Matches (20)
ENG vs IND (1)
MLC (3)
WI Women vs SA Women (1)
SL vs BAN (1)
WIA vs SL Emerging (1)
MT20 WC Americas Final (2)
TNPL (2)
County DIV1 (5)
County DIV2 (4)

Best performances on captaincy debut - Tables

Travis Basevi
19-Sep-2006

Highest individual scores in first match as captain - Tests
Player Runs Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
GT Dowling (NZ) 239 won v India Christchurch 1967/68 Test 631
S Chanderpaul (WI) 203* drawn v South Africa Georgetown 2004/05 Test 1745
C Hill (Aust) 191 won v South Africa Sydney 1910/11 Test 111
VS Hazare (India) 164* drawn v England Delhi 1951/52 Test 339
CH Lloyd (WI) 163 won v India Bangalore 1974/75 Test 745
WW Armstrong (Aust) 158 won v England Sydney 1920/21 Test 135
WL Murdoch (Aust) 153* lost v England The Oval 1880 Test 4
GHS Trott (Aust) 143 lost v England Lord's 1896 Test 50
MA Noble (Aust) 133 lost v England Sydney 1903/04 Test 78
AJ Strauss (Eng) 128 drawn v Pakistan Lord's 2006 Test 1809
BE Congdon (NZ) 126 drawn v West Indies Bridgetown 1971/72 Test 695
GS Chappell (Aust) 123 won v West Indies Brisbane 1975/76 Test 764
DL Houghton (Zimb) 121 drawn v India Harare 1992/93 Test 1197
JJ Crowe (NZ) 120* drawn v Sri Lanka Colombo (CCC) 1986/87 Test 1074
AJ Lamb (Eng) 119 lost v West Indies Bridgetown 1989/90 Test 1143
SM Gavaskar (India) 116 won v New Zealand Auckland 1975/76 Test 769
AL Hassett (Aust) 112 won v South Africa Johannesburg 1949/50 Test 318
GS Chappell (Aust) 109* won v West Indies Brisbane 1975/76 Test 764
AC MacLaren (Eng) 109 won v Australia Sydney 1897/98 Test 53
HW Taylor (SAf) 109 lost v England Durban 1913/14 Test 130
GO Rabone (NZ) 107 lost v South Africa Durban 1953/54 Test 377
DJ McGlew (SAf) 104* won v England Manchester 1955 Test 410
JB Stollmeyer (WI) 104 lost v Australia Sydney 1951/52 Test 347
GN Yallop (Aust) 102 lost v England Brisbane 1978/79 Test 834
DB Vengsarkar (India) 102 lost v West Indies Delhi 1987/88 Test 1080
AW Greig (Eng) 96 drawn v Australia Lord's 1975 Test 761
RD Jacobs (WI) 91* won v Bangladesh Dhaka 2002/03 Test 1630
ME Trescothick (Eng) 86 won v New Zealand Lord's 2004 Test 1700
RB Kanhai (WI) 84 drawn v Australia Kingston 1972/73 Test 714
GA Gooch (Eng) 84 lost v West Indies The Oval 1988 Test 1102

Best match bowling in first match as captain - Tests
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
Waqar Younis (Pak) 13/135 won v Zimbabwe Karachi (DS) 1993/94 Test 1237
AER Gilligan (Eng) 11/90 won v South Africa Birmingham 1924 Test 153
EP Nupen (SAf) 11/150 won v England Johannesburg 1930/31 Test 200
GOB Allen (Eng) 10/78 won v India Lord's 1936 Test 252
Imran Khan (Pak) 9/136 lost v England Birmingham 1982 Test 931
RGD Willis (Eng) 9/142 won v India Lord's 1982 Test 928
N Kapil Dev (India) 8/118 lost v West Indies Kingston 1982/83 Test 949
CA Smith (Eng) 7/61 won v South Africa Port Elizabeth 1888/89 Test 31
R Benaud (Aust) 7/112 won v England Brisbane 1958/59 Test 460
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 7/124 won v West Indies Karachi 1958/59 Test 469
JDC Goddard (WI) 6/74 won v England Georgetown 1947/48 Test 297
Wasim Akram (Pak) 6/107 lost v West Indies Port of Spain 1992/93 Test 1220
Saeed Ahmed (Pak) 6/108 drawn v England Lahore 1968/69 Test 647
Naimur Rahman (Bang) 6/154 lost v India Dhaka 2000/01 Test 1512
G Giffen (Aust) 6/155 lost v England Melbourne 1894/95 Test 43
Hon.FS Jackson (Eng) 5/58 won v Australia Nottingham 1905 Test 83
IWG Johnson (Aust) 5/84 won v England Brisbane 1954/55 Test 391
JWHT Douglas (Eng) 5/112 lost v Australia Sydney 1911/12 Test 116
L Amarnath (India) 4/84 lost v Australia Brisbane 1947/48 Test 290
BE Congdon (NZ) 4/92 drawn v West Indies Bridgetown 1971/72 Test 695
IT Botham (Eng) 4/98 lost v West Indies Nottingham 1980 Test 880
RWV Robins (Eng) 4/109 drawn v New Zealand Lord's 1937 Test 260
AG Steel (Eng) 3/56 won v Australia Manchester 1886 Test 22
HB Cave (NZ) 3/56 lost v Pakistan Karachi 1955/56 Test 413
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) 3/62 won v New Zealand Lahore 1976/77 Test 782
H Trumble (Aust) 3/65 won v England Sydney 1901/02 Test 68
JR Reid (NZ) 3/68 lost v West Indies Christchurch 1955/56 Test 422
HR Adhikari (India) 3/68 drawn v West Indies Delhi 1958/59 Test 467
SM Pollock (SAf) 3/73 lost v Sri Lanka Galle 2000 Test 1504
AW Greig (Eng) 3/129 drawn v Australia Lord's 1975 Test 761

Highest individual scores in first match as captain - ODIs
Player Runs Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
GM Turner (NZ) 171* won v East Africa Birmingham 1975 ODI 20
SR Tendulkar (India) 110 lost v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 1996 ODI 1106
MEK Hussey (Aust) 109* lost v West Indies Kinrara 2006/07 ODI 2417
RB Richardson (WI) 106* won v Pakistan Sharjah 1991/92 ODI 679
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 102 won v Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 1997/98 ODI 1286
AC Gilchrist (Aust) 98 won v West Indies Brisbane 2000/01 ODI 1670
T Taibu (Zimb) 96* lost v Sri Lanka Bulawayo 2004 ODI 2119
SR Waugh (Aust) 91 lost v South Africa Bloemfontein 1996/97 ODI 1199
MA Atherton (Eng) 86 won v West Indies Bridgetown 1993/94 ODI 880
KC Wessels (SAf) 81* won v Australia Sydney 1991/92 ODI 719
RR Watson (Scot) 80 lost v Pakistan Edinburgh 2006 ODI 2387
AJ Strauss (Eng) 74* won v India Jamshedpur 2005/06 ODI 2361
AR Border (Aust) 73 lost v West Indies Melbourne 1984/85 ODI 282
Aminul Islam (Bang) 70 lost v India Chandigarh 1998 ODI 1328
DAG Fletcher (Zimb) 69* won v Australia Nottingham 1983 ODI 199
AL Wadekar (India) 67 lost v England Leeds 1974 ODI 12
MH Denness (Eng) 66 won v West Indies Leeds 1973 ODI 8
GP Thorpe (Eng) 62* lost v Sri Lanka Dambulla 2000/01 ODI 1694
Habibul Bashar (Bang) 61 won v Zimbabwe Harare 2003/04 ODI 2110
Majid Khan (Pak) 60 lost v West Indies Birmingham 1975 ODI 26
GS Chappell (Aust) 59 won v West Indies Adelaide 1975/76 ODI 34
GJ Whittall (Zimb) 58* lost v India Bulawayo 2001 ODI 1730
AJ Lamb (Eng) 55* lost v West Indies Bridgetown 1989/90 ODI 622
RB Kanhai (WI) 55 lost v England Leeds 1973 ODI 8
Aamer Sohail (Pak) 55 lost v India Bangalore 1995/96 ODI 1078
MS Atapattu (SL) 53* won v England Colombo (SSC) 2000/01 ODI 1697
IM Chappell (Aust) 53 lost v England Manchester 1972 ODI 2
Asif Iqbal (Pak) 53 lost v Australia Leeds 1975 ODI 21
T Duffin (Zimb) 53 won v Kenya Bulawayo 2005/06 ODI 2339
ME Trescothick (Eng) 52 won v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2001/02 ODI 1756

Best match bowling in first match as captain - ODIs
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
AY Karim (Kenya) 5/33 won v Bangladesh Nairobi (Gym) 1997/98 ODI 1239
JR Ratnayeke (SL) 4/23 won v Bangladesh Dhaka 1988/89 ODI 533
DAG Fletcher (Zimb) 4/42 won v Australia Nottingham 1983 ODI 199
DL Vettori (NZ) 3/8 won v Bangladesh Chittagong (MAA) 2004/05 ODI 2189
CM Wright (Scot) 3/32 lost v Ireland Ayr 2006 ODI 2396
RJ Shastri (India) 3/37 lost v Pakistan Indore 1986/87 ODI 426
JE Emburey (Eng) 3/38 lost v India Sharjah 1986/87 ODI 442
SW Lubbers (Neth) 3/48 lost v New Zealand Vadodara 1995/96 ODI 1051
R Illingworth (Eng) 3/50 lost v Australia Melbourne 1970/71 ODI 1
CA Walsh (WI) 2/11 won v India Faridabad 1994/95 ODI 931
JV Coney (NZ) 2/16 lost v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 1984/85 ODI 274
BE Congdon (NZ) 2/17 won v Pakistan Christchurch 1972/73 ODI 5
JH Kallis (SAf) 2/17 won v Zimbabwe Bloemfontein 2006/07 ODI 2415
SK Warne (Aust) 2/19 won v New Zealand Sydney 1997/98 ODI 1275
A Ranatunga (SL) 2/27 won v India Dhaka 1988/89 ODI 530
JJ Tucker (Berm) 2/29 won v Canada Port of Spain 2006 ODI 2375
AW Greig (Eng) 2/31 lost v West Indies Lord's 1976 ODI 38
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 2/32 lost v England Lahore 1987/88 ODI 478
Imran Khan (Pak) 2/35 lost v England Nottingham 1982 ODI 154
GA Gooch (Eng) 2/35 won v Sri Lanka The Oval 1988 ODI 521
A Kumble (India) 2/37 won v England Chennai 2001/02 ODI 1795
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 2/39 lost v Australia Perth 2005/06 ODI 2320
GS Chappell (Aust) 2/43 won v West Indies Adelaide 1975/76 ODI 34
DJ Nash (NZ) 2/43 lost v India Napier 1998/99 ODI 1381
IT Botham (Eng) 2/45 lost v West Indies Leeds 1980 ODI 89
Khaled Mahmud (Bang) 2/46 lost v India Dhaka 2003 ODI 2001
RW Staple (USA) 2/76 lost v New Zealand The Oval 2004 ODI 2169
Gazi Ashraf (Bang) 1/7 lost v Pakistan Moratuwa 1985/86 ODI 375
N Kapil Dev (India) 1/9 won v Sri Lanka Amritsar 1982/83 ODI 156
V Sehwag (India) 1/11 won v Bangladesh Dhaka 2003 ODI 2004

A duck in first match as captain - Tests
Player Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
WL Murdoch (Aust) lost v England The Oval 1880 Test 4
Hon.IFW Bligh (Eng) lost v Australia Melbourne 1882/83 Test 10
A Shrewsbury (Eng) won v Australia Adelaide 1884/85 Test 17
PS McDonnell (Aust) lost v England Sydney 1886/87 Test 25
AR Richards (SAf) lost v England Cape Town 1895/96 Test 49
GHS Trott (Aust) lost v England Lord's 1896 Test 50
PF Warner (Eng) won v Australia Sydney 1903/04 Test 78
Hon.FS Jackson (Eng) won v Australia Nottingham 1905 Test 83
JWHT Douglas (Eng) lost v Australia Sydney 1911/12 Test 116
F Mitchell (SAf) lost v Australia Manchester 1912 Test 121
W Bardsley (Aust) drawn v England Leeds 1926 Test 165
TC Lowry (NZ) lost v England Christchurch 1929/30 Test 186
ELG Hoad (WI) drawn v England Bridgetown 1929/30 Test 187
EP Nupen (SAf) won v England Johannesburg 1930/31 Test 200
ML Page (NZ) lost v South Africa Christchurch 1931/32 Test 217
DG Bradman (Aust) lost v England Brisbane 1936/37 Test 255
A Melville (SAf) drawn v England Johannesburg 1938/39 Test 267
HB Cave (NZ) lost v Pakistan Karachi 1955/56 Test 413
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) won v West Indies Karachi 1958/59 Test 469
P Roy (India) lost v England Lord's 1959 Test 475
MAK Pataudi (India) lost v West Indies Bridgetown 1961/62 Test 527
RB Simpson (Aust) won v South Africa Melbourne 1963/64 Test 549
ME Chapple (NZ) drawn v England Christchurch 1965/66 Test 602
Intikhab Alam (Pak) drawn v New Zealand Karachi 1969/70 Test 662
AR Lewis (Eng) won v India Delhi 1972/73 Test 703
AI Kallicharran (WI) lost v Australia Georgetown 1977/78 Test 822
LRD Mendis (SL) drawn v Pakistan Faisalabad 1981/82 Test 925
DI Gower (Eng) lost v Pakistan Lord's 1982 Test 932
CS Cowdrey (Eng) lost v West Indies Leeds 1988 Test 1101
DL Haynes (WI) drawn v England Port of Spain 1989/90 Test 1142
AJ Stewart (Eng) lost v India Chennai 1992/93 Test 1213
WJ Cronje (SAf) lost v Australia Adelaide 1993/94 Test 1246
MA Taylor (Aust) lost v Pakistan Karachi 1994/95 Test 1268
MA Taylor (Aust) lost v Pakistan Karachi 1994/95 Test 1268
SR Tendulkar (India) won v Australia Delhi 1996/97 Test 1335
Saeed Anwar (Pak) lost v New Zealand Lahore 1996/97 Test 1339
Rashid Latif (Pak) lost v South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997/98 Test 1406
Rashid Latif (Pak) lost v South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997/98 Test 1406
SR Waugh (Aust) won v West Indies Port of Spain 1998/99 Test 1448
SV Carlisle (Zimb) won v Bangladesh Chittagong (MAA) 2001/02 Test 1568
Habibul Bashar (Bang) lost v Zimbabwe Harare 2003/04 Test 1683
Habibul Bashar (Bang) lost v Zimbabwe Harare 2003/04 Test 1683
T Taibu (Zimb) lost v Sri Lanka Harare 2004 Test 1698
Younis Khan (Pak) lost v West Indies Bridgetown 2005 Test 1752
V Sehwag (India) won v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 2005/06 Test 1778

No wickets in first match as captain - Tests (qualification: only players who bowled in the match)
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
CA Walsh (WI) 0/123 drawn v England St John's 1993/94 Test 1259
DJ Nash (NZ) 0/97 drawn v South Africa Auckland 1998/99 Test 1446
A Ranatunga (SL) 0/74 drawn v Australia Brisbane 1989/90 Test 1131
Intikhab Alam (Pak) 0/69 drawn v New Zealand Karachi 1969/70 Test 662
J Ryder (Aust) 0/66 lost v England Brisbane (Exhib.) 1928/29 Test 176
WR Hammond (Eng) 0/59 drawn v Australia Nottingham 1938 Test 263
BA Murphy (Zimb) 0/59 drawn v Bangladesh Dhaka 2001/02 Test 1566
Khaled Mahmud (Bang) 0/56 lost v South Africa Chittagong (MAA) 2003 Test 1640
CL Hooper (WI) 0/44 drawn v South Africa Georgetown 2000/01 Test 1534
WJ Cronje (SAf) 0/41 lost v Australia Adelaide 1993/94 Test 1246
SJ Snooke (SAf) 0/38 won v England Johannesburg 1909/10 Test 106
RB Simpson (Aust) 0/31 won v South Africa Melbourne 1963/64 Test 549
ML Page (NZ) 0/27 lost v South Africa Christchurch 1931/32 Test 217
S Chanderpaul (WI) 0/25 drawn v South Africa Georgetown 2004/05 Test 1745
VS Hazare (India) 0/24 drawn v England Delhi 1951/52 Test 339
AR Border (Aust) 0/24 lost v West Indies Adelaide 1984/85 Test 1002
RS Grant (WI) 0/23 lost v England Lord's 1939 Test 272
MD Crowe (NZ) 0/22 lost v Pakistan Karachi 1990/91 Test 1151
A Shaw (Eng) 0/21 drawn v Australia Melbourne 1881/82 Test 5
CS Cowdrey (Eng) 0/21 lost v West Indies Leeds 1988 Test 1101
V Sehwag (India) 0/18 won v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 2005/06 Test 1778
WH Milton (SAf) 0/16 lost v England Cape Town 1888/89 Test 32
NJ Contractor (India) 0/16 drawn v Pakistan Mumbai (BS) 1960/61 Test 497
NWD Yardley (Eng) 0/15 lost v Australia Sydney 1946/47 Test 283
Lord Harris (Eng) 0/14 lost v Australia Melbourne 1878/79 Test 3
MA Butcher (Eng) 0/13 drawn v New Zealand Manchester 1999 Test 1457
Majid Khan (Pak) 0/12 drawn v England Lahore 1972/73 Test 715
Aamer Sohail (Pak) 0/12 drawn v South Africa Johannesburg 1997/98 Test 1400
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 0/12 won v Australia Kandy 1999 Test 1459
GTS Stevens (Eng) 0/11 lost v South Africa Durban 1927/28 Test 172
GA Headley (WI) 0/11 drawn v England Bridgetown 1947/48 Test 293
B Warnapura (SL) 0/10 lost v England Colombo (PSS) 1981/82 Test 921
DW Gregory (Aust) 0/9 won v England Melbourne 1876/77 Test 1
HW Taylor (SAf) 0/7 lost v England Durban 1913/14 Test 130
AG Prince (SAf) 0/7 lost v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 2006 Test 1810
P Roy (India) 0/4 lost v England Lord's 1959 Test 475
JV Coney (NZ) 0/4 lost v Pakistan Lahore 1984/85 Test 998
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 0/3 drawn v India Bangalore 1983/84 Test 961
K Srikkanth (India) 0/2 drawn v Pakistan Karachi 1989/90 Test 1127
TP Horan (Aust) 0/0 lost v England Melbourne 1884/85 Test 18
IVA Richards (WI) 0/0 drawn v England Leeds 1980 Test 884

A duck in first match as captain - ODIs
Player Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
Harilal Shah (EAf) lost v New Zealand Birmingham 1975 ODI 20
APB Tennekoon (SL) lost v West Indies Manchester 1975 ODI 22
Gazi Ashraf (Bang) lost v Pakistan Moratuwa 1985/86 ODI 375
SM Pollock (SAf) lost v Pakistan Sharjah 1999/00 ODI 1582
RR Sarwan (WI) lost v England Georgetown 2003/04 ODI 2118
RW Staple (USA) lost v New Zealand The Oval 2004 ODI 2169
Rajin Saleh (Bang) lost v South Africa Birmingham 2004 ODI 2171

No wickets in first match as captain - ODIs (qualification: only players who bowled in the match)
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
RB Simpson (Aust) 0/65 lost v West Indies St John's 1977/78 ODI 48
Waqar Younis (Pak) 0/65 lost v West Indies Sharjah 1993/94 ODI 845
DT Johnston (Ire) 0/59 lost v England Belfast 2006 ODI 2383
DB Kotze (Namib) 0/56 lost v Zimbabwe Harare 2002/03 ODI 1943
RR Watson (Scot) 0/54 lost v Pakistan Edinburgh 2006 ODI 2387
Minhajul Abedin (Bang) 0/43 lost v India Chandigarh 1990/91 ODI 657
GR Larsen (NZ) 0/42 lost v Australia Sharjah 1993/94 ODI 907
S Venkataraghavan (India) 0/41 lost v England Lord's 1975 ODI 19
Naimur Rahman (Bang) 0/40 lost v England Nairobi (Gym) 2000/01 ODI 1632
HH Streak (Zimb) 0/38 lost v New Zealand Harare 2000/01 ODI 1627
GW Flower (Zimb) 0/38 lost v West Indies Harare 2001 ODI 1727
Wasim Akram (Pak) 0/34 won v Zimbabwe Sharjah 1992/93 ODI 796
P Utseya (Zimb) 0/34 won v Bangladesh Harare 2006 ODI 2392
A Flintoff (Eng) 0/31 lost v India Delhi 2005/06 ODI 2357
IVA Richards (WI) 0/28 lost v England Lord's 1980 ODI 90
GJ Whittall (Zimb) 0/28 lost v India Bulawayo 2001 ODI 1730
N Gifford (Eng) 0/27 lost v Australia Sharjah 1984/85 ODI 322
K Srikkanth (India) 0/27 lost v West Indies Sharjah 1989/90 ODI 569
RGD Willis (Eng) 0/25 won v Pakistan The Oval 1978 ODI 51
CD McMillan (NZ) 0/25 lost v Sri Lanka Sharjah 2000/01 ODI 1705
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak) 0/24 lost v England Karachi 1983/84 ODI 256
N Boje (SAf) 0/23 won v Zimbabwe Port Elizabeth 2004/05 ODI 2233
DB Close (Eng) 0/21 won v Australia Manchester 1972 ODI 2
CL Hooper (WI) 0/21 lost v Pakistan Sydney 1996/97 ODI 1163
BA Murphy (Zimb) 0/21 lost v Sri Lanka Sharjah 2001/02 ODI 1765
DS de Silva (SL) 0/20 lost v New Zealand Dunedin 1982/83 ODI 186
GC Smith (SAf) 0/20 lost v India Dhaka 2003 ODI 2002
T Taibu (Zimb) 0/19 lost v Sri Lanka Bulawayo 2004 ODI 2119
AR Border (Aust) 0/18 lost v West Indies Melbourne 1984/85 ODI 282
CEB Rice (SAf) 0/14 lost v India Kolkata 1991/92 ODI 686
SC Ganguly (India) 0/12 lost v West Indies Singapore 1999 ODI 1494
GP Howarth (NZ) 0/9 won v West Indies Christchurch 1979/80 ODI 88
TM Odoyo (Kenya) 0/9 noresult v Zimbabwe Harare 2002/03 ODI 1913
MP Vaughan (Eng) 0/9 lost v Pakistan Manchester 2003 ODI 2025

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1814: England v Pakistan at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 17-20, 2006
• ODI # 2418: South Africa v Zimbabwe at East London, 2nd ODI, Sep 18, 2006


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