List of captains
Player Span Mat Won Lost Tied Draw W/L %W %L
James Lillywhite 1877-1877 2 1 1 0 0 1.00 50 50
Lord Harris 1879-1884 4 2 1 0 1 2.00 50 25
A Shaw 1881-1882 4 0 2 0 2 0.00 0 50
AN Hornby 1882-1884 2 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 50
Hon.IFW Bligh 1882-1883 4 2 2 0 0 1.00 50 50
A Shrewsbury 1884-1887 7 5 2 0 0 2.50 71.42 28.57
AG Steel 1886-1888 4 3 1 0 0 3.00 75 25
WW Read 1888-1892 2 2 0 0 0 - 100 0
WG Grace 1888-1899 13 8 3 0 2 2.66 61.53 23.07
CA Smith 1889-1889 1 1 0 0 0 - 100 0
MP Bowden 1889-1889 1 1 0 0 0 - 100 0
AE Stoddart 1893-1898 8 3 4 0 1 0.75 37.5 50
Sir TC O'Brien 1896-1896 1 1 0 0 0 - 100 0
Lord Hawke 1896-1899 4 4 0 0 0 - 100 0
AC MacLaren 1897-1909 22 4 11 0 7 0.36 18.18 50
PF Warner 1903-1906 10 4 6 0 0 0.66 40 60
Hon.FS Jackson 1905-1905 5 2 0 0 3 - 40 0
RE Foster 1907-1907 3 1 0 0 2 - 33.33 0
FL Fane 1907-1910 5 2 3 0 0 0.66 40 60
AO Jones 1908-1908 2 0 2 0 0 0.00 0 100
HDG Leveson Gower 1910-1910 3 1 2 0 0 0.50 33.33 66.66
JWHT Douglas 1911-1924 18 8 8 0 2 1.00 44.44 44.44
CB Fry 1912-1912 6 4 0 0 2 - 66.66 0
Hon.LH Tennyson 1921-1921 3 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 33.33
FT Mann 1922-1923 5 2 1 0 2 2.00 40 20
AER Gilligan 1924-1925 9 4 4 0 1 1.00 44.44 44.44
AW Carr 1926-1929 6 1 0 0 5 - 16.66 0
APF Chapman 1926-1931 17 9 2 0 6 4.50 52.94 11.76
RT Stanyforth 1927-1928 4 2 1 0 1 2.00 50 25
GTS Stevens 1928-1928 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 0 100
JC White 1929-1929 4 1 1 0 2 1.00 25 25
AHH Gilligan 1930-1930 4 1 0 0 3 - 25 0
Hon.FSG Calthorpe 1930-1930 4 1 1 0 2 1.00 25 25
RES Wyatt 1930-1935 16 3 5 0 8 0.60 18.75 31.25
DR Jardine 1931-1934 15 9 1 0 5 9.00 60 6.66
CF Walters 1934-1934 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 0 100
GOB Allen 1936-1948 11 4 5 0 2 0.80 36.36 45.45
RWV Robins 1937-1937 3 1 0 0 2 - 33.33 0
WR Hammond 1938-1947 20 4 3 0 13 1.33 20 15
NWD Yardley 1947-1950 14 4 7 0 3 0.57 28.57 50
K Cranston 1948-1948 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0 0
FG Mann 1948-1949 7 2 0 0 5 - 28.57 0
FR Brown 1949-1951 15 5 6 0 4 0.83 33.33 40
ND Howard 1951-1952 4 1 0 0 3 - 25 0
DB Carr 1952-1952 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 0 100
L Hutton 1952-1955 23 11 4 0 8 2.75 47.82 17.39
DS Sheppard 1954-1954 2 1 0 0 1 - 50 0
PBH May 1955-1961 41 20 10 0 11 2.00 48.78 24.39
MC Cowdrey 1959-1969 27 8 4 0 15 2.00 29.62 14.81
ER Dexter 1961-1964 30 9 7 0 14 1.28 30 23.33
MJK Smith 1964-1966 25 5 3 0 17 1.66 20 12
DB Close 1966-1967 7 6 0 0 1 - 85.71 0
TW Graveney 1968-1968 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0 0
R Illingworth 1969-1973 31 12 5 0 14 2.40 38.7 16.12
AR Lewis 1972-1973 8 1 2 0 5 0.50 12.5 25
MH Denness 1974-1975 19 6 5 0 8 1.20 31.57 26.31
JH Edrich 1975-1975 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 0 100
AW Greig 1975-1977 14 3 5 0 6 0.60 21.42 35.71
JM Brearley 1977-1981 31 18 4 0 9 4.50 58.06 12.9
G Boycott 1978-1978 4 1 1 0 2 1.00 25 25
IT Botham 1980-1981 12 0 4 0 8 0.00 0 33.33
KWR Fletcher 1981-1982 7 1 1 0 5 1.00 14.28 14.28
RGD Willis 1982-1984 18 7 5 0 6 1.40 38.88 27.77
DI Gower 1982-1989 32 5 18 0 9 0.27 15.62 56.25
MW Gatting 1986-1988 23 2 5 0 16 0.40 8.69 21.73
JE Emburey 1988-1988 2 0 2 0 0 0.00 0 100
CS Cowdrey 1988-1988 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 0 100
GA Gooch 1988-1993 34 10 12 0 12 0.83 29.41 35.29
AJ Lamb 1990-1990 3 0 3 0 0 0.00 0 100
AJ Stewart 1993-2001 15 4 8 0 3 0.50 26.66 53.33
MA Atherton 1993-2001 54 13 21 0 20 0.61 24.07 38.88
N Hussain 1999-2003 45 17 15 0 13 1.13 37.77 33.33
MA Butcher 1999-1999 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0 0
MP Vaughan 2003-2008 51 26 11 0 14 2.36 50.98 21.56
ME Trescothick 2004-2005 2 1 1 0 0 1.00 50 50
A Flintoff 2006-2007 11 2 7 0 2 0.28 18.18 63.63
AJ Strauss 2006-2012 50 24 11 0 15 2.18 48 22
KP Pietersen 2008-2008 3 1 1 0 1 1.00 33.33 33.33
AN Cook 2010-2016 59 24 22 0 13 1.09 40.67 37.28
JE Root 2017-2022 64 27 26 0 11 1.03 42.18 40.62
BA Stokes 2020-2023 13 10 3 0 0 3.33 76.92 23.07
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
New Zealand v England at Wellington, 2nd Test, Feb 24-28, 2023 [Test # 2494]
New Zealand v England at Mount Maunganui, 1st Test, Feb 16-19, 2023 [Test # 2492]
Pakistan v England at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 17-20, 2022 [Test # 2483]
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