List of England cricket captains explained

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 India in January 2024.

English Test match captains^[1] ! Number! Name! Year! Report! Opposition! Location! Played! Won! Lost! Drawn

1	James Lillywhite	1876–77			Australia	2	1	1	0
2	Lord Harris	1878–79			Australia	1	0	1	0
		1880			England	1	1	0	0
		1884			England	2	1	0	1
		Total				4	2	1	1
3	Alfred Shaw	1881–82			Australia	4	0	2	2
4	A N Hornby	1882			England	1	0	1	0
		1884†			England	1	0	0	1
		Total				2	0	1	1
5	Hon. Ivo Bligh	1882–83			Australia	4	2	2	0
6	Arthur Shrewsbury	1884–85			Australia	5	3	2	0
		1886–87			Australia	2	2	0	0
		Total				7	5	2	0
7	Allan Steel	1886			England	3	3	0	0
		1888†			England	1	0	1	0
		Total				4	3	1	0
8	Walter Read	1887–88			Australia	1	1	0	0
		1891–92			South Africa	1	1	0	0
		Total				2	2	0	0
9	W G Grace	1888			England	2	2	0	0
		1890			England	2	2	0	0
		1891–92			Australia	3	1	2	0
		1893			England	2	1	0	1
		1896			England	3	2	1	0
		1899†			England	1	0	0	1
		Total				13	8	3	2
10	C. Aubrey Smith	1888–89			South Africa	1	1	0	0
11		1888–89†			South Africa	1	1	0	0
12	Andrew Stoddart	1893†			England	1	0	0	1
		1894–95			Australia	5	3	2	0
		1897–98			Australia	2	0	2	0
		Total				8	3	4	1
13	Sir Tim O'Brien	1895–96†			South Africa	1	1	0	0
14	Lord Hawke	1895–96			South Africa	2	2	0	0
		1898–99			South Africa	2	2	0	0
		Total				4	4	0	0
15	Archie MacLaren	1897–98†			Australia	3	1	2	0
		1899			England	4	0	1	3
		1901–02			Australia	5	1	4	0
		1902			England	5	1	2	2
		1909			England	5	1	2	2
		Total				22	4	11	7
16	Plum Warner	1903–04			Australia	5	3	2	0
		1905–06			South Africa	5	1	4	0
		Total				10	4	6	0
17	Hon. Stanley Jackson	1905			England	5	2	0	3
18	Tip Foster	1907			England	3	1	0	2
19	Frederick Fane	1907–08†			Australia	3	1	2	0
		1909–10†			South Africa	2	1	1	0
		Total				5	2	3	0
20	Arthur Jones	1907–08			Australia	2	0	2	0
21	H D G Leveson-Gower	1909–10			South Africa	3	1	2	0
22	Johnny Douglas	1911–12			Australia	5	4	1	0
		1913–14			South Africa	5	4	0	1
		1920–21			Australia	5	0	5	0
		1921†			England	2	0	2	0
		1924†			England	1	0	0	1
		Total				18	8	8	2
23	C B Fry	1912			England	3	3	0	0
		1912			England	3	1	0	2
		Total				6	4	0	2
24	Hon. Lionel Tennyson	1921			England	3	0	1	2
25	Frank Mann	1922–23			South Africa	5	2	1	2
26	Arthur Gilligan	1924			England	4	3	0	1
		1924–25			Australia	5	1	4	0
		Total				9	4	4	1
27	Arthur Carr	1926			England	4	0	0	4
		1929†			England	2	1	0	1
		Total				6	1	0	5
28	Percy Chapman	1926†			England	1	1	0	0
		1928			England	3	3	0	0
		1928–29			Australia	4	4	0	0
		1930			England	4	1	1	2
		1930–31			South Africa	5	0	1	4
		Total				17	9	2	6
29		1927–28			South Africa	4	2	1	1
30		1927–28†			South Africa	1	0	1	0
31	Jack White	1928–29†			Australia	1	0	1	0
		1929			England	3	1	0	2
		Total				4	1	1	2
32		1929–30			New Zealand	4	1	0	3
33		1929–30			West Indies	4	1	1	2
34	Bob Wyatt	1930†			England	1	0	1	0
		1932–33†			New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		1933†			England	1	1	0	0
		1934			England	4	1	1	2
		1934–35			West Indies	4	1	2	1
		1935			England	5	0	1	4
		Total				16	3	5	8
35	Douglas Jardine	1931			England	3	1	0	2
		1932			England	1	1	0	0
		1932–33			Australia	5	4	1	0
		1932–33			New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		1933			England	2	1	0	1
		1933–34			India	3	2	0	1
		Total				15	9	1	5
36		1934†			England	1	0	1	0
37		1936			England	3	2	0	1
		1936–37			Australia	5	2	3	0
		1947–48			West Indies	3	0	2	1
		Total				11	4	5	2
38		1937			England	3	1	0	2
39	Wally Hammond	1938			England	4	1	1	2
		1938–39			South Africa	5	1	0	4
		1939			England	3	1	0	2
		1946			England	3	1	0	2
		1946–47			Australia	4	0	2	2
		1946–47			New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		Total				20	4	3	13
40	Norman Yardley	1946–47†			Australia	1	0	1	0
		1947			England	5	3	0	2
		1948			England	5	0	4	1
		1950			England	3	1	2	0
		Total				14	4	7	3
41		1947–48†			West Indies	1	0	0	1
42	George Mann	1948–49			South Africa	5	2	0	3
		1949			England	2	0	0	2
		Total				7	2	0	5
43	Freddie Brown	1949†			England	2	0	0	2
		1950†			England	1	0	1	0
		1950–51			Australia	5	1	4	0
		1950–51			New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1951			England	5	3	1	1
		Total				15	5	6	4
44		1951–52			India	4	1	0	3
45		1951–52†			India	1	0	1	0
46	Len Hutton	1952			England	4	3	0	1
		1953			England	5	1	0	4
		1953–54			West Indies	5	2	2	1
		1954			England	2	0	1	1
		1954–55			Australia	5	3	1	1
		1954–55			New Zealand	2	2	0	0
		Total				23	11	4	8
47		1954†			England	2	1	0	1
48	Peter May	1955			England	5	3	2	0
		1956			England	5	2	1	2
		1956–57			South Africa	5	2	2	1
		1957			England	5	3	0	2
		1958			England	5	4	0	1
		1958–59			Australia	5	0	4	1
		1958–59			New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1959			England	3	3	0	0
		1959–60			West Indies	3	1	0	2
		1961			England	3	1	1	1
		Total				41	20	10	11
49	Colin Cowdrey	1959†			England	2	2	0	0
		1959–60†			West Indies	2	0	0	2
		1960			England	5	3	0	2
		1961†			England	2	0	1	1
		1962†			England	1	1	0	0
		1966			England	3	0	2	1
		1967–68			West Indies	5	1	0	4
		1968			England	4	1	1	2
		1968–69			Pakistan	3	0	0	3
		Total				27	8	4	15
50	Ted Dexter	1961–62			Pakistan	3	1	0	2
		1961–62			India	5	0	2	3
		1962			England	4	3	0	1
		1962–63			Australia	5	1	1	3
		1962–63			New Zealand	3	3	0	0
		1963			England	5	1	3	1
		1964			England	5	0	1	4
		Total				30	9	7	14
51	M. J. K. Smith	1963–64			India	5	0	0	5
		1964–65			South Africa	5	1	0	4
		1965			England	3	3	0	0
		1965			England	3	0	1	2
		1965–6			Australia	5	1	1	3
		1965–66			New Zealand	3	0	0	3
		1966†			England	1	0	1	0
		Total				25	5	3	17
52	Brian Close	1966†			England	1	1	0	0
		1967			England	3	3	0	0
		1967			England	3	2	0	1
		Total				7	6	0	1
53	Tom Graveney	1968†			England	1	0	0	1
54	Ray Illingworth	1969			England	3	2	0	1
		1969			England	3	2	0	1
		1970–71			Australia	6	2	0	4
		1970–71			New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1971			England	3	1	0	2
		1971			England	3	0	1	2
		1972			England	5	2	2	1
		1973			England	3	2	0	1
		1973			England	3	0	2	1
		Total				31	12	5	14
55	Tony Lewis	1972–73			India	5	1	2	2
		1972–73			Pakistan	3	0	0	3
		Total				8	1	2	5
56	Mike Denness	1973–74			West Indies	5	1	1	3
		1974			England	3	3	0	0
		1974			England	3	0	0	3
		1974–75			Australia	5	1	3	1
		1974–75			New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1975†			England	1	0	1	0
		Total				19	6	5	8
57		1974–75†			Australia	1	0	1	0
58	Tony Greig	1975			England	3	0	0	3
		1976			England	5	0	3	2
		1976–77			India	5	3	1	1
		1976–77			Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total				14	3	5	6
59	Mike Brearley	1977			England	5	3	0	2
		1977–78			Pakistan	2	0	0	2
		1978			England	3	2	0	1
		1978			England	3	3	0	0
		1978–79			Australia	6	5	1	0
		1979			England	4	1	0	3
		1979–80			Australia	3	0	3	0
		1979–80			India	1	1	0	0
		1981			England	4	3	0	1
		Total				31	18	4	9
60	Geoffrey Boycott	1977–78†			Pakistan	1	0	0	1
		1977–78			New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		Total				4	1	1	2
61	Ian Botham	1980			England	5	0	1	4
		1980			England	1	0	0	1
		1980–81			West Indies	4	0	2	2
		1981†			England	2	0	1	1
		Total				12	0	4	8
62	Keith Fletcher	1981–82			India	6	0	1	5
		1981–82			Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0
		Total				7	1	1	5
63	Bob Willis	1982			England	3	1	0	2
		1982			England	2	2	0	0
		1982–83			Australia	5	1	2	2
		1983			England	4	3	1	0
		1983–84			New Zealand	3	0	1	2
		1983–84†			Pakistan	1	0	1	0
		Total				18	7	5	6
64	David Gower	1982†			England	1	0	1	0
		1983–84			Pakistan	2	0	0	2
		1984			England	5	0	5	0
		1984			England	1	0	0	1
		1984–85			India	5	2	1	2
		1985			England	6	3	1	2
		1985–86			West Indies	5	0	5	0
		1986†			England	1	0	1	0
		1989			England	6	0	4	2
		Total				32	5	18	9
65	Mike Gatting	1986			England	2	0	1	1
		1986			England	3	0	1	2
		1986–87			Australia	5	2	1	2
		1987			England	5	0	1	4
		1987–88			Pakistan	3	0	1	2
		1987–88			Australia	1	0	0	1
		1987–88			New Zealand	3	0	0	3
		1988†			England	1	0	0	1
		Total				23	2	5	16
66		1988			England	2	0	2	0
67		1988†			England	1	0	1	0
68	Graham Gooch	1988†			England	1	0	1	0
		1988			England	1	1	0	0
		1989–90			West Indies	2	1	0	1
		1990			England	3	1	0	2
		1990			England	3	1	0	2
		1990–91			Australia	4	0	2	2
		1991			England	5	2	2	1
		1991			England	1	1	0	0
		1991–92			New Zealand	3	2	0	1
		1992			England	5	1	2	2
		1992–93			India	2	0	2	0
		1993			England	4	0	3	1
		Total				34	10	12	12
69	Allan Lamb	1989–90†			West Indies	2	0	2	0
		1990–91†			Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total				3	0	3	0
70	Alec Stewart	1992–93†			India	1	0	1	0
		1992–93			Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0
		1998			England	5	2	1	2
		1998			England	1	0	1	0
		1998–99			Australia	5	1	3	1
		2000†			England	1	1	0	0
		2001†			England	1	0	1	0
		Total				15	4	8	3
71	Michael Atherton	1993†			England	2	1	1	0
		1993–94			West Indies	5	1	3	1
		1994			England	3	1	0	2
		1994			England	3	1	1	1
		1994–95			Australia	5	1	3	1
		1995			England	6	2	2	2
		1995–96			South Africa	5	0	1	4
		1996			England	3	1	0	2
		1996			England	3	0	2	1
		1996–97			Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2
		1996–97			New Zealand	3	2	0	1
		1997			England	6	2	3	1
		1997–98			West Indies	6	1	3	2
		2001†			England	2	0	2	0
		Total				54	13	21	20
72	Nasser Hussain	1999			England	3	1	2	0
		1999–2000			South Africa	5	1	2	2
		2000			England	2	1	0	1
		2000			England	4	2	1	1
		2000–01			Pakistan	3	1	0	2
		2000–01			Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0
		2001			England	1	1	0	0
		2001			England	3	1	2	0
		2001–02			India	3	0	1	2
		2001–02			New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		2002			England	3	2	0	1
		2002			England	4	1	1	2
		2002–03			Australia	5	1	4	0
		2003			England	2	2	0	0
		2003†			England	1	0	0	1
		Total				45	17	15	13
73	Mark Butcher	1999†			England	1	0	0	1
74	Michael Vaughan	2003			England	4	2	2	0
		2003–04			Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
		2003–04			Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2
		2003–04			West Indies	4	3	0	1
		2004			England	2	2	0	0
		2004			England	4	4	0	0
		2004–05			South Africa	5	2	1	2
		2005			England	2	2	0	0
		2005			England	5	2	1	2
		2005–06			Pakistan	2	0	1	1
		2007			England	3	3	0	0
		2007			England	3	0	1	2
		2007–08			Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2
		2007–08			New Zealand	3	2	1	0
		2008			England	3	2	0	1
		2008			England	3	0	2	1
		Total				51	26	11	14
75	Marcus Trescothick	2004†			England	1	1	0	0
		2005–06†			Pakistan	1	0	1	0
		Total				2	1	1	0
76	Andrew Flintoff	2005–06			India	3	1	1	1
		2006			England	3	1	1	1
		2006–07			Australia	5	0	5	0
		Total				11	2	7	2
77	Andrew Strauss	2006			England	4	3	0	1
		2007†			England	1	0	0	1
		2008–09			West Indies	5	0	1	4
		2009			England	2	2	0	0
		2009			England	5	2	1	2
		2009–10			South Africa	4	1	1	2
		2010			England	2	2	0	0
		2010			England	4	3	1	0
		2010–11			Australia	5	3	1	1
		2011			England	3	1	0	2
		2011			England	4	4	0	0
		2011–12			UAE	3	0	3	0
		2011–12			Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0
		2012			England	3	2	0	1
		2012			England	3	0	2	1
		Total				50	24	11	15
78	Kevin Pietersen	2008†			England	1	1	0	0
		2008–09			India	2	0	1	1
		Total				3	1	1	1
79	Alastair Cook	2009–10			Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
		2012–13			India	4	2	1	1
		2012–13			New Zealand	3	0	0	3
		2013			England	2	2	0	0
		2013			England	5	3	0	2
		2013–14			Australia	5	0	5	0
		2014			England	2	0	1	1
		2014			England	5	3	1	1
		2014–15			West Indies	3	1	1	1
		2015			England	2	1	1	0
		2015			England	5	3	2	0
		2015–16			UAE	3	0	2	1
		2015–16			South Africa	4	2	1	1
		2016			England	3	2	0	1
		2016			England	4	2	2	0
		2016–17			Bangladesh	2	1	1	0
		2016–17			India	5	0	4	1
		Total				59	24	22	13
80	Joe Root	2017			England	4	3	1	0
		2017			England	3	2	1	0
		2017–18			Australia	5	0	4	1
		2017–18			New Zealand	2	0	1	1
		2018			England	2	1	1	0
		2018			England	5	4	1	0
		2018–19			Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0
		2018–19			West Indies	3	1	2	0
		2019			England	1	1	0	0
		2019			England	5	2	2	1
		2019–20			New Zealand	2	0	1	1
		2019–20			South Africa	4	3	1	0
		2020			England	2	2	0	0
		2020			England	3	1	0	2
		2020–21			Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0
		2020–21			India	4	1	3	0
		2021			England	2	0	1	1
		2021			England	4	1	2	1
		2021–22			Australia	5	0	4	1
		2021–22			West Indies	3	0	1	2
		Total				64	27	26	11
81	Ben Stokes	2020†			England	1	0	1	0
		2022			England	3	3	0	0	-	2022			England	1	1	0	0
		2022			England	3	2	1	0
		2022–23			Pakistan	3	3	0	0
		2022–23			New Zealand	2	1	1	0
		2023			England	1	1	0	0
		2023			England	5	2	2	1
		2024	Report		India	5	1	4	0
		Total						24	14	9	1
Grand total						1072	393	324	355

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		1971–1973	3	1	0	1	1
2		1972	3	2	0	1	0
3		1973–1975	12	7	0	4	1
4		1975	1	0	0	0	1
5		1976	1	0	0	1	0
6		1976	2	0	0	2	0
7		1977–1980	25	15	0	9	1
8		1977–1978	2	2	0	0	0
9		1978–1984	29	16	0	13	0
10		1980–1981	9	4	0	5	0
11		1981–1982	5	2	0	3	0
12		1984–1989	24	10	1	13	0
13		1985	2	0	0	2	0
14		1986–1988	37	26	0	11	0
15		1987	4	2	0	2	0
16		1988–1993	50	24	0	23	3
17		1990	4	1	0	3	0
18		1992–2003	41	15	0	25	1
19		1994–1997	43	20	1	21	1
20		1997–2003	56	28	0	27	1
21		1997–1999	14	6	0	8	0
22		2001	3	0	0	3	0
23		2001–2005	10	5	0	5	0
24		2003–2007	60	32	2	22	4
25		2006–2007	14	4	0	10	0
26		2006–2011	62	27	1	33	1
27		2007–2009	25	11	1	12	1
28		2008	12	4	0	6	2
29		2010–2014	69	36	1	30	2
30		2011–2022	126	76	2	40	8
31		2014	3	2	0	1	0
32		2015	1	0	0	0	1
33		2016–present	23	11	0	11	0
34		2021	3	3	0	0	0
35		2022	1	0	0	1	0
36		2023	2	1	0	0	1
Grand total			781	393	9	348	30

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		2005–2007	2	1	0	1	0
2		2006–2009	3	0	0	3	0
3		2007–2010	30	17	0	11	2
4		2009	1	0	0	1	0
5		2011–2014	27	11	0	15	1
6		2011	3	2	0	1	0
7		2012–2022	72	42	2	27	1
8		2013	1	0	0	0	1
9		2015–present	20	12	0	7	1
10		2020–Present	11	5	0	6	0
Grand total			170	90	2	72	6

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		1970		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	3	2	0	1
		1934/5		New Zealand	1	1	0	0
		Total			4	3	0	1
2	Molly Hide	1937		England	3	1	1	1
		1948/9		Australia	3	0	1	2
		1948/9		New Zealand	1	1	0	0
		1951†		England	1	1	0	0
		1954		England	3	1	0	2
		Total			11	4	2	5
3		1951		England	2	0	1	1
4	Mary Duggan	1957/8		New Zealand	2	0	0	2
		1957/8		Australia	2	0	0	2
		1963		England	3	1	0	2
		Total			7	1	0	6
5		1957/8†		Australia	1	0	0	1
6		1960/1		South Africa	4	1	0	3
7	Rachael Heyhoe-Flint	1966		England	3	0	0	3
		1968/9		Australia	3	0	0	3
		1968/9		New Zealand	3	2	0	1
		1976		England	3	0	0	3
		Total			12	2	0	10
8		1979		England	3	2	0	1
9	Jan Southgate	1984		England	3	0	0	3
		1984/5		Australia	5	1	2	2
		Total			8	1	2	5
10	Carole Hodges	1986		England	3	0	0	3
		1987		England	3	0	1	2
		Total			6	0	1	5
11	Helen Plimmer	1991/2		New Zealand	3	1	0	2
		1991/2		Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total			4	1	1	2
12	Karen Smithies	1995/6		India	3	1	0	2
		1996		England	3	0	0	3
		1998		England	3	0	0	3
		1999		England	1	0	0	1
		Total			10	1	0	9
13	Clare Connor	2001		England	2	0	2	0
		2001/2		India	1	0	0	1
		2002		England	1	0	0	1
		2002/3		Australia	2	0	1	1
		2003		England	2	1	0	1
		2004		England	1	0	0	1
		2005		England	2	1	0	1
		Total			11	2	3	6
14		2005/6		India	1	0	0	1
		2006		England	2	0	1	1
		2007/8		Australia	1	1	0	0
		2009		England	1	0	0	1
		2010/1		Australia	1	0	1	0
		2013		England	1	0	0	1
		2013/4		Australia	1	1	0	0
		2014		England	1	0	1	0
		2015		England	1	0	1	0
		Total			10	2	4	4
15	Heather Knight	2017/18		Australia	1	0	0	1
		2019		England	1	0	0	1
		2021		England	1	0	0	1
		2021/22	Australia.	Australia	1	0	0	1
		2022		England	1	0	0	1
		2023		England	1	0	1	0
		2023/24		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		1973–1976	9	7	0	2	0
2		1977/8	3	2	0	1	0
3		1979–1981/2	15	8	2	5	0
4		1984–1984/5	6	3	0	3	0
5		1986–1987	5	4	0	1	0
6		1988/9–1990	16	13	0	3	0
7		1990–1999/2000	45	23	0	21	1
8		1991–1991/2	8	5	0	2	1
9		1999	3	3	0	0	0
10		2000–05	66	26	0	39	1
11		2001	3	2	0	1	0
12		2005–2016	117	72	0	38	7
13		2007–10	4	3	0	1	0
14		2016–present	52	36	0	15	1
15		2016	1	1	0	0	0
16		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		2004–2005	2	0	0	2	0
2		2006–2016	93	68	1	23	1
3		2007	1	0	0	1	0
4		2010–2013	3	2	1	0	0
5		2016–present	51	38	1	12	0
6		2018	1	0	0	1	0
7		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		1974		England	3	0	1	2
2		1976		England	1	1	0	0
3		1978		England	3	1	0	2
4		1978/9		Australia	2	0	0	2
5	Tim Boon	1979/80		West Indies	3	0	2	1
		1981		India	3	0	0	3
		Total			6	0	2	4
6		1982		England	3	0	2	1
7		1983		England	3	1	2	0
8		1984/5		West Indies	3	0	2	1
9		1986		England	3	1	0	2
10		1986/7†		Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1
11		1986/7		Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2
12		1989		England	2	0	1	1
13		1989†		England	1	0	0	1
14	Wayne Noon	1989/90		Australia	3	0	1	2
		1990		England	3	1	0	2
		Total			6	1	1	4
15	John Crawley	1990/1		New Zealand	3	0	2	1
		1991		England	3	1	1	1
		Total			6	1	3	2
16	Phil Weston	1991/2		Pakistan	3	1	1	1
		1992		England	3	1	0	2
		Total			6	2	1	3
17	Matthew Walker	1992/3		India	3	1	1	1
		1993		England	3	1	0	2
		Total			6	2	1	3
18	Michael Vaughan	1993/4		Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2
		1994		England	3	0	1	2
		Total			6	0	2	4
19	Marcus Trescothick	1994/5		West Indies	3	0	1	2
		1995		England	3	2	0	1
		Total			6	2	1	3
20	Alex Morris	1995/6		Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1
		1996†		England	1	0	0	1
		Total			4	2	0	2
21		1996		England	2	0	1	1
22	Andrew Flintoff	1996/7		Pakistan	3	1	0	2
		1997		England	2	1	0	1
		Total			5	2	0	3
23		1997†		England	1	1	0	0
24		1997/8		South Africa	1	0	0	1
25	Owais Shah	1997/8†		South Africa	1	0	0	1
		1998		England	3	2	1	0
		Total			4	2	1	1
26	Michael Gough	1998/9		New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		1999		England	3	1	1	1
		Total			6	2	2	2
27	Ian Bell	2000		England	2	1	1	0
		2000/1		India	3	0	1	2
		2001		England	1	0	0	1
		Total			6	1	2	3
28		2000†		England	1	0	1	0
29		2001†		England	1	0	1	0
30		2001†		England	1	0	0	1
31		2002		England	3	1	0	2
32	Bilal Shafayat	2002/3		Australia	3	1	2	0
		2003		England	2	0	1	1
		Total			5	1	3	1
33		2003†		England	1	0	1	0
34		2004		England	3	2	0	1
35		2004/5		India	3	0	3	0
36	Varun Chopra	2005		England	3	3	0	0
		2006		England	3	0	1	2
		Total			6	3	1	2
37		2007		England	1	1	0	0
38		2007		England	1	0	1	0
39		2008		England	2	1	0	1
40		2009		England	2	1	0	1
41	Azeem Rafiq	2009/10		Bangladesh	1	0	1	0
		2010		England	1	0	1	0
		Total			2	0	2	0
42		2010†		England	1	1	0	0
43		2011		Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2
44		2013		South Africa	2	1	1	0
45		2014		South Africa	2	0	0	2
46		2014/15		Australia	1	0	0	1
47		2015		England	1	0	0	1
48	Max Holden	2016		England	2	0	1	1
		2016/17		India	2	0	0	2
		2017		England	2	0	2	0
		Total			6	0	3	3
49		2018		England	2	2	0	0
50		2018/19		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		1976	1	1	0	0	0
2		1977–1978	3	2	0	1	0
3		1978/9	1	0	0	1	0
4		1981	1	1	0	0	0
5		1982	2	2	0	0	0
6		1983	2	1	0	1	0
7		1984/5	3	1	0	2	0
8		1986	2	0	0	2	0
9		1986/7–1987/8	11	5	0	6	0
10		1989	3	3	0	0	0
11		1989/90–1990	4	1	0	3	0
12		1990/1–1991	4	0	0	4	0
13		1991/2	3	0	0	3	0
14		1992/3–1993	5	2	0	3	0
15		1993/4–1994	5	3	0	2	0
16		1994/5–1995	5	4	0	1	0
17		1995/6	1	1	0	0	0
18		1996–1998	14	7	0	6	1
19		1996/7–1997	3	3	0	0	0
20		1998/9–1999	6	2	0	4	0
21		1999/2000	6	3	0	3	0
22		2000–2001	9	5	0	4	0
23		2001/2	6	2	0	4	0
24		2002	3	0	0	3	0
25		2002/3	3	0	0	3	0
26		2002/3–2003	4	1	0	2	1
27		2003/4–2004	8	6	0	2	0
28		2004/5	5	1	0	4	0
29		2005–2005/6, 2006	12	2	0	9	1
30		2005/6	5	3	0	2	0
31		2006/7	11	5	0	6	0
32		2007	5	1	0	3	1
33		2007/8	8	3	0	5	0
34		2007/8–2008	7	2	1	1	3
35		2008/9	5	2	0	3	0
36		2009–2009/10	14	4	0	9	1
37		2009/10–2010	8	4	0	3	1
38		2010/11	3	0	0	2	1
39		2011/12	27	13	0	13	1
40		2013	11	2	0	9	0
41		2013	1	0	1	0	0
42		2013	1	0	1	0	0
43		2013/14	14	9	0	5	0
44		2014/15	4	1	0	3	0
45		2014/15–2015	5	3	0	2	0
46		2015/16	10	4	0	5	1
47		2016–2016/17	5	0	1	4	0
48		2016/17	3	1	0	2	0
49		2017–2017/18	3	2	0	1	0
50		2017–2017/18	11	4	0	7	0
51		2018	2	0	0	2	0
52		2018/19	3	0	0	3	0
53		2019–2019/20	14	5	1	8	0
54		2019–2019/20	7	5	0	2	0
55		2021	2	2	0	0	0
56		2021	1	0	0	1	0
Grand total			325	132	3	178	12

References

General

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2004)
• Cricinfo

Notes and References

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