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Based on all Tests up to and including
5th Test v England, January 2007

 
Captain         Tenure         Tests    W       L       D       T

DW Gregory      1876-79          3      2       1       0       0
WL Murdoch      1880-90         16      5       7       4       0
TP Horan        1884-85          2      0       2       0       0
HH Massie       1884-85          1      1       0       0       0
JM Blackham     1884-95          8      3       3       2       0
HJH Scott       1886             3      0       3       0       0
PS McDonnell    1886-88          6      1       5       0       0
G Giffen        1894-95          4      2       2       0       0
GHS Trott       1896-98          8      5       3       0       0
J Darling       1899-05         21      7       4      10       0
H Trumble       1901-02          2      2       0       0       0
MA Noble        1903-09         15      8       5       2       0
C Hill          1910-12         10      5       5       0       0
SE Gregory      1912             6      2       1       3       0
WW Armstrong    1920-21         10      8       0       2       0
HL Collins      1921-26         11      5       2       4       0
W Bardsley      1926             2      0       0       2       0
J Ryder         1928-29          5      1       4       0       0
WM Woodfull     1930-34         25     14       7       4       0
VY Richardson   1935-36          5      4       0       1       0
DG Bradman      1936-48         24     15       3       6       0
WA Brown        1945-46          1      1       0       0       0
AL Hassett      1949-53         24     14       4       6       0
AR Morris       1951-55          2      0       2       0       0
IWG Johnson     1954-57         17      7       5       5       0
RR Lindwall     1956-57          1      0       0       1       0
ID Craig        1957-58          5      3       0       2       0
R Benaud        1958-64         28     12       4      11       1
RN Harvey       1961             1      1       0       0       0
RB Simpson      1963-78         39     12      12      15       0
BC Booth        1965-66          2      0       1       1       0
WM Lawry        1967-71         25      9       8       8       0
BN Jarman       1968             1      0       0       1       0
IM Chappell     1970-75         30     15       5      10       0
GS Chappell     1975-83         48     21      13      14       0
GN Yallop       1978-79          7      1       6       0       0
KJ Hughes       1978-85         28      4      13      11       0
AR Border       1984-94         93     32      22      38       1
MA Taylor       1994-99         50     26      13      11       0
SR Waugh        1998-2004       57     41       9       7       0
AC Gilchrist    2000-05          6      4       1       1       0
RT Ponting      2003-07         35     27       3       5       0

Details:

Year    Opponent  Opposition Captain    P       W       L       D       T
        (Home/Away)

1. DW Gregory
1876-77  Eng (H)  James Lillywhite      2       1       1       0
1878-79  Eng (H)  Lord Harris           1       1       0       0
                                        3       2       1       0

2. WL Murdoch
1880     Eng (A)  Lord Harris           1       0       1       0
1881-82  Eng (H)  A Shaw                4       2       0       2
1882     Eng (A)  Hon.A Lyttelton       1       1       0       0
1882-83  Eng (H)  Hon.IFW Bligh         4       2       2       0
1884     Eng (A)  Lord Harris/A Hornby  3       0       1       2
1884-85  Eng (H)  A Shrewsbury          1       0       1       0
1890     Eng (A)  WG Grace              2       0       2       0
                                       16       5       7       4

3. TP Horan
1884-85  Eng (H)  A Shrewsbury          2       0       2       0
                                        2       0       2       0

4. HH Massie
1884-85  Eng (H)  A Shrewsbury          1       1       0       0
                                        1       1       0       0

5. JM Blackham
1884-85  Eng (H)  A Shrewsbury          1       1       0       0
1891-92  Eng (H)  WG Grace              3       2       1       0
1893     Eng (A)  WG Grace/AE Stoddart  3       0       1       2
1894-95  Eng (H)  AE Stoddart           1       0       1       0
                                        8       3       3       2

6. HJH Scott
1886     Eng (A)  AG Steel              3       0       3       0
                                        3       0       3       0

7. PS McDonnell 
1886-87  Eng (H)  A Shrewsbury          2       0       2       0
1887-88  Eng (H)  WW Read               1       0       1       0
1888     Eng (A)  WG Grace/AG Steel     3       1       2       0
                                        6       1       5       0

8. G Giffen
1894-95  Eng (H)  AE Stoddart           4       2       2       0
                                        4       2       2       0


9. GHS Trott
1896     Eng (A)  WG Grace              3       1       2       0
1897-98  Eng (H)  AC MacLaren/
                  AE Stoddart           5       4       1       0
                                        8       5       3       0

10. J Darling
1899     Eng (A)  AC MacLaren/WG Grace  5       1       0       4
1901-02  Eng (H)  AC MacLaren           3       2       1       0
1902     Eng (A)  AC MacLaren           5       2       1       2
1902-03  RSA (A)  Taberer/Anderson/
                        Halliwell       3       2       0       1
1905     Eng (A)  Hon.FS Jackson        5       0       2       3
                                       21       7       4      10

11. H Trumble
1901-02  Eng (H)  AC MacLaren           2       2       0       0
                                        2       2       0       0


12. MA Noble
1903-04  Eng (H)  PF Warner             5       2       3       0
1907-08  Eng (H)  FL Fane/AO Jones      5       4       1       0
1909     Eng (A)  AC MacLaren           5       2       1       2
                                       15       8       5       2

13. C Hill
1910-11  RSA (H)  PW Sherwell           5       4       1       0
1911-12  Eng (H)  JWHT Douglas          5       1       4       0
                                       10       5       5       0

14. SE Gregory
1912     RSA(Eng) F Mitchell/L Tancred  3       2       0       1
1912     Eng (A)  CB Fry                3       0       1       2
                                        6       2       1       3

15. WW Armstong
1920-21  Eng (H)  JWHT Douglas          5       5       0       0
1921     Eng (A)  LH Tennyson/
                  JWHT Douglas          5       3       0       2
                                       10       8       0       2

16. HL Collins
1921-22  RSA (A)  HW Taylor             3       1       0       2
1924-25  Eng (H)  AER Gilligan          5       4       1       0
1926     Eng (A)  AW Carr/AP Chapman    3       0       1       2
                                       11       5       2       4

17. W Bardsley
1926     Eng (A)  AW Carr               2       0       0       2
                                        2       0       0       2


18. J Ryder
1928-29  Eng (H)  AP Chapman/JC White   5       1       4       0
                                        5       1       4       0


19. WM Woodfull
1930     Eng (A)  AP Chapman/RE Wyatt   5       2       1       2
1930-31  WI  (H)  GC Grant              5       4       1       0
1931-32  RSA (H)  HB Cameron            5       5       0       0
1932-33  Eng (H)  DR Jardine            5       1       4       0
1934     Eng (A)  RE Wyatt/CF Walters   5       2       1       2
                                       25      14       7       4

20. VY Richardson
1935-36  RSA (A)  HF Wade               5       4       0       1
                                        5       4       0       1


21. DG Bradman
1936-37  Eng (H)  GOB Allen             5       3       2       0
1938     Eng (A)  WR Hammond            4       1       1       2
1946-47  Eng (H)  WR Hammond/
                  NWD Yardley           5       3       0       2
1947-48  Ind (H)  L Amarnath            5       4       0       1
1948     Eng (A)  NWD Yardley           5       4       0       1
                                       24      15       3       6

22. WA Brown
1945-46  NZ  (A)  WA Hadlee             1       1       0       0
                                        1       1       0       0


23. AL Hassett
1949-50  RSA (A)  AD Nourse             5       4       0       1
1950-51  Eng (H)  FR Brown              5       4       1       0
1951-52  WI  (H)  JDC Goddard/
                  Stollmeyer            4       4       0       0
1952-53  RSA (H)  JE Cheetham           5       2       2       1
1954     Eng (A)  L Hutton              5       0       1       4
                                       24      14       4       6

24. AR Morris
1951-52  WI  (H)  JDC Goddard           1       0       1       0
1954-55  Eng (H)  L Hutton              1       0       1       0  
                                        2       0       2       0

25. IWG Johnson
1954-55  Eng (H)  L Hutton              4       1       2       0       
1954-55  WI  (A)  D Atkinson/Stollmeyer 5       3       0       2
1956     Eng (A)  PBH May               5       1       2       2
1956-57  Pak (A)  AH Kardar             1       0       1       0
1956-57  Ind (A)  PR Umrigar            2       2       0       0
                                       17       7       5       4

26. RR Lindwall
1956-57  Ind (A)  PR Umrigar            1       0       0       1
                                        1       0       0       1


27. ID Craig
1957-58  RSA (A)  C van Ryneveld/McGlew 5       3       0       2
                                        5       3       0       2


28. R Benaud
1958-59  Eng (H)  PBH May               5       4       0       1
1959-60  Pak (A)  Fazal Mahmood/Imtiaz  3       2       0       1
1959-60  Ind (A)  GS Ramchand           5       2       1       2
1960-61  WI  (H)  FMM Worrell           5       2       1       1      1
1961     Eng (A)  PBH May/MC Cowdrey    4       1       1       2
1962-63  Eng (H)  ER Dexter             5       1       1       3
1963-64  RSA (H)  TL Goddard            1       0       0       1
                                       28      12       4      11      1

29. RN Harvey
1961     Eng (A)  MC Cowdrey            1       1       0       0
                                        1       1       0       0

30.  RB Simpson
1963-64  RSA (H)  TL Goddard            4       1       1       2
1964     Eng (A)  ER Dexter             5       1       0       4
1964-65  Ind (A)  MAK Pataudi           3       1       1       1
1964-65  Pak (A)  Hanif Mohammad        1       0       0       1
1964-65  Pak (H)  Hanif Mohammad        1       0       0       1
1964-65  WI  (A)  GS Sobers             5       1       2       2
1965-66  Eng (H)  MJK Smith             3       1       0       2
1966-67  RSA (A)  PL van der Merwe      5       1       3       1
1967-68  Ind (H)  MAK Pataudi/C Borde   2       2       0       0
1977-78  Ind (H)  BS Bedi               5       3       2       0
1977-78  WI  (A)  CH Lloyd/
                  AI Kallicharran       5       1       3       1
                                       39      12      12      15


31. BC Booth
1965-66  Eng (H)  MJK Smith             2       0       1       1
                                        2       0       1       1


32. WM Lawry
1967-68  Ind (H)  MAK Pataudi           2       2       0       0
1968     Eng (A)  MC Cowdrey            4       1       1       2
1968-69  WI  (H)  GS Sobers             5       3       1       1
1969-70  Ind (A)  MAK Pataudi           5       3       1       1
1969-70  RSA (A)  A Bacher              4       0       4       0
1970-71  Eng (H)  R Illingworth         5       0       1       4       
                                       25       9       8       8

33. BN Jarman
1968     Eng (A)  TW Graveney           1       0       0       1
                                        1       0       0       1


34. IM Chappell
1970-71  Eng (H)  R Illingworth         1       0       1       0
1972     Eng (A)  R Illingworth         5       2       2       1
1972-73  Pak (H)  Intikhab Alam         3       3       0       0
1972-73  WI  (A)  RB Kanhai             5       2       0       3
1973-74  NZ  (H)  BE Congdon            3       2       0       1
1973-74  NZ  (A)  BE Congdon            3       1       1       1
1974-75  Eng (H)  MH Denness/J Edrich   6       4       1       1
1975     Eng (A)  AW Greig/MH Denness   4       1       0       3
                                       30      15       5      10

35. GS Chappell
1975-76  WI  (H)  CH Lloyd              6       5       1       0
1976-77  Pak (H)  Mushtaq Mohammad      3       1       1       1
1976-77  NZ  (A)  GM Turner             2       1       0       1
1976-77  Eng (H)  AW Greig              1       1       0       0
1977     Eng (A)  JM Brearley           5       0       3       2
1979-80  WI  (H)  CH Lloyd/DL Murray    3       0       2       1
1979-80  Eng (H)  JM Brearley           3       3       0       0
1979-80  Pak (A)  Javed Miandad         3       0       1       2
1980     Eng (A)  IT Botham             1       0       0       1
1980-81  NZ  (H)  GP Howarth/M Burgess  3       2       0       1
1980-81  Ind (H)  SM Gavaskar           3       1       1       1
1981-82  Pak (H)  Javed Miandad         3       2       1       0
1981-82  WI  (H)  CH Lloyd              3       1       1       1
1981-82  NZ  (A)  GP Howarth            3       1       1       1
1982-83  Eng (H)  RGD Willis            5       2       1       2
1982-83  SL  (A)  LRD Mendis            1       1       0       0
                                       48      21      13      14

36. GN Yallop
1978-79  Eng (H)  JM Brearley           6       1       5       0
1978-79  Pak (H)  Mushtaq Mohammad      1       0       1       0
                                        7       1       6       0

37. KJ Hughes
1978-79  Pak (H)  Mushtaq Mohammad      1       1       0       0
1979-80  Ind (A)  SM Gavaskar           6       0       2       4
1981     Eng (A)  JM Brearley/IT Botham 6       1       3       2
1982-83  Pak (A)  Imran Khan            3       0       3       0
1983-84  Pak (H)  Imran Khan/
                  Zaheer Abass          5       2       0       3
1983-84  WI  (A)  CH Lloyd/IVA Richards 5       0       3       2
1984-85  WI  (H)  CH Lloyd              2       0       2       0
                                       28       4      13      11

38. AR Border
1984-85  WI  (H)  CH Lloyd              3       1       1       1
1985     Eng (A)  DI Gower              6       1       3       2
1985-86  NZ  (H)  JV Coney              3       1       2       0
1985-86  Ind (H)  Kapil Dev             3       0       0       3
1985-86  NZ  (A)  JV Coney              3       0       1       2
1986-87  Ind (A)  Kapil Dev             3       0       0       2       1
1986-87  Eng (H)  MW Gatting            5       1       2       2
1987-88  NZ  (H)  JJ Crowe              3       1       0       2
1987-88  Eng (H)  MW Gatting            1       0       0       1
1987-88  SL  (H)  RS Madugalle          1       1       0       0
1988-89  Pak (A)  Javed Miandad         3       0       1       2
1988-89  WI  (H)  IVA Richards          5       1       3       1
1989     Eng (A)  DI Gower              6       4       0       2
1989-90  NZ  (H)  JG Wright             1       0       0       1
1989-90  SL  (H)  A Ranatunga           2       1       0       1
1989-90  Pak (H)  Imran Khan            3       1       0       2
1989-90  NZ  (A)  JG Wright             1       0       1       0
1990-91  Eng (H)  GA Gooch/AJ Lamb      5       3       0       2
1990-91  WI  (A)  IVA Richards          5       1       2       2
1991-92  Ind (H)  M Azharuddin          5       4       0       1
1992-93  SL  (A)  A Ranatunga           3       1       0       2       
1992-93  WI  (H)  RB Richardson         5       1       2       2
1992-93  NZ  (A)  MD Crowe              3       1       1       1
1993     Eng (A)  GA Gooch/MA Atherton  6       4       1       1
1993-94  NZ  (H)  MD Crowe/K Rutherford 3       2       0       1
1993-94  RSA (H)  KC Wessels/WJ Cronje  3       1       1       1       
1993-94  RSA (A)  KC Wessels            3       1       1       1
                                       93      32      22      38      1

39. MA Taylor 
1994-95  Pak (A)  Salim Malik           3       0       1       2
1994-95  Eng (H)  MA Atherton           5       3       1       1
1994-95  WI  (A)  RB Richardson         4       2       1       1
1995-96  Pak (H)  Wasim Akram           3       2       1       0
1995-96  SL  (H)  A Ranatunga/
                    PA de Silva         3       3       0       0
1996-97  Ind (A)  SR Tendulkar          1       0       1       0
1996-97  WI  (H)  CA Walsh              5       3       2       0
1996-97  RSA (A)  WJ Cronje             3       2       1       0
1997     Eng (A)  MA Atherton           6       3       2       1
1997-98  NZ  (H)  SP Fleming            3       2       0       1
1997-98  RSA (H)  WJ Cronje             3       1       0       2
1997-98  Ind (A)  M Azharuddin          3       1       2       0
1998-99  Pak (A)  Aameer Sohail         3       1       0       2
1998-99  Eng (H)  AJ Stewart            5       3       1       1
                                       50      26      13      11

40. SR Waugh
1998-99  WI  (A)  BC Lara                4      2       2       0
1999-00  SL  (A)  ST Jayasuriya          3      0       1       2
1999-00  Zim (A)  ADR Campbell           1      1       0       0
1999-00  Pak (H)  Wasim Akram            3      3       0       0
1999-00  Ind (H)  SR Tendulkar           3      3       0       0
1999-00  NZ  (A)  SP Fleming             3      3       0       0
2000-01  WI  (H)  JC Adams               4      4       0       0
2000-01  Ind (A)  SC Ganguly             3      1       2       0
2001     Eng (A)  N Hussain/MA Atherton  4      4       0       0
2001-02  NZ  (H)  SP Fleming             3      0       0       3
2001-02  RSA (H)  SM Pollock             3      3       0       0
2001-02  RSA (A)  MV Boucher             3      2       1       0
2002-03  Pak (A)  Waqar Younis           3      3       0       0
2002-03  Eng (H)  N.Hussain              5      4       1       0
2002-03  WI  (A)  B.C.Lara               4      3       1       0
2003     Ban (H)  Khaled Mahmud          2      2       0       0
2003-04  Zim (H)  H.H.Streak             2      2       0       0
2003-04  Ind (H)  S.C.Ganguly            4      1       1       2
                                        57     41       9       7

41.  AC Gilchrist
2000-01  WI  (H)  JC Adams               1      1       0       0
2001     Eng (A)  N Hussain              1      0       1       0
2004     SL  (H)  M.S.Atapattu           1      1       0       0
2004-05  Ind (A)  S.C.Ganguly/R.Dravid   3      2       0       1
                                         6      4       1       1

42.  RT Ponting         
2003-04  SL  (A)  H.P.Tillakaratne       3      3        0      0
2004     SL  (H)  M.S.Atapattu           1      0        0      1
2004-05  Ind (A)  R.Dravid               1      0        1      0
2004-05  NZ  (H)  S.P.Fleming            2      2        0      0
2004-05  Pak (H)  Inzamam/Yousuf Youhana 3      3        0      0
2004-05  NZ  (A)  S.P.Fleming            3      2        0      1
2005     Eng (A)  M.P.Vaughan            5      1        2      2
2005-06  RoW (H)  G.C.Smith              1      1        0      0
2005-06  WI  (H)  S.Chanderpaul          3      3        0      0
2005-06  RSA (H)  G.C.Smith              3      2        0      1
2005-06  RSA (A)  G.C.Smith/J.H.Kallis   3      3        0      0
2005-06  Bang(A)  Habibul Bashar         2      2        0      0
2006-07  Eng (H)  A.Flintoff             5      5        0      0
                                        35     27        3      5