Individual Most Matches As Captain

Cricket Records in The Ashes

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AC MacLaren	1897-1909	22	4	11	0	7	0	0.36	18.18	50.00	0.00	31.81	0.00	26.66
MA Atherton	1993-2001	15	4	9	0	2	0	0.44	26.66	60.00	0.00	13.33	0.00	30.76
JM Brearley	1977-1981	15	11	1	0	3	0	11.00	73.33	6.66	0.00	20.00	0.00	91.66
AN Cook	2013-2015	15	6	7	0	2	0	0.85	40.00	46.66	0.00	13.33	0.00	46.15
JE Root	2017-2022	15	2	10	0	3	0	0.20	13.33	66.66	0.00	20.00	0.00	16.66
WG Grace	1888-1899	13	8	3	0	2	0	2.66	61.53	23.07	0.00	15.38	0.00	72.72
PBH May	1956-1961	13	3	6	0	4	0	0.50	23.07	46.15	0.00	30.76	0.00	33.33
JWHT Douglas	1911-1921	12	4	8	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
DI Gower	1985-1989	12	3	5	0	4	0	0.60	25.00	41.66	0.00	33.33	0.00	37.50
R Illingworth	1970-1972	11	4	2	0	5	0	2.00	36.36	18.18	0.00	45.45	0.00	66.66
ER Dexter	1962-1964	10	1	2	0	7	0	0.50	10.00	20.00	0.00	70.00	0.00	33.33
L Hutton	1953-1955	10	4	1	0	5	0	4.00	40.00	10.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	80.00
AJ Strauss	2009-2011	10	5	2	0	3	0	2.50	50.00	20.00	0.00	30.00	0.00	71.42
APF Chapman	1926-1930	9	6	1	0	2	0	6.00	66.66	11.11	0.00	22.22	0.00	85.71
GA Gooch	1990-1993	8	0	5	0	3	0	0.00	0.00	62.50	0.00	37.50	0.00	0.00
WR Hammond	1938-1947	8	1	3	0	4	0	0.33	12.50	37.50	0.00	50.00	0.00	25.00
N Hussain	2001-2003	8	2	6	0	0	0	0.33	25.00	75.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	25.00
AE Stoddart	1893-1898	8	3	4	0	1	0	0.75	37.50	50.00	0.00	12.50	0.00	42.85
A Shrewsbury	1884-1887	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.50	71.42	28.57	0.00	0.00	0.00	71.42
MC Cowdrey	1961-1968	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.50	16.66	33.33	0.00	50.00	0.00	33.33
MH Denness	1974-1975	6	1	4	0	1	0	0.25	16.66	66.66	0.00	16.66	0.00	20.00
NWD Yardley	1947-1948	6	0	5	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	83.33	0.00	16.66	0.00	0.00
GOB Allen	1936-1937	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.66	40.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	40.00
FR Brown	1950-1951	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.25	20.00	80.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00
A Flintoff	2006-2007	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MW Gatting	1986-1987	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	66.66
AER Gilligan	1924-1925	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.25	20.00	80.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00
Hon.FS Jackson	1905-1905	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40.00	0.00	0.00	60.00	0.00	100.00
DR Jardine	1932-1933	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.00	80.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	80.00
MJK Smith	1965-1966	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.00	20.00	20.00	0.00	60.00	0.00	50.00
AJ Stewart	1998-1999	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.33	20.00	60.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	25.00
BA Stokes	2023-2023	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.00	40.00	40.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	50.00
MP Vaughan	2005-2005	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.00	40.00	20.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	66.66
PF Warner	1903-1904	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	60.00
RGD Willis	1982-1983	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	33.33
RES Wyatt	1930-1934	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	33.33
AW Carr	1926-1926	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-
AG Steel	1886-1888	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.00	75.00	25.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	75.00
Hon.IFW Bligh	1882-1883	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	66.66
FL Fane	1907-1908	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
CB Fry	1912-1912	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	100.00
AW Greig	1975-1975	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-
Lord Tennyson	1921-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
IT Botham	1981-1981	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
Lord Harris	1884-1884	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50.00	0.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	100.00
AO Jones	1908-1908	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
JH Edrich	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TW Graveney	1968-1968	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-
AN Hornby	1884-1884	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	-
AJ Lamb	1990-1990	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
WW Read	1888-1888	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
CF Walters	1934-1934	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
JC White	1929-1929	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	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:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]

England v Australia at Leeds, 3rd Test, Jul 6-9, 2023 [Test # 2509]