This is a list of England cricket captains, comprising all the men, women and youths who have captained an England cricket team at official international level. The international match categories are Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I).
International cricket began in 1877 when the England men's team played in the first-ever Test match. England have played more Test matches, and had more captains, than any other team. In the 19th century, the captains for overseas tours were chosen by the promoters. The early tours were mostly organised by professionals, especially James Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury. Some amateur-led tours went abroad under Lord Harris and Lord Hawke. Home captains were selected by the home ground authority, who often favoured a local player. For over 73 years, commencing with the 1903–04 tour of Australia and ending with the Centenary Test in 1977, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organised international tours and selected the England team. On these tours, the team was called MCC in non-international matches and England in the internationals. MCC established a tradition of having amateur, rather than professional, captains. After Shrewsbury in 1886–87, there was no professional captain until Len Hutton in 1952. The amateur/professional distinction was abolished in 1962, though some former amateurs captained England after that. In 1971, Ray Illingworth captained England in their first ODI. In 1977, management of the England team was taken over by the former Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) until 1 January 1997, and from then by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). England played their first T20I in 2005 under the captaincy of Michael Vaughan.
The England Women's team made their international debut on the 1934–35 tour of Australia and New Zealand when they were captained by Betty Archdale. Women's internationals were played sporadically until the last quarter of the 20th century when ODIs became frequent. The first ODI match was played in 1973 when England Women were led by Rachael Heyhoe-Flint. England Women's first T20I was played in 2004 under the captaincy of Clare Connor.
The England under-19 cricket team began playing Test matches in 1974 and ODI matches in 1976. Their first captains were Nigel Briers and Chris Cowdrey respectively.
Men's cricket
editTest match captains
editThis is a list of cricketers who have captained the England men's team in at least one Test match. 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 for part of a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
The table of results is complete up to the third Test against Sri Lanka in September 2024.
Number | Name | Year | Report | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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1 | James Lillywhite |
1876–77 | Report | Australia | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Lord Harris |
1878–79 | 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 |
1881–82 | 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 | Hon. Ivo Bligh |
1882–83 | Report | Australia | Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
6 | Arthur Shrewsbury |
1884–85 | Report | Australia | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
1886–87 | 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 |
1887–88 | Report | Australia | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1891–92 | 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 | ||
1891–92 | 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 |
1888–89 | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Monty Bowden[a] | 1888–89† | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Andrew Stoddart |
1893† | Report | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1894–95 | Report | Australia | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
1897–98 | Report | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
13 | Sir Tim O'Brien |
1895–96† | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Lord Hawke |
1895–96 | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1898–99 | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
15 | Archie MacLaren |
1897–98† | Report | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1899 | Report | Australia | England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
1901–02 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
1902 | Report | Australia | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1909 | Australia | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | |||||
16 | Plum Warner |
1903–04 | Report | Australia | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
1905–06 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||
17 | Hon. Stanley Jackson |
1905 | Australia | England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
18 | Tip Foster |
1907 | South Africa | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
19 | Frederick Fane |
1907–08† | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
1909–10† | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
20 | Arthur Jones |
1907–08 | 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 |
1911–12[b] | Australia | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
1913–14 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
1920–21 | 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 | Hon. Lionel Tennyson |
1921 | Australia | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
25 | Frank Mann[c] |
1922–23 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
26 | Arthur Gilligan[d] |
1924 | South Africa | England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
1924–25 | 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 | |||
1928–29 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1930 | Australia | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
1930–31 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
Total | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | |||||
29 | Rony Stanyforth | 1927–28 | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
30 | Greville Stevens | 1927–28† | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
31 | Jack White | 1928–29† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1929 | South Africa | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
32 | Harold Gilligan [d] | 1929–30[e] | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
33 | Hon. Freddie Calthorpe | 1929–30[e] | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
34 | Bob Wyatt |
1930† | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1932–33† | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1933† | West Indies | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1934 | Australia | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
1934–35 | 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 | |||
1932–33 | Report | Australia | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
1932–33 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1933 | West Indies | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
1933–34 | 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 | |
1936–37 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
1947–48 | 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 | |
1938–39 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
1939 | West Indies | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1946 | India | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1946–47 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
1946–47 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |||||
40 | Norman Yardley | 1946–47† | 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 | 1947–48† | West Indies | West Indies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
42 | George Mann[c] | 1948–49 | 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 | |||
1950–51 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
1950–51 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
1951 | South Africa | England | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||||
44 | Nigel Howard | 1951–52 | India | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
45 | Donald Carr | 1951–52† | India | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
46 | Len Hutton |
1952 | India | England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
1953 | Australia | England | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
1953–54 | Report | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
1954 | Pakistan | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
1954–55 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
1954–55 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | |||||
47 | David Sheppard | 1954† | Pakistan | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
48 | Peter May | 1955 | South Africa | England | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
1956 | Australia | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
1956–57 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
1957 | West Indies | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
1958 | New Zealand | England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
1958–59 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
1958–59 | 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[f] | 1959† | India | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1959–60† | 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 | |||
1967–68 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
1968 | Australia | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
1968–69 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Total | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | |||||
50 | Ted Dexter | 1961–62 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1961–62 | India | India | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
1962 | Pakistan | England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
1962–63 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
1962–63 | 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 | 1963–64 | India | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
1964–65 | 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 | |||
1965–66 | 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[g] | 1969 | West Indies | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
1969 | New Zealand | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
1970–71[h] | Australia | Australia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
1970–71 | 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 | 1972–73 | India | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
1972–73 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
56 | Mike Denness |
1973–74 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1974 | India | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1974 | Pakistan | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
1974–75 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
1974–75 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
1975† | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |||||
57 | John Edrich | 1974–75† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
58 | Tony Greig |
1975 | Australia | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
1976 | West Indies | England | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
1976–77 | India | India | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
1976–77 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||||
59 | Mike Brearley | 1977 | Australia | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
1977–78 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
1978 | Pakistan | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
1978 | New Zealand | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1978–79 | 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 |
1977–78† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1977–78 | 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 | |||
1980–81 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
1981† | Australia | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||||
62 | Keith Fletcher | 1981–82 | India | India | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
1981–82 | 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 | |||
1982–83 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
1983 | New Zealand | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
1983–84 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1983–84† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||
64 | David Gower |
1982† | Pakistan | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1983–84 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
1984 | West Indies | England | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
1984 | Sri Lanka | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1984–85 | India | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
1985 | Australia | England | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
1985–86 | 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 | |||
1986–87 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
1987 | Pakistan | England | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
1987–88 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1987–88 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1987–88 | 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[f] | 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 | |||
1990–91 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
1991 | West Indies | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
1991 | Sri Lanka | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1991–92 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
1992 | Pakistan | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
1992–93 | 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 | |
1990–91† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
70 | Alec Stewart |
1992–93† | India | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1992–93 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1998 | South Africa | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
1998 | Sri Lanka | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1998–99 | 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 | |
1993–94 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
1994 | New Zealand | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1994 | South Africa | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
1994–95 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
1995 | West Indies | England | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
1995–96 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
1996 | India | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1996 | Pakistan | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
1996–97 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
1996–97 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
1997 | Australia | England | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
1997–98 | 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 | |||
2000–01 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
2000–01 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
2001 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2001 | Report | Australia | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2001–02 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
2001–02 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
2002 | Sri Lanka | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
2002 | India | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
2002–03 | 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 | Report | South Africa | England | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2003–04 | Report | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2003–04 | Report | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2003–04 | Report | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
2004 | Report | New Zealand | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2004 | Report | West Indies | England | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
2004–05 | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
2005 | Report | Bangladesh | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2005 | Report | Australia | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
2005–06 | Report | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2007 | Report | West Indies | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
2007 | Report | India | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2007–08 | Report | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2007–08 | Report | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
2008 | Report | New Zealand | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
2008 | Report | South Africa | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Total | 51 | 26 | 11 | 14 | |||||
75 | Marcus Trescothick |
2004† | Report | New Zealand | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2005–06† | Report | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
76 | Andrew Flintoff |
2005–06 | Report | India | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2006 | Report | Sri Lanka | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
2006–07 | 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 | ||
2008–09 | 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 | ||
2009–10 | 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 | ||
2011–12 | Report | Pakistan | UAE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | Report | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2012 | Report | West Indies | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
2012 | Report | South Africa | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Total | 50 | 24 | 11 | 15 | |||||
78 | Kevin Pietersen |
2008† | Report | South Africa | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2008–09 | Report | India | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
79 | Alastair Cook |
2009–10 | Report | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2012–13 | Report | India | India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
2012–13 | Report | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
2013 | Report | New Zealand | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2013 | Report | Australia | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
2013–14 | Report | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2014 | Report | Sri Lanka | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2014 | Report | India | England | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | Report | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
2015 | Report | New Zealand | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015 | Report | Australia | England | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Report | Pakistan | UAE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
2015–16 | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
2016 | Report | Sri Lanka | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
2016 | Report | Pakistan | England | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Report | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Report | India | India | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Total | 59 | 24 | 22 | 13 | |||||
80 | Joe Root |
2017 | Report | South Africa | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | Report | West Indies | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Report | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | Report | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2018 | Report | Pakistan | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2018 | Report | India | England | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Report | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Report | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2019 | Report | Ireland | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019 | Report | Australia | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Report | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Report | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
2020 | Report | West Indies | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020 | Report | Pakistan | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | Report | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Report | India | India | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
2021 | Report | New Zealand | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2021 | Report | India | England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Report | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Report | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total | 64 | 27 | 26 | 11 | |||||
81 | Ben Stokes |
2020† | Report | West Indies | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | Report | New Zealand | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
2022 | Report | India | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2022 | Report | South Africa | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Report | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Report | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2023 | Report | Ireland | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2023 | Report | Australia | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
2024 | Report | India | India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
2024 | Report | West Indies | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | |||||
82 | Ollie Pope |
2024† | Report | Sri Lanka | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
2024-25† | Report | Pakistan | pakistan | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Total | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Grand total | 1078 | 398 | 325 | 355 |
- ^ Monty Bowden, aged 23 years 144 days, became England's youngest captain on 25 March 1889.
- ^ Plum Warner captained the touring party, but illness prevented him from appearing in any of the Tests
- ^ a b George Mann was the son of Frank Mann, making them the first father and son to both captain England.
- ^ a b Arthur Gilligan and Harold Gilligan were the first brothers to captain England.
- ^ a b England had two overlapping Test series in the winter of 1929/30. Their first Test against New Zealand started on 10 January 1930. Their first Test against the West Indies started on 11 January 1930, making the first time England had simultaneously played two Test matches at once.
- ^ a b Chris Cowdrey is the son of Colin Cowdrey, making them the second father and son to both captain England after George and Frank Mann.
- ^ The 1970 South Africa tour to England was called off and a Rest of the World XI was arranged to play a 5 match series to replace it. The games were originally regarded as Test matches, but were later stripped of Test status. The Rest of the World XI won the series 4–1, with Illingworth captaining England in each match.
- ^ The third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia in 1970–71 was abandoned without a ball being bowled and is excluded from these statistics. This is in line with the approach adopted by Wisden and most statisticians, although the match has been recognised as an official Test match by the Australian Board of Control.
One Day International captains
editThis is a complete list of every man who has captained England in at least one One Day International.
The most successful captain in terms of win percentage, after a minimum of 10 games, is Mike Gatting. Eoin Morgan is the only captain to lead England to a trophy, taking England to victory in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Twelve men (Alan Knott, Norman Gifford, Adam Hollioake, Graham Thorpe, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Stuart Broad, James Taylor, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Zak Crawley, and Harry Brook) have captained the England ODI side without ever captaining the Test team.
The table of results is complete up to the third ODI against the West Indies in December 2023.
Number | Name | Period of captaincy | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ray Illingworth | 1971–1973 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Brian Close | 1972 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Mike Denness | 1973–1975 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
4 | John Edrich | 1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Alan Knott | 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Tony Greig | 1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
7 | Mike Brearley | 1977–1980 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
8 | Geoffrey Boycott | 1977–1978 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Bob Willis | 1978–1984 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
10 | Ian Botham | 1980–1981 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
11 | Keith Fletcher | 1981–1982 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
12 | David Gower | 1984–1989 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
13 | Norman Gifford | 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
14 | Mike Gatting | 1986–1988 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
15 | John Emburey | 1987 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
16 | Graham Gooch | 1988–1993 | 50 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
17 | Allan Lamb | 1990 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
18 | Alec Stewart | 1992–2003 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
19 | Mike Atherton | 1994–1997 | 43 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
20 | Nasser Hussain | 1997–2003 | 56 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
21 | Adam Hollioake | 1997–1999 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
22 | Graham Thorpe | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
23 | Marcus Trescothick | 2001–2005 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
24 | Michael Vaughan | 2003–2007 | 60 | 32 | 2 | 22 | 4 |
25 | Andrew Flintoff | 2006–2007 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
26 | Andrew Strauss | 2006–2011 | 62 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
27 | Paul Collingwood | 2007–2009 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
28 | Kevin Pietersen | 2008 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
29 | Alastair Cook | 2010–2014 | 69 | 36 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
30 | Eoin Morgan | 2011–2022 | 126 | 76 | 2[a] | 40 | 8 |
31 | Stuart Broad | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32 | James Taylor | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
33 | Jos Buttler | 2016–present | 39 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
34 | Ben Stokes | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Moeen Ali | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
36 | Zak Crawley | 2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
37 | Harry Brook | 2024 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Grand total | 798 | 400 | 9 | 358 | 31 |
- ^ Includes 2019 Cricket World Cup Final, which was tied after 50 overs and the Super Over, but England won the match on boundary count
Twenty20 International captains
editEngland played their first Twenty20 International in June 2005. Eoin Morgan holds the record for the most games as captain of the England T20I team, with 72 which includes 42 victories. He is also the most successful captain in terms of win percentage, after a minimum of 10 games.
No. | Name | Period | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Vaughan | 2005–2007 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Andrew Strauss | 2006–2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
3 | Paul Collingwood | 2007–2010 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
4 | Alastair Cook | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | Stuart Broad | 2011–2014 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
6 | Graeme Swann | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Eoin Morgan | 2012–2022 | 72 | 42 | 2[a] | 27 | 1 |
8 | James Tredwell | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Jos Buttler | 2015–present | 41 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
10 | Moeen Ali | 2020–2023 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
11 | Phil Salt | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Grand total | 194 | 101 | 2 | 84 | 7 |
- ^ Both games finished with scores level, but England won the Super-over deciders
Other men's captains
editEngland v Rest of the World, 1970
editIn 1970, the proposed South African tour of England was aborted. To replace the tour, a series of five games was played between a "Rest of the World" XI and the England Test team. At the time, these matches were thought of as Test matches. However, later they were stripped of Test status. England's captain in all five games was Ray Illingworth, who won one game, and lost the other four.
Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ray Illingworth | 1970 | Rest of the World | England | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Grand total | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Women's cricket
editTest match captains
editThis is a list of cricketers who have captained the England women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. The table of results is complete to the away Test against India in December 2023. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which she captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series.
Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Betty Archdale | 1934/5 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1934/5 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
2 | Molly Hide | 1937 | Australia | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1948/9 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1948/9 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1951† | Australia | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1954 | New Zealand | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||
3 | Myrtle Maclagan | 1951 | Australia | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Mary Duggan | 1957/8 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1957/8 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1963 | Australia | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
5 | Cecilia Robinson | 1957/8† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Helen Sharpe | 1960/1 | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Rachael Heyhoe-Flint | 1966 | New Zealand | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1968/9 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
1968/9 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
1976 | Australia | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
8 | Susan Goatman | 1979 | West Indies | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Jan Southgate | 1984 | New Zealand | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1984/5 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
10 | Carole Hodges | 1986 | India | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1987 | Australia | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
11 | Helen Plimmer | 1991/2 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1991/2 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
12 | Karen Smithies | 1995/6 | India | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1996 | New Zealand | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
1998 | Australia | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
1999 | India | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
13 | Clare Connor | 2001 | Australia | England | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2001/2 | India | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2002 | India | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2002/3 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2003 | South Africa | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
2004 | New Zealand | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2005 | Australia | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
14 | Charlotte Edwards | 2005/6 | India | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | India | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2007/8 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2009 | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2010/1 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2013 | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2013/4 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2014 | India | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015 | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||
15 | Heather Knight | 2017/18 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2021 | India | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2021/22 | Australia. | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2022 | South Africa | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2023 | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2023/24 | India | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Grand total | 100 | 20 | 16 | 64 |
Women's One Day International captains
editThis is a list of cricketers who have captained the England women's cricket team for at least one Women's One Day International. The table of results is complete to the ODI series against India in July 2021.
Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rachael Heyhoe-Flint | 1973–1976 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2 | Mary Pilling | 1977/8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Susan Goatman | 1979–1981/2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
4 | Jan Southgate | 1984–1984/5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
5 | Carole Hodges | 1986–1987 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Jane Powell | 1988/9–1990 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
7 | Karen Smithies | 1990–1999/2000 | 45 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
8 | Helen Plimmer | 1991–1991/2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
9 | Ella Donnison | 1999 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Clare Connor | 2000–05 | 66 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
11 | Arran Brindle | 2001 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Charlotte Edwards | 2005–2016 | 117 | 72 | 0 | 38 | 7 |
13 | Nicky Shaw | 2007–10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | Heather Knight | 2016–present | 52 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
15 | Danielle Hazell | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Anya Shrubsole | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grand total | 354 | 208 | 2 | 126 | 11 |
Women's Twenty20 International captains
editThis is a list of cricketers who have captained the England women's team for at least one Women's Twenty20 International. The table of results is complete as of 14 July 2021.
Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clare Connor | 2004–2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2 | Charlotte Edwards | 2006–2016 | 93 | 68 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
3 | Nicky Shaw | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Jenny Gunn | 2010–2013 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Heather Knight | 2016–present | 51 | 38 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
6 | Danielle Hazell | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Nat Sciver-Brunt | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grand total | 152 | 109 | 3 | 39 | 1 |
Youth cricket
editTest match captains
editThis is a list of cricketers who have captained the England under-19s for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to 9 September 2021. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series.
Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nigel Briers | 1974 | West Indies | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Chris Cowdrey | 1976 | West Indies | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Kevin Sharp | 1978 | West Indies | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Nigel Felton | 1978/9 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Tim Boon | 1979/80 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1981 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
6 | Laurie Potter | 1982 | West Indies | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
7 | Hugh Morris | 1983 | Australia | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Neil Lenham | 1984/5 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
9 | Mike Roseberry | 1986 | Sri Lanka | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Trevor Ward | 1986/7† | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Mike Atherton | 1986/7 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Mark Ramprakash | 1989 | New Zealand | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
13 | Nick Knight | 1989† | New Zealand | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Wayne Noon | 1989/90 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1990 | Pakistan | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
15 | John Crawley | 1990/1 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1991 | Australia | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
16 | Phil Weston | 1991/2 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1992 | Sri Lanka | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
17 | Matthew Walker | 1992/3 | India | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1993 | West Indies | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
18 | Michael Vaughan | 1993/4 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1994 | India | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
19 | Marcus Trescothick | 1994/5 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1995 | South Africa | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
20 | Alex Morris | 1995/6 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1996† | New Zealand | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
21 | Gareth Batty | 1996 | New Zealand | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
22 | Andrew Flintoff | 1996/7 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1997 | Zimbabwe | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
23 | Zac Morris | 1997† | Zimbabwe | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Paul Franks | 1997/8 | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
25 | Owais Shah | 1997/8† | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1998 | Pakistan | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
26 | Michael Gough | 1998/9 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1999 | Australia | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
27 | Ian Bell | 2000 | Sri Lanka | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2000/1 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2001 | West Indies | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
28 | Mark Wallace | 2000† | Sri Lanka | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
29 | Nicky Peng | 2001† | West Indies | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
30 | James Tredwell | 2001† | West Indies | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
31 | Paul McMahon | 2002 | India | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
32 | Bilal Shafayat | 2002/3 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2003 | South Africa | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
33 | Joe Sayers | 2003† | South Africa | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
34 | Alastair Cook | 2004 | Bangladesh | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
35 | Steven Davies | 2004/5 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
36 | Varun Chopra | 2005 | Sri Lanka | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | India | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
37 | Ben Wright | 2007 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Rory Hamilton-Brown | 2007 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
39 | Tom Westley | 2008 | New Zealand | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
40 | Hamza Riazuddin | 2009 | Bangladesh | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
41 | Azeem Rafiq | 2009/10 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2010 | Sri Lanka | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
42 | Paul Best | 2010† | Sri Lanka | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Lewis Gregory | 2011 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
44 | Olly Stone | 2013 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
45 | Will Rhodes | 2014 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
46 | Joe Weatherley | 2014/15 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
47 | Haseeb Hameed | 2015 | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
48 | Max Holden | 2016 | Sri Lanka | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016/17 | India | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2017 | India | England | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
49 | Tom Banton | 2018 | South Africa | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
50 | Tom Lammonby | 2018/19 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Grand total | 149 | 36 | 44 | 69 |
Youth One Day International captains
editThis is a list of cricketers who have captained the England under-19 team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the 3rd Youth ODI against the West Indies in 2021.
Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chris Cowdrey | 1976 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Kevin Sharp | 1977–1978 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Nigel Felton | 1978/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Tim Boon | 1981 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Laurie Potter | 1982 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Hugh Morris | 1983 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Neil Lenham | 1984/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Mike Roseberry | 1986 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
9 | Mike Atherton | 1986/7–1987/8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
10 | Mark Ramprakash | 1989 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Wayne Noon | 1989/90–1990 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
12 | John Crawley | 1990/1–1991 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
13 | Phil Weston | 1991/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
14 | Matthew Walker | 1992/3–1993 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
15 | Michael Vaughan | 1993/4–1994 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
16 | Marcus Trescothick | 1994/5–1995 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Alex Morris | 1995/6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Owais Shah | 1996–1998 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
19 | Andrew Flintoff | 1996/7–1997 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Michael Gough | 1998/9–1999 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
21 | Alex Loudon | 1999/2000 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
22 | Ian Bell | 2000–2001 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
23 | Nicky Peng | 2001/2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
24 | Paul McMahon | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
25 | Bilal Shafayat | 2002/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
26 | Samit Patel | 2002/3–2003 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
27 | Alastair Cook | 2003/4–2004 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
28 | Steven Davies | 2004/5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
29 | Varun Chopra | 2005–2005/6, 2006 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
30 | Moeen Ali | 2005/6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
31 | Greg Wood | 2006/7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
32 | Rory Hamilton-Brown | 2007 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
33 | Alex Wakely | 2007/8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
34 | Tom Westley | 2007/8–2008 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
35 | Liam Dawson | 2008/9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
36 | Azeem Rafiq | 2009–2009/10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
37 | Paul Best | 2009/10–2010 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
38 | Lewis Gregory | 2010/11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
39 | Adam Ball | 2011/12 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
40 | Ben Duckett | 2013 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
41 | Jonathan Tattersall | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Lewis McManus | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Will Rhodes | 2013/14 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
44 | Joe Weatherley | 2014/15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
45 | Aneurin Donald | 2014/15–2015 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
46 | Brad Taylor | 2015/16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
47 | Max Holden | 2016–2016/17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
48 | Matthew Fisher | 2016/17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
49 | Will Jacks | 2017–2017/18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
50 | Harry Brook | 2017–2017/18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
51 | Tom Banton | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
52 | Jamie Smith | 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
53 | George Balderson | 2019–2019/20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
54 | George Hill | 2019–2019/20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
55 | Jacob Bethell | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
56 | Tom Prest | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Grand total | 325 | 132 | 3 | 178 | 12 |
References
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