List of England cricket captains - wikipedia List of England cricket captains This section appears to be slanted towards recent events. Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non-recent events. ( August 2012 ) This is a list of all English national cricket captains, comprising all the men, boys and women who have captained an English national cricket team at official international level. England played in the first Test match in 1877 and 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, with James Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury being the main professional promoters. However, some amateur tours went abroad under Lord Harris and Lord Hawke. Home captains were selected by the home ground authority, who often went for their local favourites. For around sixty years, from 1902 / 3, the Marylebone Cricket Club took over the organisation of all overseas tours, with the games played being technically by the `` MCC '' rather than `` England ''. They brought with them the tradition of having amateur, rather than professional, captains, and after Shrewsbury there was n't another professional captain until Len Hutton around sixty years later. The amateur / professional distinction was abolished in 1962, and a new breed of captain in Brian Close and then Ray Illingworth was born. From the mid-1980s until the late 1990s, English cricket was in decline, with the England team suffering many heavy defeats. The desperation was most clear in the `` summer of four captains '' in 1988, during the West Indies tour of England, when the captaincy started with Mike Gatting, who was sacked after the first Test as a result of a dalliance with a barmaid. He was initially replaced by John Emburey, who lasted just two Tests before being sacked after two consecutive defeats. Chris Cowdrey was appointed amidst accusations of nepotism on the part of chief of selectors Peter May, but sustained an injury in his only Test as captain. Finally, Graham Gooch became England 's fourth captain of the summer. Unsurprisingly, England lost the five - Test series 4 -- 0. The following year, England faced Australia in the 1989 Ashes series. Gooch did n't remain in his post, with David Gower being brought back as captain. Gower had been an Ashes winning captain back in 1985, although some people favoured bringing back Mike Gatting who had also won the Ashes as England captain in 1986 - 1987. In the event, Gower 's captaincy return was wholly unsuccessful, the 1989 Ashes being lost 4 - 0. Graham Gooch was reappointed captain for the subsequent tour to the West Indies and remained in the post until 1993 after the fourth Test against Australia, having failed to win a Test match that year. England 's mixed fortunes continued under Gooch 's successor Mike Atherton. Earmarked early as a future captain, England enjoyed victories over South Africa, India and New Zealand under his premiership although they continued to fare badly against the West Indies and Australia, and the lack of consistent progress led to his resignation at the end of the 1997 / 98 tour of the West Indies, which England lost 3 - 1. Replacement Alec Stewart was sacked after less than a year in the job after another defeat in Australia and a disastrous 1999 Cricket World Cup campaign. The beginning of Nasser Hussain 's captaincy saw England jeered by their own supporters after losing to New Zealand at home in 1999, but England soon started to enjoy a revival, which continued under Michael Vaughan. England were the only team undefeated in 2004, and were, as at June 2005, ranked as the second - best Test nation in the world. Later that summer they regained The Ashes from Australia, having not held them since 1989. Following Vaughan 's retirement, England were briefly captained by Kevin Pietersen before Andrew Strauss took on the role permanently following Pietersen 's resignation. Strauss became the first captain to lead England to victory in a Test series in Australia since 1987, as well as taking them to the number one ranking in the summer of 2011. Strauss announced his resignation and retirement following the relinquishing of the top ranking to South Africa in 2012, with One Day International captain and Strauss 's deputy Alastair Cook named as the replacement. Cook became England 's longest - serving captain in terms of matches, winning two home Ashes series but also overseeing heavy losses in Australia and India. He stepped down in early 2017 to be replaced by Joe Root. Contents 1 Men 's Test match captains 2 Men 's ODI captains 3 Men 's Twenty20 International captains 4 Other men 's captains 4.1 England v Rest of the World, 1970 4.2 Rebel tours to South Africa 5 Youth cricket 5.1 Test match captains 5.2 Youth One - Day International captains 6 Women 's cricket 6.1 Test match captains 6.2 Women 's One - Day International captains 6.3 Women 's Twenty20 International captains 7 References 7.1 Specific 7.2 General 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 third Test against West Indies in September 2017. 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 James Lillywhite 1876 / 7 Report Australia Australia 0 Lord Harris 1878 / 9 Report Australia Australia 0 0 1880 Report Australia England 0 0 1884 Report Australia England 0 Total Alfred Shaw 1881 / 2 Report Australia Australia 0 AN Hornby 1882 Report Australia England 0 0 1884 † Report Australia England 0 0 Total 0 5 Honourable Ivo Bligh 1882 / 3 Report Australia Australia 0 6 Arthur Shrewsbury 1884 / 5 Report Australia Australia 5 0 1886 / 7 Report Australia Australia 0 0 Total 7 5 0 7 Allan Steel 1886 Report Australia England 0 0 1888 † Report Australia England 0 0 Total 0 8 Walter Read 1887 / 8 Report Australia Australia 0 0 1891 / 2 Report South Africa South Africa 0 0 Total 0 0 9 WG Grace 1888 Report Australia England 0 0 1890 Report Australia England 0 0 1891 / 2 Report Australia Australia 0 1893 Report Australia England 0 1896 Report Australia England 0 1899 † Report Australia England 0 0 Total 13 8 10 C. Aubrey Smith 1888 / 9 Report South Africa South Africa 0 0 11 Monty Bowden 1888 / 9 † Report South Africa South Africa 0 0 12 Andrew Stoddart 1893 † Report Australia England 0 0 1894 / 5 Report Australia Australia 5 0 1897 / 8 Report Australia Australia 0 0 Total 8 13 Sir Tim O'Brien 1895 / 6 † Report South Africa South Africa 0 0 14 Lord Hawke 1895 / 6 Report South Africa South Africa 0 0 1898 / 9 Report South Africa South Africa 0 0 Total 0 0 15 Archie MacLaren 1897 / 8 † Report Australia Australia 0 1899 Report Australia England 0 1901 / 2 Australia Australia 5 0 1902 Report Australia England 5 1909 Australia England 5 Total 22 7 11 16 Plum Warner 1903 / 4 Report Australia Australia 5 0 1905 / 6 South Africa South Africa 5 0 Total 10 6 0 17 Honourable Stanley Jackson 1905 Australia England 5 0 18 Tip Foster 1907 South Africa South Africa 0 19 Frederick Fane 1907 / 8 † Australia Australia 0 1909 / 10 † South Africa South Africa 0 Total 5 0 20 Arthur Jones 1907 / 8 Australia Australia 0 0 21 HDG Leveson - Gower 1909 / 10 South Africa South Africa 0 22 Johnny Douglas 1911 / 2 Australia Australia 5 0 1913 / 4 South Africa South Africa 5 0 1920 / 1 Australia Australia 5 0 5 0 1921 † Australia England 0 0 1924 † South Africa England 0 0 Total 18 8 8 23 CB Fry 1912 Report South Africa England 0 0 1912 Report Australia England 0 Total 6 0 24 Honourable Lionel Tennyson 1921 Australia England 0 25 Frank Mann 1922 / 3 South Africa South Africa 5 26 Arthur Gilligan 1924 South Africa England 0 1924 / 5 Australia Australia 5 0 Total 9 27 Arthur Carr 1926 Australia England 0 0 1929 † South Africa England 0 Total 6 0 5 28 Percy Chapman 1926 † Australia England 0 0 1928 West Indies England 0 0 1928 / 9 Australia Australia 0 0 1930 Australia England 1930 / 1 South Africa South Africa 5 0 Total 17 9 6 29 Rony Stanyforth 1927 / 8 South Africa South Africa 30 Greville Stevens 1927 / 8 † South Africa South Africa 0 0 31 Jack White 1928 / 9 † Australia Australia 0 0 1929 South Africa England 0 Total 32 Harold Gilligan 1929 / 30 New Zealand New Zealand 0 33 Honourable Freddie Calthorpe 1929 / 30 West Indies West Indies 34 Bob Wyatt 1930 † Australia England 0 0 1932 / 3 † New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1933 † West Indies England 0 0 1934 Australia England 1934 / 5 West Indies West Indies 1935 South Africa England 5 0 Total 16 5 8 35 Douglas Jardine 1931 New Zealand England 0 1932 India England 0 0 1932 / 3 Report Australia Australia 5 0 1932 / 3 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1933 West Indies England 0 1933 / 4 India India 0 Total 15 9 5 36 Cyril Walters 1934 † Australia England 0 0 37 Gubby Allen 1936 India England 0 1936 / 7 Australia Australia 5 0 1947 / 8 West Indies West Indies 0 Total 11 5 38 Walter Robins 1937 New Zealand England 0 39 Wally Hammond 1938 Australia England 1938 / 9 South Africa South Africa 5 0 1939 West Indies England 0 1946 India England 0 1946 / 7 Australia Australia 0 1946 / 7 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 Total 20 13 40 Norman Yardley 1946 / 7 † Australia Australia 0 0 1947 South Africa England 5 0 1948 Australia England 5 0 1950 West Indies England 0 Total 14 7 41 Ken Cranston 1947 / 8 † West Indies West Indies 0 0 42 George Mann 1948 / 9 South Africa South Africa 5 0 1949 New Zealand England 0 0 Total 7 0 5 43 Freddie Brown 1949 † New Zealand England 0 0 1950 † West Indies England 0 0 1950 / 1 Australia Australia 5 0 1950 / 1 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1951 South Africa England 5 Total 15 5 6 44 Nigel Howard 1951 / 2 India India 0 45 Donald Carr 1951 / 2 † India India 0 0 46 Len Hutton 1952 India England 0 1953 Australia England 5 0 1953 / 4 Report West Indies West Indies 5 1954 Pakistan England 0 1954 / 5 Australia Australia 5 1954 / 5 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 Total 23 11 8 47 David Sheppard 1954 † Pakistan England 0 48 Peter May 1955 South Africa England 5 0 1956 Australia England 5 1956 / 7 South Africa South Africa 5 1957 West Indies England 5 0 1958 New Zealand England 5 0 1958 / 9 Australia Australia 5 0 1958 / 9 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1959 India England 0 0 1959 / 60 West Indies West Indies 0 1961 Australia England Total 41 20 10 11 49 Colin Cowdrey 1959 † India England 0 0 1959 / 1960 † West Indies West Indies 0 0 1960 South Africa England 5 0 1961 † Australia England 0 1962 † Pakistan England 0 0 1966 West Indies England 0 1967 / 8 West Indies West Indies 5 0 1968 Australia England 1968 / 9 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 Total 27 8 15 50 Ted Dexter 1961 / 2 Pakistan Pakistan 0 1961 / 2 India India 5 0 1962 Pakistan England 0 1962 / 3 Australia Australia 5 1962 / 3 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1963 West Indies England 5 1964 Australia England 5 0 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 0 1965 New Zealand England 0 0 1965 South Africa England 0 1965 / 6 Australia Australia 5 1965 / 6 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1966 † West Indies England 0 0 Total 25 5 17 52 Brian Close 1966 † West Indies England 0 0 1967 India England 0 0 1967 Pakistan England 0 Total 7 6 0 53 Tom Graveney 1968 † Australia England 0 0 54 Ray Illingworth 1969 West Indies England 0 1969 New Zealand England 0 1970 / 1 Australia Australia 6 0 1970 / 1 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1971 Pakistan England 0 1971 India England 0 1972 Australia England 5 1973 New Zealand England 0 1973 West Indies England 0 Total 31 12 5 14 55 Tony Lewis 1972 / 3 India India 5 1972 / 3 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 Total 8 5 56 Mike Denness 1973 / 4 West Indies West Indies 5 India England 0 0 Pakistan England 0 0 1974 / 5 Australia Australia 5 1974 / 5 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1975 † Australia England 0 0 Total 19 6 5 8 57 John Edrich 1974 / 5 † Australia Australia 0 0 58 Tony Greig Australia England 0 0 1976 West Indies England 5 0 1976 / 7 India India 5 1976 / 7 Australia Australia 0 0 Total 14 5 6 59 Mike Brearley 1977 Australia England 5 0 1977 / 8 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 1978 Pakistan England 0 1978 New Zealand England 0 0 1978 / 9 Australia Australia 6 5 0 1979 India England 0 1979 / 80 Australia Australia 0 0 1979 / 80 India India 0 0 1981 Australia England 0 Total 31 18 9 60 Geoffrey Boycott 1977 / 8 † Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 1977 / 8 New Zealand New Zealand Total 61 Ian Botham 1980 West Indies England 5 0 1980 Australia England 0 0 1980 / 1 West Indies West Indies 0 1981 † Australia England 0 Total 12 0 8 62 Keith Fletcher 1981 / 2 India India 6 0 5 1981 / 2 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 Total 7 5 63 Bob Willis 1982 India England 0 1982 Pakistan England 0 0 1982 / 3 Australia Australia 5 New Zealand England 0 1983 / 4 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1983 / 4 † Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 Total 18 7 5 6 64 David Gower 1982 † Pakistan England 0 0 1983 / 4 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 1984 West Indies England 5 0 5 0 1984 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 1984 / 5 India India 5 1985 Australia England 6 1985 / 6 West Indies West Indies 5 0 5 0 1986 † India England 0 0 1989 Australia England 6 0 Total 32 5 18 9 65 Mike Gatting 1986 India England 0 1986 New Zealand England 0 1986 / 7 Australia Australia 5 Pakistan England 5 0 1987 / 8 Pakistan Pakistan 0 1987 / 8 Australia Australia 0 0 1987 / 8 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1988 † West Indies England 0 0 Total 23 5 16 66 John Emburey 1988 West Indies England 0 0 67 Chris Cowdrey 1988 † West Indies England 0 0 68 Graham Gooch 1988 † West Indies England 0 0 1988 Sri Lanka England 0 0 1989 / 90 West Indies West Indies 0 1990 New Zealand England 0 1990 India England 0 1990 / 1 Australia Australia 0 1991 West Indies England 5 1991 Sri Lanka England 0 0 1991 / 2 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1992 Pakistan England 5 1992 / 3 India India 0 0 1993 Australia England 0 Total 34 10 12 12 69 Allan Lamb 1989 / 90 † West Indies West Indies 0 0 1990 / 1 † Australia Australia 0 0 Total 0 0 70 Alec Stewart 1992 / 3 † India India 0 0 1992 / 3 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 1998 South Africa England 5 1998 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 1998 / 9 Australia Australia 5 2000 † West Indies England 0 0 2001 † Pakistan England 0 0 Total 15 8 71 Michael Atherton 1993 † Australia England 0 1993 / 4 West Indies West Indies 5 1994 New Zealand England 0 1994 South Africa England 1994 / 5 Australia Australia 5 1995 West Indies England 6 1995 / 6 South Africa South Africa 5 0 India England 0 Pakistan England 0 1996 / 7 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 0 0 1996 / 7 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1997 Australia England 6 1997 / 8 West Indies West Indies 6 2001 † Australia England 0 0 Total 54 13 21 20 72 Nasser Hussain 1999 New Zealand England 0 1999 / 2000 South Africa South Africa 5 2000 Zimbabwe England 0 2000 West Indies England 2000 / 1 Pakistan Pakistan 0 2000 / 1 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 2001 Pakistan England 0 0 2001 Australia England 0 2001 / 2 India India 0 2001 / 2 New Zealand New Zealand 2002 Sri Lanka England 0 2002 India England 2002 / 3 Report Australia Australia 5 0 2003 Zimbabwe England 0 0 2003 South Africa England 0 0 Total 45 17 15 13 73 Mark Butcher 1999 † New Zealand England 0 0 74 Michael Vaughan 2003 South Africa England 0 2003 -- 04 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 2003 -- 04 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 2003 -- 04 West Indies West Indies 0 New Zealand England 0 0 West Indies England 0 0 2004 -- 05 South Africa South Africa 5 2005 Report Bangladesh England 0 0 2005 Report Australia England 5 2005 -- 06 Report Pakistan Pakistan 0 2007 Report West Indies England 0 0 2007 Report India England 0 2007 -- 08 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 2007 -- 08 New Zealand New Zealand 0 2008 New Zealand England 0 2008 South Africa England 0 Total 51 26 11 14 75 Marcus Trescothick 2004 † New Zealand England 0 0 2005 -- 06 † Report Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 Total 0 76 Andrew Flintoff 2005 -- 06 Report India India 2006 Sri Lanka England 2006 -- 07 Report Australia Australia 5 0 5 0 Total 11 7 77 Andrew Strauss 2006 Report Pakistan England 0 2007 † Report West Indies England 0 0 2008 -- 09 Report West Indies West Indies 5 0 2009 Report West Indies England 0 0 2009 Report Australia England 5 2009 -- 10 Report South Africa South Africa Report Bangladesh England 0 0 Report Pakistan England 0 2010 -- 11 Report Australia Australia 5 2011 Report Sri Lanka England 0 2011 Report India England 0 0 2011 -- 12 Report Pakistan U.A.E. 0 0 2011 -- 12 Report Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 2012 Report West Indies England 0 2012 Report South Africa England 0 Total 50 24 11 15 78 Kevin Pietersen 2008 South Africa England 0 0 2008 -- 09 India India 0 Total 79 Alastair Cook 2009 -- 10 Report Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 2012 -- 13 Report India India 2012 -- 13 Report New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 2013 Report New Zealand England 0 0 2013 Report Australia England 5 0 2013 -- 14 Report Australia Australia 5 0 5 0 2014 Report Sri Lanka England 0 2014 Report India England 5 2014 -- 15 Report West Indies West Indies 2015 Report New Zealand England 0 2015 Report Australia England 5 0 2015 -- 16 Report Pakistan UAE 0 2015 -- 16 Report South Africa South Africa 2016 Report Sri Lanka England 0 2016 Report Pakistan England 0 2016 -- 17 Report Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 2016 -- 17 Report India India 5 0 Total 59 24 22 13 80 Joe Root 2017 Report South Africa England 0 2017 Report West Indies England 0 2017 -- 18 Report Australia Australia 5 0 2017 -- 18 Report New Zealand New Zealand 0 2018 Report Pakistan England 0 2018 Report India England 0 Total 19 8 9 Grand Total 1002 359 298 345 Jump up ^ Monty Bowden, aged 23 years 144 days, became England 's youngest captain on 25 March 1889. Jump up ^ Plum Warner captained the touring party, but illness prevented him from appearing in any of the Tests ^ Jump up to : George Mann was the son of Frank Mann, making them the first father and son to both captain England. ^ Jump up to : Arthur Gilligan and Harold Gilligan were brothers : the first brothers to captain England. ^ Jump up to : 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. ^ Jump up to : Chris Cowdrey is the son of Colin Cowdrey, making them the second father and son to both captain England after George and Frank Mann. Jump up ^ 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 was 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. Jump up ^ The third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia in 1970 / 1 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. Men 's ODI captains This is a complete list of every man who has captained England in at least one One Day International ( up to the end of the ODI series against India in July 2018 ). Nine men ( Alan Knott, Norman Gifford, Adam Hollioake, Graham Thorpe, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Stuart Broad, James Taylor and Jos Buttler ) have captained the England ODI side without ever captaining the Test team. English ODI captains Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Tied Lost No result Ray Illingworth 1971 -- 1973 0 Brian Close 1972 0 0 Mike Denness 1973 -- 1975 12 7 0 John Edrich 0 0 0 5 Alan Knott 1976 0 0 0 6 Tony Greig 1976 0 0 0 7 Mike Brearley 1977 -- 1980 25 15 0 9 8 Geoffrey Boycott 1977 -- 1978 0 0 0 9 Bob Willis 1978 -- 1984 29 16 0 13 0 10 Ian Botham 1980 -- 1981 9 0 5 0 11 Keith Fletcher 1981 -- 1982 5 0 0 12 David Gower 1984 -- 1989 24 10 13 0 13 Norman Gifford 1985 0 0 0 14 Mike Gatting 1986 -- 1988 37 26 0 11 0 15 John Emburey 0 0 16 Graham Gooch 1988 -- 1993 50 24 0 23 17 Allan Lamb 1990 0 0 18 Alec Stewart 1992 -- 2003 41 15 0 25 19 Mike Atherton 1994 -- 1997 43 20 21 20 Nasser Hussain 1997 -- 2003 56 28 0 27 21 Adam Hollioake 1997 -- 1999 14 6 0 8 0 22 Graham Thorpe 2001 0 0 0 23 Marcus Trescothick 2001 -- 2005 10 5 0 5 0 24 Michael Vaughan 2003 -- 2007 60 32 22 25 Andrew Flintoff 2006 -- 2007 14 0 10 0 26 Andrew Strauss 2006 -- 2011 62 27 33 27 Paul Collingwood 2007 -- 2009 25 11 12 28 Kevin Pietersen 2008 12 0 6 29 Alastair Cook 2010 -- 2014 69 36 30 30 Eoin Morgan 2011 -- present 86 52 30 31 Stuart Broad 2014 0 0 32 James Taylor 2015 0 0 0 33 Jos Buttler 2016 -- 2018 0 0 Grand total 716 357 8 324 24 Men 's Twenty20 International captains England 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 33. The most successful captain has been Paul Collingwood, who won 17 of his 30 games as captain, including the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 -- England 's only major limited overs trophy to date. The table is complete up to the end of the series against India in July 2018. English Twenty20 International captains No. Name Period Played Won Tied Lost NR Michael Vaughan 2005 -- 2007 0 0 Andrew Strauss 2006 -- 2009 0 0 0 Paul Collingwood 2007 -- 2010 30 17 0 11 Alastair Cook 2009 0 0 0 5 Stuart Broad 2011 -- 2014 27 11 0 15 6 Graeme Swann 2011 0 0 7 Eoin Morgan 2012 -- present 33 17 0 16 0 8 James Tredwell 2013 0 0 0 9 Jos Buttler 2015 -- 2018 0 0 Grand total 104 50 0 50 Win totals include one game which finished with scores level, but England won the Super-over decider. Other men 's captains England v Rest of the World, 1970 In 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. English Rebel Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn Ray Illingworth 1970 Rest of the World England 5 0 Grand total 5 0 Rebel tours to South Africa South Africa was banned from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s because of the apartheid regime then operating in that country. In the 1980s, South Africa paid a number of leading cricketers to visit on private tours. The visitors were identified by country, and they played matches that were called `` Test matches '' in South Africa. These games, however, have no official status. English Rebel Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn Graham Gooch 1981 / 2 South Africa South Africa 0 Mike Gatting 1989 / 90 South Africa South Africa 0 0 Grand total 0 They also played a number of One Day Internationals. Again, these do not have any official status. English Rebel ODI captains Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Tied Lost No result Graham Gooch 1981 / 2 0 0 0 Mike Gatting 1989 / 90 0 0 Grand total 7 0 6 0 Youth cricket Test match captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the English U-19 cricket team for at least one under - 19 Test match. The table of results is complete to September 2014. 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. English Under - 19 Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn Nigel Briers West Indies England 0 Chris Cowdrey 1976 West Indies England 0 0 Kevin Sharp 1978 West Indies England 0 Nigel Felton 1978 / 9 Australia Australia 0 0 5 Tim Boon 1979 / 80 West Indies West Indies 0 1981 India India 0 0 Total 6 0 6 Laurie Potter 1982 West Indies England 0 7 Hugh Morris Australia England 0 8 Neil Lenham 1984 / 5 West Indies West Indies 0 9 Mike Roseberry 1986 Sri Lanka England 0 10 Trevor Ward 1986 / 7 † Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 11 Mike Atherton 1986 / 7 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 12 Mark Ramprakash 1989 New Zealand England 0 13 Nick Knight 1989 † New Zealand England 0 0 14 Wayne Noon 1989 / 90 Australia Australia 0 1990 Pakistan England 0 Total 6 15 John Crawley 1990 / 1 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1991 Australia England Total 6 16 Phil Weston 1991 / 2 Pakistan Pakistan 1992 Sri Lanka England 0 Total 6 17 Matthew Walker 1992 / 3 India India 1993 West Indies England 0 Total 6 18 Michael Vaughan 1993 / 4 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 1994 India England 0 Total 6 0 19 Marcus Trescothick 1994 / 5 West Indies West Indies 0 1995 South Africa England 0 Total 6 20 Alex Morris 1995 / 6 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 0 1996 † New Zealand England 0 0 Total 0 21 Gareth Batty New Zealand England 0 22 Andrew Flintoff 1996 / 7 Pakistan Pakistan 0 1997 Zimbabwe England 0 Total 5 0 23 Zac Morris 1997 † Zimbabwe England 0 0 24 Paul Franks 1997 / 8 South Africa South Africa 0 0 25 Owais Shah 1997 / 8 † South Africa South Africa 0 0 1998 Pakistan England 0 Total 26 Michael Gough 1998 / 9 New Zealand New Zealand 1999 Australia England Total 6 27 Ian Bell 2000 Sri Lanka England 0 2000 / 1 India India 0 2001 West Indies England 0 0 Total 6 28 Mark Wallace 2000 † Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 29 Nicky Peng 2001 † West Indies England 0 0 30 Joe Sayers 2001 † West Indies England 0 0 2003 † South Africa England 0 0 Total 0 31 Paul McMahon 2002 India England 0 32 Bilal Shafayat 2002 / 3 Australia Australia 0 2003 South Africa England 0 Total 5 33 James Rothwell 2002 / 3 Australia Australia 0 0 2003 South Africa England Total 0 34 Alastair Cook Bangladesh England 0 35 Steven Davies 2004 / 5 India India 0 0 35 Varun Chopra 2005 Sri Lanka England 0 0 2006 India England 0 Total 6 36 Ben Wright 2007 Pakistan England 0 0 37 Rory Hamilton - Brown 2007 Pakistan England 0 0 38 Tom Westley 2008 New Zealand England 0 39 Hamza Riazuddin 2009 Bangladesh England 0 40 Azeem Rafiq 2009 / 10 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 Sri Lanka England 0 0 Total 0 0 41 Paul Best 2010 † Sri Lanka England 0 0 42 Lewis Gregory 2011 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 43 Olly Stone 2013 South Africa South Africa 0 44 Will Rhodes 2014 South Africa South Africa 0 0 Grand total 137 34 39 64 Youth one - Day International captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the English U-19 cricket team for at least one Under - 19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the home series against South Africa in 2014. English Under - 19 ODI captains Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result Chris Cowdrey 1976 0 0 0 Kevin Sharp 1977 -- 1978 0 0 Nigel Felton 1978 / 9 0 0 0 Tim Boon 1981 0 0 0 5 Laurie Potter 1982 0 0 0 6 Hugh Morris 0 0 7 Neil Lenham 1984 / 5 0 0 8 Mike Roseberry 1986 0 0 0 9 Mike Atherton 1986 / 7 -- 1987 / 8 11 5 0 6 0 10 Mark Ramprakash 1989 0 0 0 11 Wayne Noon 1989 / 90 -- 1990 0 0 12 John Crawley 1990 / 1 -- 1991 0 0 0 13 Phil Weston 1991 / 2 0 0 0 14 Matthew Walker 1992 / 3 -- 1993 5 0 0 15 Michael Vaughan 1993 / 4 -- 1994 5 0 0 16 Marcus Trescothick 1994 / 5 -- 1995 5 0 0 17 Alex Morris 1995 / 6 0 0 0 18 Owais Shah 1996 -- 1998 14 7 0 6 19 Andrew Flintoff 1996 / 7 -- 1997 0 0 0 20 Michael Gough 1998 / 9 -- 1999 6 0 0 21 Alex Loudon 1999 / 2000 6 0 0 22 Ian Bell 2000 -- 2001 9 5 0 0 23 Nicky Peng 2001 / 2 6 0 0 24 Paul McMahon 2002 0 0 0 25 Bilal Shafayat 2002 / 3 0 0 0 26 Samit Patel 2002 / 3 -- 2003 0 27 Alastair Cook 2003 / 4 -- 2004 8 6 0 0 28 Steven Davies 2004 / 5 5 0 0 29 Varun Chopra 2005 -- 2005 / 6, 2006 12 0 9 30 Moeen Ali 2005 / 6 5 0 0 31 Greg Wood 2006 / 7 11 5 0 6 0 32 Rory Hamilton - Brown 2007 5 0 33 Alex Wakely 2007 / 8 8 0 5 0 34 Tom Westley 2007 / 8 -- 2008 7 35 Liam Dawson 2008 / 9 5 0 0 36 Azeem Rafiq 2009 - 2009 / 10 14 0 9 37 Paul Best 2009 / 10 - 2010 8 0 38 Lewis Gregory 2010 / 11 0 0 39 Adam Ball 2011 / 12 27 13 0 13 40 Ben Duckett 2013 11 0 9 0 41 Jonathan Tattersall 2013 0 0 0 42 Lewis McManus 2013 0 0 0 43 Will Rhodes 2013 / 14 14 9 0 5 0 Grand total 255 105 138 11 Women 's cricket Test match captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the English women 's cricket team for at least one women 's Test match. The table of results is complete to the away Test against Australia in November 2017. 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. English women 's Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn Betty Archdale 1934 / 5 Australia Australia 0 1934 / 5 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 Total 0 Molly Hide 1937 Australia England 1948 / 9 Australia Australia 0 1948 / 9 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1951 † Australia England 0 0 1954 New Zealand England 0 Total 11 5 Myrtle Maclagan 1951 Australia England 0 Mary Duggan 1957 / 8 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1957 / 8 Australia Australia 0 0 1963 Australia England 0 Total 7 0 6 5 Cecilia Robinson 1957 / 8 † Australia Australia 0 0 6 Helen Sharpe 1960 / 1 South Africa South Africa 0 7 Rachael Heyhoe - Flint 1966 New Zealand England 0 0 1968 / 9 Australia Australia 0 0 1968 / 9 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1976 Australia England 0 0 Total 12 0 10 8 Susan Goatman 1979 West Indies England 0 9 Jan Southgate 1984 New Zealand England 0 0 1984 / 5 Australia Australia 5 Total 8 5 10 Carole Hodges 1986 India England 0 0 Australia England 0 Total 6 0 5 11 Helen Plimmer 1991 / 2 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1991 / 2 Australia Australia 0 0 Total 12 Karen Smithies 1995 / 6 India India 0 New Zealand England 0 0 1998 Australia England 0 0 1999 India England 0 0 Total 10 0 9 13 Clare Connor 2001 Australia England 0 0 2001 / 2 India India 0 0 2002 India England 0 0 2002 / 3 Australia Australia 0 2003 South Africa England 0 New Zealand England 0 0 2005 Australia England 0 Total 11 6 14 Charlotte Edwards 2005 / 6 India India 0 0 2006 India England 0 2007 / 8 Australia Australia 0 0 2009 Australia England 0 0 2010 / 1 Australia Australia 0 0 2013 Australia England 0 0 2013 / 4 Australia Australia 0 0 2014 India England 0 0 2015 Australia England 0 0 Total 10 15 Heather Knight 2017 / 18 Australia Australia 0 0 Grand total 94 20 14 60 Women 's one - Day International captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the English women 's cricket team for at least one women 's one - day international. The table of results is complete to the ODI series against New Zealand in July 2018. English women 's ODI captains Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result Rachael Heyhoe - Flint 1973 -- 1976 9 7 0 0 Mary Pilling 1977 / 8 0 0 Susan Goatman 1979 -- 1981 / 2 15 8 5 0 Jan Southgate 1984 -- 1984 / 5 6 0 0 5 Carole Hodges 1986 -- 1987 5 0 0 6 Jane Powell 1988 / 9 -- 1990 16 13 0 0 7 Karen Smithies 1990 -- 1999 / 2000 45 23 0 21 8 Helen Plimmer 1991 -- 1991 / 2 8 5 0 9 Ella Donnison 1999 0 0 0 10 Clare Connor 2000 -- 05 66 26 0 39 11 Arran Brindle 2001 0 0 12 Charlotte Edwards 2005 -- 2016 117 72 0 38 7 13 Nicki Shaw 2007 - 10 0 0 14 Heather Knight 2016 -- present 31 23 0 8 0 15 Danielle Hazell 2016 0 0 0 16 Anya Shrubsole 2018 0 0 0 Grand total 333 195 126 10 Women 's Twenty20 International captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the English women 's cricket team for at least one women 's Twenty20 International. The table of results is complete as of 1 July 2018. English women 's Twenty20 International captains Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result Clare Connor 2004 -- 2005 0 0 0 Charlotte Edwards 2006 -- 2016 93 68 23 Nicki Shaw 2007 0 0 0 Jenny Gunn 2010 - 2013 0 0 5 Heather Knight 2016 -- present 15 11 0 0 6 Danielle Hazell 2018 0 0 0 Grand total 115 81 31 References Specific Jump up ^ `` List of Captains ''. Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` List of captains : England - One - Day Internationals ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008. Jump up ^ `` List of captains : England - Twenty20 Internationals ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` Rebel hell for Gooch ''. BBC. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2008. Jump up ^ `` Rebel tours to South Africa may get ICC recognition ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2008. Jump up ^ `` England Women - Women 's Test matches ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008. Jump up ^ `` England Women - Women 's One - Day Internationals ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008. Jump up ^ `` England Women - Women 's Twenty20 Internationals ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008. General Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack ( 2004 ) ISBN 0 - 947766 - 83 - 9 Cricinfo CricketArchive National cricket captains Test nations Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh England India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe ODI nations Bermuda Canada East Africa Hong Kong Kenya Namibia Nepal Netherlands Oman PNG Scotland United Arab Emirates United States of America England Test cricket captains 1876 / 77 : Lillywhite 1878 / 79 -- 1880, 1884 : Harris 1881 / 82 : Shaw 1882 ; 1884 : Hornby 1882 / 83 : Bligh 1884 / 85 -- 1886 / 87 : Shrewsbury 1886 ; 1888 : Steel 1887 / 88 -- 1891 / 92 : Read 1888 -- 1896 ; 1899 : Grace 1888 / 89 : C.A. 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Question: current captain of the england mens test cricket team
Answer: Joe Root