Allrounder Stats

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?

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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:

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Test match captaincy records
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



One-day international captaincy records
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.