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

Test match captains

This 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 fifth Test against Australia in July 2023.

English Test match captains[1]
Number Name Year Report Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
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
Total 24 14 9 1
Grand total 1072 393 324 355
  1. ^ Monty Bowden, aged 23 years 144 days, became England's youngest captain on 25 March 1889.
  2. ^ Plum Warner captained the touring party, but illness prevented him from appearing in any of the Tests
  3. ^ a b George Mann was the son of Frank Mann, making them the first father and son to both captain England.
  4. ^ a b Arthur Gilligan and Harold Gilligan were the first brothers to captain England.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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

This 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.

Eleven men (Alan Knott, Norman Gifford, Adam Hollioake, Graham Thorpe, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Stuart Broad, James Taylor, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Zak Crawley) have captained the England ODI side without ever captaining the Test team.

The table of results is complete up to the third ODI against Ireland in September 2023.

English ODI captains[2]
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 23 11 0 11 0
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
Grand total 781 393 9 348 30
  1. ^ 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

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 72 which includes 42 victories.

The most successful captain in terms of win percentage, after a minimum of 10 games, is Eoin Morgan.

The table is complete up to the end of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

English Twenty20 International captains[3]
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 20 12 0 7 1
10 Moeen Ali 2020–Present 11 5 0 6 0
Grand total 170 90 2 72 6
  1. ^ Both games finished with scores level, but England won the Super-over deciders

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 vs Rest of the World Test match captains
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

Test match captains

This 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.

English women's Test match captains[4]
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

This 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.

English women's ODI captains[5]
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

This 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.

English women's Twenty20 International captains[6]
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 2021 1 1 0 0 0
Grand total 152 109 3 39 1

Youth cricket

Test match captains

This 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.

England Under-19 Test match captains
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

This 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.

English Under-19 ODI captains
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

Specific

  1. ^ "England Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ "List of captains: England – One-Day Internationals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  3. ^ "List of captains: England – Twenty20 Internationals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ "England Women – Women's Test matches". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  5. ^ "England Women – Women's One-Day Internationals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  6. ^ "England Women – Women's Twenty20 Internationals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2008.

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