1894	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.00	37.50	37.50	-	25.00	-	50.00
GHS Trott (AUS)	1896-1898	8	5	3	0	0	0	1.66	62.50	37.50	-	-	-	62.50
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1967	8	4	1	0	3	0	4.00	50.00	12.50	-	37.50	-	80.00
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.50	25.00	50.00	-	25.00	-	33.33
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1979	7	1	6	0	0	0	0.16	14.28	85.71	-	-	-	14.28
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2004	6	4	1	0	1	0	4.00	66.66	16.66	-	16.66	-	80.00
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	6	2	1	0	3	0	2.00	33.33	16.66	-	50.00	-	66.66
PS McDonnell (AUS)	1887-1888	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.20	16.66	83.33	-	-	-	16.66
ID Craig (AUS)	1957-1958	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60.00	-	-	40.00	-	100.00
VY Richardson (AUS)	1935-1936	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80.00	-	-	20.00	-	100.00
J Ryder (AUS)	1928-1929	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.25	20.00	80.00	-	-	-	20.00
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	-	-	-	60.00
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
Q de Kock (SA)	2020-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
G Giffen (AUS)	1894-1895	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
AB de Villiers (SA)	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
DW Gregory (AUS)	1877-1879	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
EA Halliwell (SA)	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
HJH Scott (AUS)	1886-1886	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
LJ Tancred (SA)	1912-1912	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
W Bardsley (AUS)	1926-1926	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
BC Booth (AUS)	1965-1966	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
N Brand (SA)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
TP Horan (AUS)	1885-1885	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
AK Markram (SA)	2024-2024	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
AR Morris (AUS)	1951-1954	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
AG Prince (SA)	2006-2006	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
H Trumble (AUS)	1902-1902	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
JH Anderson (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
WA Brown (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
OR Dunell (SA)	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
BN Jarman (AUS)	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1956-1956	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
HH Massie (AUS)	1885-1885	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
PWA Mulder (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
EP Nupen (SA)	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
AR Richards (SA)	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
HM Taberer (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
SR Watson (AUS)	2013-2013	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-

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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:

England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Chelmsford, India Under-19s in England 2nd Youth test, Jul 20-23, 2025 [Youth Test # 305]

India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Beckenham, India Under-19s in England 1st Youth test, Jul 12-15, 2025 [Youth Test # 304]

South Africa Under-19s vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Cape Town, England Under-19s in South Africa 2nd unofficial Test, Feb 3-6, 2025 [Youth Test # 303]