Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for England in ODIs

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2011	149	92	51	1	0	5	1.800	61.74	34.22	0.67	-	3.35	64.23
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	138	99	35	1	0	3	2.820	71.73	25.36	0.72	-	2.17	73.70
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2011-2022	126	76	40	2	0	8	1.900	60.31	31.74	1.58	-	6.34	65.25
AB de Villiers (SA)	2012-2017	103	59	39	1	0	4	1.510	57.28	37.86	0.97	-	3.88	60.10
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2005	92	59	29	3	0	1	2.030	64.13	31.52	3.26	-	1.08	66.48
AN Cook (ENG)	2010-2014	69	36	30	1	0	2	1.200	52.17	43.47	1.44	-	2.89	54.47
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2011	62	27	33	1	0	1	0.810	43.54	53.22	1.61	-	1.61	45.08
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2007	60	32	22	2	0	4	1.450	53.33	36.66	3.33	-	6.66	58.92
N Hussain (ENG)	1997-2003	56	28	27	0	0	1	1.030	50.00	48.21	-	-	1.78	50.90
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	52	20	30	0	0	2	0.660	38.46	57.69	-	-	3.84	40.00
GA Gooch (ENG)	1988-1993	50	24	23	0	0	3	1.040	48.00	46.00	-	-	6.00	51.06
T Bavuma (SA)	2021-2025	47	25	21	0	0	1	1.190	53.19	44.68	-	-	2.12	54.34
JC Buttler (ENG)	2016-2025	45	18	26	0	0	1	0.690	40.00	57.77	-	-	2.22	40.90
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1997	43	20	21	1	0	1	0.950	46.51	48.83	2.32	-	2.32	48.80
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1992-2003	41	15	25	0	0	1	0.600	36.58	60.97	-	-	2.43	37.50
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2019	39	28	10	0	0	1	2.800	71.79	25.64	-	-	2.56	73.68
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	37	26	11	0	0	0	2.360	70.27	29.72	-	-	-	70.27
RGD Willis (ENG)	1978-1984	29	16	13	0	0	0	1.230	55.17	44.82	-	-	-	55.17
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1980	25	15	9	0	0	1	1.660	60.00	36.00	-	-	4.00	62.50
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2007-2009	25	11	12	1	0	1	0.910	44.00	48.00	4.00	-	4.00	47.91
DI Gower (ENG)	1984-1989	24	10	13	1	0	0	0.760	41.66	54.16	4.16	-	-	43.75
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2025	16	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2007	14	4	10	0	0	0	0.400	28.57	71.42	-	-	-	28.57
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1999	14	6	8	0	0	0	0.750	42.85	57.14	-	-	-	42.85
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2010	13	6	6	0	0	1	1.000	46.15	46.15	-	-	7.69	50.00
MH Denness (ENG)	1973-1975	12	7	4	0	0	1	1.750	58.33	33.33	-	-	8.33	63.63
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2008	12	4	6	0	0	2	0.660	33.33	50.00	-	-	16.66	40.00
HC Brook (ENG)	2024-2025	11	6	5	0	0	0	1.200	54.54	45.45	-	-	-	54.54
J Botha (SA)	2008-2010	10	8	2	0	0	0	4.000	80.00	20.00	-	-	-	80.00
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2005	10	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
HM Amla (SA)	2011-2015	9	4	5	0	0	0	0.800	44.44	55.55	-	-	-	44.44
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1981	9	4	5	0	0	0	0.800	44.44	55.55	-	-	-	44.44
Q de Kock (SA)	2018-2020	8	4	3	0	0	1	1.330	50.00	37.50	-	-	12.50	57.14
KA Maharaj (SA)	2021-2022	7	2	3	0	0	2	0.660	28.57	42.85	-	-	28.57	40.00
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1981-1982	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40.00	60.00	-	-	-	40.00
JE Emburey (ENG)	1987-1987	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1990-1990	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25.00	75.00	-	-	-	25.00
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2014-2014	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
DB Close (ENG)	1972-1972	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1973	3	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	33.33	33.33	-	-	33.33	50.00
LS Livingstone (ENG)	2024-2024	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
CEB Rice (SA)	1991-1991	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
BA Stokes (ENG)	2021-2021	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2001-2001	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1977-1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
Z Crawley (ENG)	2023-2023	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	50.00	-	-	-	50.00	100.00
JP Duminy (SA)	2018-2018	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
N Gifford (ENG)	1985-1985	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1976-1976	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2022-2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
N Boje (SA)	2005-2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
MV Boucher (SA)	2003-2003	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
JH Edrich (ENG)	1975-1975	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	-	-	-	-	100.00	-
APE Knott (ENG)	1976-1976	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
DA Miller (SA)	2022-2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
JWA Taylor (ENG)	2015-2015	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	-	-	-	-	100.00	-
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2024-2024	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	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 vs South Africa at Southampton, South Africa in England 3rd ODI, Sep 7, 2025 [ODI # 4906]

South Africa vs England at Lord's, South Africa in England 2nd ODI, Sep 4, 2025 [ODI # 4904]

England vs South Africa at Leeds, South Africa in England 1st ODI, Sep 2, 2025 [ODI # 4902]