Individual Most Matches As Captain IN South Africa

Most matches as captain for South Africa in Tests IN South Africa

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith	2003-2014	53	30	15	0	8	0	2.000	56.6	28.3	0	15.09	0	66.66
WJ Cronje	1994-2000	30	18	5	0	7	0	3.600	60	16.66	0	23.33	0	78.26
F du Plessis	2016-2020	22	14	7	0	1	0	2.000	63.63	31.81	0	4.54	0	66.66
SM Pollock	2000-2003	13	10	0	0	3	0	-	76.92	0	0	23.07	0	100
HW Taylor	1913-1923	13	1	7	0	5	0	0.140	7.69	53.84	0	38.46	0	12.5
AD Nourse	1948-1950	10	0	6	0	4	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
CB van Ryneveld	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
T Bavuma	2023-2025	7	7	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HG Deane	1927-1931	7	2	2	0	3	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	42.85	0	50
D Elgar	2019-2024	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	0	0	71.42
DJ McGlew	1957-1962	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
KC Wessels	1992-1994	7	2	1	0	4	0	2.000	28.57	14.28	0	57.14	0	66.66
HM Amla	2014-2016	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
JE Cheetham	1953-1954	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
TL Goddard	1964-1965	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
A Melville	1938-1939	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
PW Sherwell	1906-1906	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
SJ Snooke	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
PL van der Merwe	1966-1967	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
HF Wade	1935-1936	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
A Bacher	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MV Boucher	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
AB de Villiers	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
EA Halliwell	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
M Bisset	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HB Cameron	1931-1931	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Q de Kock	2020-2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
JH Kallis	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
WH Milton	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JH Anderson	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
OR Dunell	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
G Kirsten	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
EP Nupen	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AR Richards	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
HM Taberer	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-

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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:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]