Performances as captain
In the third of five stats analysis pieces, we take a look at the leadership factor. From our list of 20 players, just who were successful captains? And should that factor have a bearing on who the is greatest allrounder?
Cricinfo staff
22-Feb-2007
In the third of five stats analysis pieces, we take a look at the leadership factor. From our list of 20 players, just who were successful captains? And should that factor have a bearing on who the is greatest allrounder? Here are their captaincy records, ordered by percentage of matches won, to help you decide:
| player | mats |
won |
lost |
drawn |
tied |
win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Shastri | 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100.0000 |
| AC Gilchrist | 6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
66.6667 |
| SM Pollock | 26 |
14 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
53.8462 |
| MA Noble | 15 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
53.3333 |
| Wasim Akram | 25 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
48.0000 |
| R Benaud | 28 |
12 |
4 |
11 |
1 |
42.8571 |
| Imran Khan | 48 |
14 |
8 |
26 |
0 |
29.1667 |
| GS Sobers | 39 |
9 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
23.0769 |
| AW Greig | 14 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
21.4286 |
| A Flintoff | 11 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
18.1818 |
| N Kapil Dev | 34 |
4 |
7 |
22 |
1 |
11.7647 |
| IT Botham | 12 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
00.0000 |
| JH Kallis | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
00.0000 |
| MH Mankad | 6 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
00.0000 |
| player | mats |
won |
lost |
nr |
tie |
win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JH Kallis | 3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100.0000 |
| AC Gilchrist | 15 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
73.3333 |
| SM Pollock | 97 |
60 |
33 |
1 |
3 |
61.8557 |
| Wasim Akram | 109 |
66 |
41 |
0 |
2 |
60.5505 |
| N Kapil Dev | 74 |
40 |
32 |
2 |
0 |
54.0541 |
| Imran Khan | 139 |
75 |
59 |
4 |
1 |
53.9568 |
| IT Botham | 9 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
44.4444 |
| RJ Shastri | 11 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
36.3636 |
| A Flintoff | 14 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
28.5714 |
| APE Knott | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
00.0000 |
| AW Greig | 2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
00.0000 |
Please note - all stats up to date as of 23/2/07.