List of England cricket captains
Men's Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the England men's team in at least one Test match. It has been updated to the end of the fifth Test against India in September 2018.

List of England cricket captains

Section Title: Men's Test match captains
Table Section Text: This is a list of cricketers who have captained the England men's team in at least one Test match. It has been updated to the end of the fifth Test against India in September 2018.

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	-	1878/9	Report	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0

1880	Report	Australia	England	1	1	0	0

1884	Report	Australia	England	1	0	1

Total	4	1	1

3	-	1881/2	Report	Australia	Australia	4	0	2	2

4	-	1882	Report	Australia	England	1	0	1	0

1884†	Report	Australia	England	1	0	0	1

Total	2	0	1	1

5	-	1882/3	Report	Australia	Australia	4	2	2	0

6	-	1884/5	Report	Australia	Australia	5	3	2	0

1886/7	Report	Australia	Australia	2	2	0	0

Total	7	5	2	0

7	-	1886	Report	Australia	England	3	3	0	0

1888†	Report	Australia	England	1	0	1	0

Total	4	3	1	0

8	-	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	-	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	-	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	-	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	-	1895/6†	Report	South Africa	South Africa	1	1	0	0

14	-	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	-	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	-	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	-	1905	Australia	England	5	2	0	3

18	-	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	-	1907/8	Australia	Australia	2	0	2	0

21	-	1909/10	South Africa	South Africa	3	1	2	0

22	-	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	-	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	-	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	-	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	-	1930†	Australia	England	1	0	1	0

1932/3†	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1

1933†	West Indies	England	1	1	0	0

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	-	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	-	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	-	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	England	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	-	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	-	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	-	1977/8†	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	0	1

1977/8	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1

Total	4	1	1	2

61	-	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	-	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	-	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	-	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 Athers3.JPG	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 Nasser Hussain.JPG	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	-	1999†	New Zealand	England	1	0	0	1

74	-	2003	South Africa	England	4	2	2	0

2003–04	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0

2003–04	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2

2003–04	West Indies	West Indies	4	3	0	1

2004	New Zealand	England	2	2	0	0

2004	West Indies	England	4	4	0	0

2004–05	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	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2

2007–08	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	-	2004†	New Zealand	England	1	1	0	0

2005–06†	Report	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	1	0

Total	2	1	1	0

76	-	2005–06	Report	India	India	3	1	1	1

2006	Sri Lanka	England	3	1	1	1

2006–07	Report	Australia	Australia	5	0	5	0

Total	11	2	7	2

77	Andrew Strauss Andrew Strauss.JPG	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	U.A.E.	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	-	2008	South Africa	England	1	1	0	0

2008–09	India	India	2	0	1	1

Total	3	1	1	1

79	-	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	-	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

Total	27	14	11	2

Grand Total	1008	364	299	345

Sentence(s)

Keith Fletcher captaincy of England oversaw a 1–0 series defeat over six Tests against India and then a one Test against Sri Lanka.

final_sentence: Keith Fletcher captaincy of England oversaw a 1–0 series defeat over six Tests against India and then a one Test against Sri Lanka.