Individual Most Matches As Captain

Cricket Records for Australia vs South Africa in Test matches

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
GC Smith (SA)	2005-2014	18	5	10	0	3	0	0.50	27.77	55.55	0.00	16.66	0.00	33.33
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2009	12	8	3	0	1	0	2.66	66.66	25.00	0.00	8.33	0.00	72.72
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1953	10	6	2	0	2	0	3.00	60.00	20.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	75.00
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1967	9	2	4	0	3	0	0.50	22.22	44.44	0.00	33.33	0.00	33.33
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2014	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.00	37.50	37.50	0.00	25.00	0.00	50.00
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1998	7	1	4	0	2	0	0.25	14.28	57.14	0.00	28.57	0.00	20.00
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2018	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.50	71.42	28.57	0.00	0.00	0.00	71.42
AR Border (AUS)	1993-1994	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	0.00	33.33	0.00	50.00
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2018	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1998	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.00	50.00	16.66	0.00	33.33	0.00	75.00
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2002	6	5	1	0	0	0	5.00	83.33	16.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	83.33
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1932	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
JE Cheetham (SA)	1952-1953	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.00	40.00	40.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	50.00
ID Craig (AUS)	1957-1958	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60.00	0.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	100.00
TL Goddard (SA)	1963-1964	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.00	20.00	20.00	0.00	60.00	0.00	50.00
C Hill (AUS)	1910-1911	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.00	80.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	80.00
AD Nourse (SA)	1949-1950	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	80.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00
VY Richardson (AUS)	1935-1936	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80.00	0.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	100.00
PW Sherwell (SA)	1910-1911	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.25	20.00	80.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1966-1967	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.00	60.00	20.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	75.00
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	80.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00
KC Wessels (SA)	1993-1994	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	66.66
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1931-1932	5	5	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1970	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1957-1958	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	75.00	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
MV Boucher (SA)	2002-2002	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1921	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	100.00
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2022-2023	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	100.00
J Darling (AUS)	1902-1902	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	100.00
D Elgar (SA)	2022-2023	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
SE Gregory (AUS)	1912-1912	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	100.00
SM Pollock (SA)	2001-2002	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
HW Taylor (SA)	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	50.00
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
JH Anderson (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
R Benaud (AUS)	1963-1963	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-
EA Halliwell (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
DJ McGlew (SA)	1957-1957	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
HM Taberer (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-
LJ Tancred (SA)	1912-1912	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-

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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:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]