List of England Cricket Captains - Men's Test Match Captains

Men's Test Match Captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the England cricket team for at least one Test match. It has been updated to the end of the Test series against Australia in January 2011. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

English Test match captains
Number	Name	Year	Report	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	James Lillywhite	1876/7	Report	Australia	Australia	2	1	1	0
2	Lord Harris	1878/9	Report	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
		1880	Report	Australia	England	1	1	0	0
		1884	Report	Australia	England	2	1	0	1
		Total				4	2	1	1
3	Alfred Shaw	1881/2	Report	Australia	Australia	4	0	2	2
4	A N Hornby	1882	Report	Australia	England	1	0	1	0
		1884 †	Report	Australia	England	1	0	0	1
		Total				2	0	1	1
5	Honourable Ivo Bligh	1882/3	Report	Australia	Australia	4	2	2	0
6	Arthur Shrewsbury	1884/5	Report	Australia	Australia	5	3	2	0
		1886/7	Report	Australia	Australia	2	2	0	0
		Total				7	5	2	0
7	Allan Steel	1886	Report	Australia	England	3	3	0	0
		1888†	Report	Australia	England	1	0	1	0
		Total				4	3	1	0
8	Walter Read	1887/8	Report	Australia	Australia	1	1	0	0
		1891/2	Report	South Africa	South Africa	1	1	0	0
		Total				2	2	0	0
9	W G Grace	1888	Report	Australia	England	2	2	0	0
		1890	Report	Australia	England	2	2	0	0
		1891/2	Report	Australia	Australia	3	1	2	0
		1893	Report	Australia	England	2	1	0	1
		1896	Report	Australia	England	3	2	1	0
		1899†	Report	Australia	England	1	0	0	1
		Total				13	8	3	2
10	C. Aubrey Smith	1888/9	Report	South Africa	South Africa	1	1	0	0
11	Monty Bowden	1888/9†	Report	South Africa	South Africa	1	1	0	0
12	Andrew Stoddart	1893†	Report	Australia	England	1	0	0	1
		1894/5	Report	Australia	Australia	5	3	2	0
		1897/8	Report	Australia	Australia	2	0	2	0
		Total				8	3	4	1
13	Sir Tim O'Brien	1895/6†	Report	South Africa	South Africa	1	1	0	0
14	Lord Hawke	1895/6	Report	South Africa	South Africa	2	2	0	0
		1898/9	Report	South Africa	South Africa	2	2	0	0
		Total				4	4	0	0
15	Archie MacLaren	1897/8†	Report	Australia	Australia	3	1	2	0
		1899	Report	Australia	England	4	0	1	3
		1901/2		Australia	Australia	5	1	0	4
		1902	Report	Australia	England	5	1	2	2
		1909		Australia	England	5	1	2	2
		Total				22	4	7	11
16	Plum Warner	1903/4	Report	Australia	Australia	5	3	2	0
		1905/6		South Africa	South Africa	5	1	4	0
		Total				10	4	6	0
17	Honourable Stanley Jackson	1905		Australia	England	5	2	0	3
18	Tip Foster	1907		South Africa	South Africa	3	1	0	2
19	Frederick Fane	1907/8†		Australia	Australia	3	1	2	0
		1909/10†		South Africa	South Africa	2	1	1	0
		Total				5	2	3	0
20	Arthur Jones	1907/8		Australia	Australia	2	0	2	0
21	H D G Leveson-Gower	1909/10		South Africa	South Africa	3	1	2	0
22	Johnny Douglas	1911/2		Australia	Australia	5	4	1	0
		1913/4		South Africa	South Africa	5	4	0	1
		1920/1		Australia	Australia	5	0	5	0
		1921†		Australia	England	2	0	2	0
		1924†		South Africa	England	1	0	0	1
		Total				18	8	8	2
23	C B Fry	1912	Report	South Africa	England	3	3	0	0
		1912	Report	Australia	England	3	1	0	2
		Total				6	4	0	2
24	Honourable Lionel Tennyson	1921		Australia	England	3	0	1	2
25	Frank Mann	1922/3		South Africa	South Africa	5	2	1	2
26	Arthur Gilligan	1924		South Africa	England	4	3	0	1
		1924/5		Australia	Australia	5	1	4	0
		Total				9	4	4	1
27	Arthur Carr	1926		Australia	England	4	0	0	4
		1929†		South Africa	England	2	1	0	1
		Total				6	1	0	5
28	Percy Chapman	1926†		Australia	England	1	1	0	0
		1928		West Indies	England	3	3	0	0
		1928/9		Australia	Australia	4	4	0	0
		1930		Australia	England	4	1	1	2
		1930/1		South Africa	South Africa	5	0	1	4
		Total				17	9	2	6
29	Rony Stanyforth	1927/8		South Africa	South Africa	4	2	1	1
30	Greville Stevens	1927/8†		South Africa	South Africa	1	0	1	0
31	Jack White	1928/9†		Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
		1929		South Africa	England	3	1	0	2
		Total				4	1	1	2
32	Harold Gilligan	1929/30		New Zealand	New Zealand	4	1	0	3
33	Honourable Freddie Calthorpe	1929/30		West Indies	West Indies	4	1	1	2
34	Bob Wyatt	1930†		Australia	England	1	0	1	0
		1932/3†		New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		1933†		West Indies	England	1	0	0	1
		1934		Australia	England	4	1	1	2
		1934/5		West Indies	West Indies	4	1	2	1
		1935		South Africa	England	5	0	1	4
		Total				16	3	5	8
35	Douglas Jardine	1931		New Zealand	England	3	1	0	2
		1932		India	England	1	1	0	0
		1932/3	Report	Australia	Australia	5	4	1	0
		1932/3		New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		1933		West Indies	England	2	1	0	1
		1933/4		India	India	3	2	0	1
		Total				15	9	1	5
36	Cyril Walters	1934†		Australia	England	1	0	1	0
37	Gubby Allen	1936		India	England	3	2	0	1
		1936/7		Australia	Australia	5	2	3	0
		1947/8		West Indies	West Indies	3	0	2	1
		Total				11	4	5	2
38	Walter Robins	1937		New Zealand	England	3	1	0	2
39	Wally Hammond	1938		Australia	England	4	1	1	2
		1938/9		South Africa	South Africa	5	1	0	4
		1939		West Indies	England	3	1	0	2
		1946		India	England	3	1	0	2
		1946/7		Australia	Australia	4	0	2	2
		1946/7		New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		Total				20	4	3	13
40	Norman Yardley	1946/7†		Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
		1947		South Africa	England	5	3	0	2
		1948		Australia	England	5	0	4	1
		1950		West Indies	England	3	1	2	0
		Total				14	4	7	3
41	Ken Cranston	1947/8†		West Indies	West Indies	1	0	0	1
42	George Mann	1948/9		South Africa	South Africa	5	2	0	3
		1949		New Zealand	England	2	0	0	2
		Total				7	2	0	5
43	Freddie Brown	1949†		New Zealand	England	2	0	0	2
		1950†		West Indies	England	1	0	1	0
		1950/1		Australia	Australia	5	1	4	0
		1950/1		New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1951		South Africa	England	5	3	1	1
		Total				15	5	6	4
44	Nigel Howard	1951/2		India	India	4	1	0	3
45	Donald Carr	1951/2†		India	India	1	0	1	0
46	Len Hutton	1952		India	England	4	3	0	1
		1953		Australia	England	5	1	0	4
		1953/4	Report	West Indies	West Indies	5	2	2	1
		1954		Pakistan	England	2	0	1	1
		1954/5		Australia	Australia	5	3	1	1
		1954/5		New Zealand	New Zealand	2	2	0	0
		Total				23	11	4	8
47	David Sheppard	1954†		Pakistan	Pakistan	2	1	0	1
48	Peter May	1955		South Africa	England	5	3	2	0
		1956		Australia	England	5	2	1	2
		1956/7		South Africa	South Africa	5	2	2	1
		1957		West Indies	England	5	3	0	2
		1958		New Zealand	England	5	4	0	1
		1958/9		Australia	Australia	5	0	4	1
		1958/9		New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1959		India	England	3	3	0	0
		1959/60		West Indies	West Indies	3	1	0	2
		1961		Australia	England	3	1	1	1
		Total				41	20	10	11
49	Colin Cowdrey	1959†		India	England	2	2	0	0
		1959/1960†		West Indies	West Indies	2	0	0	2
		1960		South Africa	England	5	3	0	2
		1961†		Australia	England	2	0	1	1
		1962†		Pakistan	England	1	1	0	0
		1966		West Indies	England	3	0	2	1
		1967/8		West Indies	West Indies	5	1	0	4
		1968		Australia	England	4	1	1	2
		1968/9		Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	0	3
		Total				27	8	4	15
50	Ted Dexter	1961/2		Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	0	2
		1961/2		India	India	5	0	2	3
		1962		Pakistan	England	4	3	0	1
		1962/3		Australia	Australia	5	1	1	3
		1962/3		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	3	0	0
		1963		West Indies	England	5	1	3	1
		1964		Australia	England	5	0	1	4
		Total				30	9	7	14
51	M. J. K. Smith	1963/4		India	India	5	0	0	5
		1964/5		South Africa	South Africa	5	1	0	4
		1965		New Zealand	England	3	3	0	0
		1965		South Africa	England	3	0	1	2
		1965/6		Australia	Australia	5	1	1	3
		1965/6		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	0	3
		1966†		West Indies	England	1	0	1	0
		Total				25	5	3	17
52	Brian Close	1966†		West Indies	England	1	1	0	0
		1967		India	England	3	3	0	0
		1967		Pakistan	England	3	2	0	1
		Total				7	6	0	1
53	Tom Graveney	1968†		Australia	England	1	0	0	1
54	Ray Illingworth	1969		West Indies	England	3	2	0	1
		1969		New Zealand	England	3	2	0	1
		1970/1		Australia	Australia	6	2	0	4
		1970/1		New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1971		Pakistan	England	3	1	0	2
		1971		India	England	3	0	1	2
		1972		Australia	England	5	2	2	1
		1973		New Zealand	England	3	2	0	1
		1973		West Indies	England	3	0	2	1
		Total				31	12	5	14
55	Tony Lewis	1972/3		India	India	5	1	2	2
		1972/3		Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	0	3
		Total				8	1	2	5
56	Mike Denness	1973/4		West Indies	West Indies	5	1	1	3
		1974		India	England	3	3	0	0
		1974		Pakistan	England	3	0	0	3
		1974/5		Australia	Australia	5	1	3	1
		1974/5		New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1975†		Australia	England	1	0	1	0
		Total				19	6	5	8
57	John Edrich	1974/5†		Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
58	Tony Greig	1975		Australia	England	3	0	0	3
		1976		West Indies	England	5	0	3	2
		1976/7		India	India	5	3	1	1
		1976/7		Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total				14	3	5	6
59	Mike Brearley	1977		Australia	England	5	3	0	2
		1977/8		Pakistan	Pakistan	2	0	0	2
		1978		Pakistan	England	3	2	0	1
		1978		New Zealand	England	3	3	0	0
		1978/9		Australia	Australia	6	5	1	0
		1979		India	England	4	1	0	3
		1979/80		Australia	Australia	3	0	3	0
		1979/80		India	India	1	1	0	0
		1981		Australia	England	4	3	0	1
		Total				31	18	4	9
60	Geoffrey Boycott	1977/8†		Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
		1977/8		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		Total				4	1	1	2
61	Ian Botham	1980		West Indies	England	5	0	1	4
		1980		Australia	England	1	0	0	1
		1980/1		West Indies	West Indies	4	0	2	2
		1981†		Australia	England	2	0	1	1
		Total				12	0	4	8
62	Keith Fletcher	1981/2		India	India	6	0	1	5
		1981/2		Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0
		Total				7	1	1	5
63	Bob Willis	1982		India	England	3	1	0	2
		1982		Pakistan	England	2	2	0	0
		1982/3		Australia	Australia	5	1	2	2
		1983		New Zealand	England	4	3	1	0
		1983/4		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	1	2
		1983/4†		Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	1	0
		Total				18	7	5	6
64	David Gower	1982†		Pakistan	England	1	0	1	0
		1983/4		Pakistan	Pakistan	2	0	0	2
		1984		West Indies	England	5	0	5	0
		1984		Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1
		1984/5		India	India	5	2	1	2
		1985		Australia	England	6	3	1	2
		1985/6		West Indies	West Indies	5	0	5	0
		1986†		India	England	1	0	1	0
		1989		Australia	England	6	0	4	2
		Total				32	5	18	9
65	Mike Gatting	1986		India	England	2	0	1	1
		1986		New Zealand	England	3	0	1	2
		1986/7		Australia	Australia	5	2	1	2
		1987		Pakistan	England	5	0	1	4
		1987/8		Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	1	2
		1987/8		Australia	Australia	1	0	0	1
		1987/8		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	0	3
		1988†		West Indies	England	1	0	0	1
		Total				23	2	5	16
66	John Emburey	1988		West Indies	England	2	0	2	0
67	Chris Cowdrey	1988†		West Indies	England	1	0	1	0
68	Graham Gooch	1988†		West Indies	England	1	0	1	0
		1988		Sri Lanka	England	1	1	0	0
		1989/90		West Indies	West Indies	2	1	0	1
		1990		New Zealand	England	3	1	0	2
		1990		India	England	3	1	0	2
		1990/1		Australia	Australia	4	0	2	2
		1991		West Indies	England	5	2	2	1
		1991		Sri Lanka	England	1	1	0	0
		1991/2		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	2	0	1
		1992		Pakistan	England	5	1	2	2
		1992/3		India	India	2	0	2	0
		1993		Australia	England	4	0	3	1
		Total				34	10	12	12
69	Allan Lamb	1989/90†		West Indies	West Indies	2	0	2	0
		1990/1†		Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total				3	0	3	0
70	Alec Stewart	1992/3†		India	India	1	0	1	0
		1992/3		Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0
		1998		South Africa	England	5	2	1	2
		1998		Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0
		1998/9		Australia	Australia	5	1	3	1
		2000†		West Indies	England	1	1	0	0
		2001†		Pakistan	England	1	0	1	0
		Total				15	4	8	3
71	Michael Atherton	1993†		Australia	England	2	1	1	0
		1993/4		West Indies	West Indies	5	1	3	1
		1994		New Zealand	England	3	1	0	2
		1994		South Africa	England	3	1	1	1
		1994/5		Australia	Australia	5	1	3	1
		1995		West Indies	England	6	2	2	2
		1995/6		South Africa	South Africa	5	0	1	4
		1996		India	England	3	1	0	2
		1996		Pakistan	England	3	0	2	1
		1996/7		Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2
		1996/7		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	2	0	1
		1997		Australia	England	6	2	3	1
		1997/8		West Indies	West Indies	6	1	3	2
		2001†		Australia	England	2	0	2	0
		Total				54	13	21	20
72	Nasser Hussain	1999		New Zealand	England	3	1	2	0
		1999/2000		South Africa	South Africa	5	1	2	2
		2000		Zimbabwe	England	2	1	0	1
		2000		West Indies	England	4	2	1	1
		2000/1		Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	0	2
		2000/1		Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0
		2001		Pakistan	England	1	1	0	0
		2001		Australia	England	3	1	2	0
		2001/2		India	India	3	0	1	2
		2001/2		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		2002		Sri Lanka	England	3	2	0	1
		2002		India	England	4	1	1	2
		2002/3	Report	Australia	Australia	5	1	4	0
		2003		Zimbabwe	England	2	2	0	0
		2003		South Africa	England	1	0	0	1
		Total				45	17	15	13
73	Mark Butcher	1999†		New Zealand	England	1	0	0	1
74	Michael Vaughan	2003		South Africa	England	4	2	2	0
		2003/4		Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
		2003/4		Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2
		2003/4		West Indies	West Indies	4	3	0	1
		2004		New Zealand	England	2	2	0	0
		2004		West Indies	England	4	4	0	0
		2004/5		South Africa	South Africa	5	2	1	2
		2005	Report	Bangladesh	England	2	2	0	0
		2005	Report	Australia	England	5	2	1	2
		2005/6	Report	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	0	1	1
		2007	Report	West Indies	England	3	3	0	0
		2007	Report	India	England	3	0	1	2
		2007		Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2
		2008		New Zealand	New Zealand	3	2	1	0
		2008		New Zealand	England	3	2	0	1
		2008		South Africa	England	3	0	2	1
		Total				51	26	11	14
75	Marcus Trescothick	2004†		New Zealand	England	1	1	0	0
		2005/6†	Report	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	1	0
		Total				2	1	1	0
76	Andrew Flintoff	2006	Report	India	India	3	1	1	1
		2006		Sri Lanka	England	3	1	1	1
		2006/7	Report	Australia	Australia	5	0	5	0
		Total				11	2	7	2
77	Andrew Strauss	2006	Report	Pakistan	England	4	3	0	1
		2007†	Report	West Indies	England	1	0	0	1
		2008/9	Report	West Indies	West Indies	5	0	1	4
		2009	Report	West Indies	England	2	2	0	0
		2009	Report	Australia	England	5	2	1	2
		2009	Report	South Africa	South Africa	4	1	1	2
		2010	Report	Bangladesh	England	2	2	0	0
		2010	Report	Pakistan	England	4	3	1	0
		2010/11	Report	Australia	Australia	5	3	1	1
		2011	Report	Sri Lanka	England	3	1	0	2
		2011	Report	India	England	4	4	0	0
		2012	Report	Pakistan	U.A.E.	3	0	3	0
		2012	Report	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0
		2012	Report	West Indies	England	3	2	0	1
		Total				47	24	9	14
78	Kevin Pietersen	2008		South Africa	England	1	1	0	0
		2008/9		India	India	2	0	1	1
		Total				3	1	1	1
79	Alastair Cook	2010	Report	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
Grand total						920	327	265	328

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