Individual List Captains

Cricket in Test matches

List of captains

Player	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	%NR	%
L Amarnath (IND)	1952-1952	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	66.66
L Hutton (ENG)	1954-1954	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1954-1954	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1955	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1955	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
FCM Alexander (WI)	1958-1959	8	4	3	0	1	0	1.33	50.00	37.50	0.00	57.14
R Benaud (AUS)	1959-1959	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	100.00
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1961	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	7	4	0	0	3	0	-	57.14	0.00	0.00	100.00
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1962-1969	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1964	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1965-1965	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
DB Close (ENG)	1967-1967	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	100.00
GT Dowling (NZ)	1969-1969	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0.00	0.00	100.00
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0.00	0.00	100.00
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1973	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1973	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
AR Lewis (ENG)	1973-1973	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1974	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1975-1981	11	3	1	0	7	0	3.00	27.27	9.09	0.00	75.00
GM Turner (NZ)	1976-1976	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
JM Parker (NZ)	1976-1976	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1976-1981	9	3	3	0	3	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	0.00	50.00
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1978	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
G Boycott (ENG)	1978-1978	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1978	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
MG Burgess (NZ)	1979-1979	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1984	9	3	3	0	3	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	0.00	50.00
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1984	13	2	3	0	8	0	0.66	15.38	23.07	0.00	40.00
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1980	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
B Warnapura (SL)	1982-1982	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1986	7	1	3	0	3	0	0.33	14.28	42.85	0.00	25.00
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1984	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	0.00	66.66
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1984	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1987	8	0	1	0	7	0	0.00	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00
JV Coney (NZ)	1984-1984	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
GP Howarth (NZ)	1985-1985	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	100.00
IVA Richards (WI)	1986-1988	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	66.66
MW Gatting (ENG)	1987-1987	8	0	2	0	6	0	0.00	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
CG Greenidge (WI)	1988-1988	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
AR Border (AUS)	1988-1990	6	1	1	0	4	0	1.00	16.66	16.66	0.00	50.00
JG Wright (NZ)	1989-1989	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
K Srikkanth (IND)	1989-1989	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
MD Crowe (NZ)	1990-1990	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
DL Haynes (WI)	1990-1990	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	0.00	50.00
PA de Silva (SL)	1991-1999	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
GA Gooch (ENG)	1992-1992	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	0.00	33.33
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1993-1994	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.33	25.00	75.00	0.00	25.00
RB Richardson (WI)	1993-1993	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	100.00
A Flower (ZIM)	1993-1995	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.25	16.66	66.66	0.00	20.00
A Ranatunga (SL)	1994-1997	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.66	28.57	42.85	0.00	40.00
MA Taylor (AUS)	1994-1998	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.50	33.33	22.22	0.00	60.00
WJ Cronje (SA)	1995-1998	6	3	1	0	2	0	3.00	50.00	16.66	0.00	75.00
LK Germon (NZ)	1995-1996	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	0.00	33.33
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1996	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-2002	8	1	4	0	3	0	0.25	12.50	50.00	0.00	20.00
CA Walsh (WI)	1997-1997	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
M Azharuddin (IND)	1999-1999	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	0.00	33.33
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1999-1999	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2002	6	6	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2002	7	3	3	0	1	0	1.00	42.85	42.85	0.00	50.00
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0.00	0.00	100.00
N Hussain (ENG)	2000-2001	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
SP Fleming (NZ)	2001-2003	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.33	16.66	50.00	0.00	25.00
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2002-2002	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
CL Hooper (WI)	2002-2002	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
SM Pollock (SA)	2002-2003	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
Khaled Mahmud (BAN)	2003-2003	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2013	14	7	3	0	4	0	2.33	50.00	21.42	0.00	70.00
R Dravid (IND)	2004-2006	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	0.00	33.33
SC Ganguly (IND)	2004-2005	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	0.00	66.66
MS Atapattu (SL)	2004-2004	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	50.00
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2010	8	7	1	0	0	0	7.00	87.50	12.50	0.00	87.50
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2005-2005	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	50.00
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2005-2005	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2005-2005	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2012	7	1	1	0	5	0	1.00	14.28	14.28	0.00	50.00
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	11	6	4	0	1	0	1.50	54.54	36.36	0.00	60.00
BC Lara (WI)	2006-2006	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
A Kumble (IND)	2007-2007	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0.00	0.00	100.00
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2009-2009	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	100.00
DL Vettori (NZ)	2009-2011	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	0.00	33.33
DJG Sammy (WI)	2011-2011	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	50.00
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2011-2021	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.33	25.00	75.00	0.00	25.00
TM Dilshan (SL)	2011-2011	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2011-2015	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	75.00	0.00	0.00
H Masakadza (ZIM)	2013-2013	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
AD Mathews (SL)	2013-2015	8	4	3	0	1	0	1.33	50.00	37.50	0.00	57.14
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2014-2014	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
BB McCullum (NZ)	2014-2014	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.00	33.33	33.33	0.00	50.00
AN Cook (ENG)	2015-2016	7	2	4	0	1	0	0.50	28.57	57.14	0.00	33.33
JO Holder (WI)	2016-2017	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	0.00	33.33
KS Williamson (NZ)	2016-2021	7	6	1	0	0	0	6.00	85.71	14.28	0.00	85.71
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2017	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
LD Chandimal (SL)	2017-2017	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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