List of West Indies cricket captains
Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the West Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies falls into three eras – The period of white captaincy Rise to become the dominant Test nation Slide from Test domination.

List of West Indies cricket captains

Section Title: Test match captains
Table Section Text: This is a list of cricketers who have captained the West Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies falls into three eras – The period of white captaincy Rise to become the dominant Test nation Slide from Test domination.

West Indian Test match captains

Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn

1	Karl Nunes	1928	England	England	3	0	3	0

1929/30†	England	West Indies	0	0

Total	4	0	3

2	Teddy Hoad	1929/30†	England	West Indies	1	0	0	1

3	Nelson Betancourt	1929/30†	England	West Indies	1	0	1	0

4	Maurice Fernandes	1929/30†	England	West Indies	1	1	0	0

5	Jackie Grant1	1930/1	Australia	Australia	5	1	4	0

1933	England	England	3	0	2	1

1934/5	England	West Indies	4	2	1	1

Total	12	3	7	2

6	Rolph Grant1	1939	England	England	3	0	1	2

7	George Headley	1947/8†	England	West Indies	1	0	0	1

8	Gerry Gomez	1947/8†	England	West Indies	1	0	0	1

9	John Goddard	1947/8	England	West Indies	2	2	0	0

1948/9	India	India	5	1	0	4

1950	England	England	4	3	1	0

1951/2	Australia	Australia	4	1	3	0

1951/2	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1

1957	England	England	5	0	3	2

Total	22	8	7	7

10	Jeffrey Stollmeyer	1951/2†	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0

1952/3	India	West Indies	5	1	0	4

1953/4	England	West Indies	5	2	2	1

1954/5†	Australia	West Indies	2	0	1	1

Total	13	3	4	6

11	Denis Atkinson	1954/5	Australia	West Indies	3	0	2	1

1955/6	New Zealand	New Zealand	4	3	1	0

Total	7	3	3	1

12	Gerry Alexander	1957/8	Pakistan	West Indies	5	3	1	1

1958/9	India	India	5	3	0	2

1958/9	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	2	0

1959/60	England	West Indies	5	0	1	4

Total	18	7	4	7

13	-	1960/1	Australia	Australia	5	1	2	22

1961/2	India	West Indies	5	5	0	0

1963	England	England	5	3	1	1

Total	15	9	3	32

14	-	1964/5	Australia	West Indies	5	2	1	2

1966	England	England	5	3	1	1

1966/7	India	India	3	2	0	1

1967/8	England	West Indies	5	0	1	4

1968/9	Australia	Australia	5	1	3	1

1968/9	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1

1969	England	England	3	0	2	1

1970/1	India	West Indies	5	0	1	4

1971/2	New Zealand	West Indies	5	0	0	5

Total	39	9	10	20

15	Rohan Kanhai	1972/3	Australia	West Indies	5	0	2	3

1973	England	England	3	2	0	1

1973/4	England	West Indies	5	1	1	3

Total	13	3	3	7

16	-	1974/5	India	India	5	3	2	0

1974/5	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	0	0	2

1975/6	Australia	Australia	6	1	5	0

1975/6	India	West Indies	4	2	1	1

1976	England	England	5	3	0	2

1976/7	Pakistan	West Indies	5	2	1	2

1977/8†	Australia	West Indies	2	2	0	0

1979/80	Australia	Australia	2	2	0	0

1979/80	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	1	2

1980	England	England	4	1	0	3

1980/1	Pakistan	Pakistan	4	1	0	3

1980/1	England	West Indies	4	2	0	2

1981/2	Australia	Australia	3	1	1	1

1982/3	India	West Indies	5	2	0	3

1983/4	India	India	6	3	0	3

1983/4	Australia	West Indies	4	3	0	1

1984	England	England	5	5	0	0

1984/5	Australia	Australia	5	3	1	1

Total	74	36	12	26

17	Alvin Kallicharran	1977/8	Australia	West Indies	3	1	1	1

1978/9	India	India	6	0	1	5

Total	9	1	2	6

18	Deryck Murray	1979/80†	Australia	Australia	1	0	0	1

19	-	1980†	England	England	1	0	0	1

1983/4	Australia	West Indies	1	0	0	1

1984/5	New Zealand	West Indies	4	2	0	2

1985/6	England	West Indies	5	5	0	0

1986/7	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	1	1

1986/7	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1

1987/8	India	India	4	1	1	2

1987/8	Pakistan	West Indies	2	1	0	1

1988	England	England	5	4	0	1

1988/9	Australia	Australia	5	3	1	1

1988/9	India	West Indies	4	3	0	1

1989/90	England	West Indies	3	2	1	0

1990/1	Australia	West Indies	5	2	1	2

1991	England	England	5	2	2	1

Total	50	27	8	15

20	Gordon Greenidge	1987/8†	Pakistan	West Indies	1	0	1	0

21	-	1989/90†	England	West Indies	1	0	0	1

1990/1	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	1	1

Total	4	1	1	2

22	Richie Richardson	1991/2	South Africa	West Indies	1	1	0	0

1992/3	Australia	Australia	5	2	1	2

1992/3	Pakistan	West Indies	3	2	0	1

1993/4	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1

1993/4	England	West Indies	4	3	1	0

1994/5	Australia	West Indies	4	1	2	1

1995	England	England	6	2	2	2

Total	24	11	6	7

23	-	1993/4†	England	West Indies	1	0	0	1

1994/5	India	India	3	1	1	1

1994/5	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1

1995/6	New Zealand	West Indies	2	1	0	1

1996/7	Australia	Australia	5	2	3	0

1996/7	India	West Indies	4	0	0	4

1996/7	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2	1	0	1

1997/8	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	3	0

Total	22	6	7	9

24	-	1996/7†	India	West Indies	1	1	0	0

1997/8	England	West Indies	6	3	1	2

1998/9	South Africa	South Africa	5	0	5	0

1998/9	Australia	West Indies	4	2	2	0

1999/2000	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	2	0

2002/3	Australia	West Indies	4	1	3	0

2003	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2	1	0	1

2003/4	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1

2003/4	South Africa	South Africa	4	0	3	1

2003/4	England	West Indies	4	0	3	1

2004	Bangladesh	West Indies	2	1	0	1

2004	England	England	4	0	4	0

2006	India	West Indies	4	0	1	3

2006/7	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	2	1

Total	47	10	26	11

25	Jimmy Adams	1999/2000	Zimbabwe	West Indies	2	2	0	0

1999/2000	Pakistan	West Indies	3	1	0	2

2000	England	England	5	1	3	1

2000/1	Australia	Australia	5	0	5	0

Total	15	4	8	3

26	Carl Hooper	2000/1	South Africa	West Indies	5	1	2	2

2001	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1

2001/2	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0

2001/2	Pakistan	Sharjah	2	0	2	0

2001/2	India	West Indies	5	2	1	2

2002	New Zealand	West Indies	2	0	1	1

2002/3	India	India	3	0	2	1

Total	22	4	11	7

27	Ridley Jacobs	2002/3	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0

28	-	2004/5	South Africa	West Indies	4	0	2	2

2004/5	Pakistan	West Indies	2	1	1	0

2005	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0

2005/6	Australia	Australia	3	0	3	0

2005/6	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	2	1

Total	14	1	10	3

29	Ramnaresh Sarwan	2007	England	England	2	0	1	1

2008	Australia	West Indies	2	0	1	1

Total	4	0	2	2

30	Daren Ganga	2007†	England	England	2	0	2	0

31	-	2007/8	South Africa	South Africa	2	1	1	0

2007/8	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2	1	1	0

2008†	Australia	West Indies	1	0	1	0

2008/09	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	0	2

2008/09	England	West Indies	5	1	0	4

2009	England	England	2	0	2	0

2009/10	Australia	Australia	3	0	2	1

2010	South Africa	West Indies	3	0	2	1

Total	20	3	9	8

32	-	2007/8†	South Africa	South Africa	1	0	1	0

33	Floyd Reifer	2009	Bangladesh	West Indies	2	0	2	0

34	-	2010/11	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3

2011	Pakistan	West Indies	2	1	1	0

2011	India	West Indies	3	0	1	2

2011	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	1	0	1

2011	India	India	3	0	2	1

2011/12	Australia	West Indies	3	0	2	1

2012	England	England	3	0	2	1

2012	New Zealand	West Indies	2	2	0	0

2012/13	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0

2012/13	Zimbabwe	West Indies	2	2	0	0

2013/14	India	India	2	0	2	0

2013/14	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	2	1

Total	30	8	12	10

35	Denesh Ramdin	2014	New Zealand	West Indies	3	1	2	0

2014	Bangladesh	West Indies	2	2	0	0

2014/15	South Africa	South Africa	3	0	2	1

2014/15	England	West Indies	3	1	1	1

2015	Australia	West Indies	2	0	2	0

Total	13	4	7	2

36	Jason Holder	2015/16	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0

2015/16	Australia	Australia	3	0	2	1

2016	India	West Indies	4	0	2	2

2016	Pakistan	UAE	3	1	2	0

2016/17	Pakistan	West Indies	3	1	2	0

2017	England	England	3	1	2	0

2017	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1

2017/18	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	1	0

2018	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	1	1	1

2018	Bangladesh	West Indies	2	2	0	0

2018/19	India	India	1	0	1	0

2018/19	England	West Indies	2	2	0	0

Total	29	9	15	5

37	Kraigg Brathwaite	2017/18†	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	1	0

2018/19†	India	India	1	0	1	0

2018/19	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	0	2	0

2018/19†	England	West Indies	1	0	1	0

Total	5	0	5	0

Grand total	542	173	193	1772

Sentence(s)

In 2017, Kraigg Brathwaite was Test captain for a Test against New Zealand, becoming the 37th Test captain of West Indies.

final_sentence: In 2017, Kraigg Brathwaite was Test captain for a Test against New Zealand, becoming the 37th Test captain of West Indies.