The ultimate stopgap captains
Players whose captaincy tenures were broken up into the most pieces, like that of Javed Miandad, who was appointed Pakistan's captain on six separate occasions
Player | Span | Mat | Capt | Num | List | ||
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Javed Miandad (Pak) | 1976-1993 | 124 | 34 | 6 | 1979/80 v Aus to 1981/82 v SL (13), 1984/85 v NZ to 1985/86 v SL (6), 1987/88 v Eng to 1987/88 v Eng (3), 1988/89 v Aus to 1988/89 v Aus (3), 1990/91 v NZ to 1990/91 v NZ (3), 1992 v Eng to 1992/93 v NZ (6) | ||
MC Cowdrey (Eng) | 1954-1975 | 114 | 27 | 5 | 1959 v India to 1959 v India (2), 1959/60 v WI to 1961 v Aus (9), 1962 v Pak (1), 1966 v WI to 1966 v WI (3), 1967/68 v WI to 1968/69 v Pak (12) | ||
SM Gavaskar (India) | 1971-1987 | 125 | 47 | 5 | 1975/76 v NZ (1), 1978/79 v WI to 1978/79 v WI (6), 1979/80 v Aus to 1979/80 v Pak (11), 1980/81 v Aus to 1982/83 v Pak (22), 1984/85 v Pak to 1984/85 v Eng (7) | ||
AJ Stewart (Eng) | 1990-2003 | 133 | 15 | 5 | 1992/93 v India (1), 1992/93 v SL (1), 1998 v SA to 1998/99 v Aus (11), 2000 v WI (1), 2001 v Pak (1) | ||
KJ Hughes (Aus) | 1977-1984 | 70 | 28 | 4 | 1978/79 v Pak to 1979/80 v India (7), 1981 v Eng to 1981 v Eng (6), 1982/83 v Pak to 1982/83 v Pak (3), 1983/84 v Pak to 1984/85 v WI (12) | ||
Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1985-2002 | 104 | 25 | 4 | 1992/93 v WI to 1993/94 v Zim (5), 1995/96 v Aus to 1996/97 v Zim (9), 1997/98 v WI to 1997/98 v WI (3), 1998/99 v India to 1999/00 v Aus (8) | ||
AC Gilchrist (Aus) | 1999-2008 | 96 | 6 | 4 | 2000/01 v WI (1), 2001 v Eng (1), 2004 v SL (1), 2004/05 v India to 2004/05 v India (3) | ||
R Dravid (ICC/India) | 1996-2012 | 163 | 25 | 4 | 2003/04 v NZ (1), 2003/04 v Pak to 2003/04 v Pak (2), 2004/05 v Aus to 2004/05 v Aus (2), 2005/06 v SL to 2007 v Eng (20) | ||
BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 47 | 4 | 1996/97 v India (1), 1997/98 v Eng to 1999/00 v NZ (17), 2003 v Aus to 2004 v Eng (22), 2006 v India to 2006/07 v Pak (7) |
Player | Span | Mat | Capt | Num | List | ||
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Javed Miandad (Pak) | 1975-1996 | 233 | 62 | 12 | 1980/81 v WI to 1981/82 v SL (15), 1983/84 v WI to 1983/84 v WI (3), 1984/85 v NZ to 1985/86 v SL (15), 1985/86 v NZ to 1985/86 v Aus (2), 1986/87 v WI (1), 1986/87 v Aus (1), 1988/89 v Aus to 1988/89 v SL (5), 1989/90 v India (1), 1990/91 v NZ to 1990/91 v NZ (3), 1991/92 v WI (1), 1991/92 v Eng (1), 1992 v Eng to 1992/93 v Aus (14) | ||
AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) | 1996-2008 | 287 | 17 | 12 | 2000/01 v WI to 2000/01 v Zim (3), 2002 v Kenya (1), 2002/03 v Eng (1), 2003/04 v India (1), 2003/04 v SL (1), 2004/05 v NZ (1), 2005/06 v SL to 2005/06 v SL (2), 2005/06 v SA to 2005/06 v SA (2), 2005/06 v Ban (1), 2006/07 v Eng (1), 2006/07 v Eng (1), 2007/08 v India to 2007/08 v India (2) | ||
IVA Richards (WI) | 1975-1991 | 187 | 105 | 10 | 1980 v Eng (1), 1981/82 v Aus to 1981/82 v Aus (2), 1983/84 v India (1), 1983/84 v Pak (1), 1983/84 v Pak (1), 1983/84 v Aus (1), 1983/84 v Aus (1), 1984/85 v SL (1), 1984/85 v SL (1), 1984/85 v NZ to 1991 v Eng (95) | ||
AJ Stewart (Eng) | 1989-2003 | 170 | 41 | 8 | 1991/92 v NZ (1), 1991/92 v SA to 1991/92 v NZ (2), 1992 v Pak (1), 1992/93 v SL to 1992/93 v SL (2), 1995/96 v SA (1), 1998 v SL to 2000 v WI (27), 2001 v Pak to 2001 v Aus (6), 2002/03 v Nam (1) | ||
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India) | 1996-2011 | 344 | 79 | 8 | 2000/01 v Zim (1), 2001 v SL (1), 2002/03 v WI to 2002/03 v WI (2), 2003/04 v NZ to 2003/04 v NZ (4), 2003/04 v Aus (1), 2003/04 v Zim (1), 2004/05 v Pak to 2005 v SL (7), 2005/06 v SL to 2007 v Eng (62) | ||
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL) | 1998-2012 | 359 | 97 | 7 | 2004 v Zim (1), 2004 v UAE (1), 2004 v SA to 2004 v SA (2), 2005 v WI (1), 2005 v Ban (1), 2005/06 v Ban to 2005/06 v Ban (3), 2005/06 v Pak to 2008/09 v India (88) | ||
JG Wright (NZ) | 1978-1992 | 149 | 31 | 6 | 1982/83 v SL (1), 1983/84 v SL (1), 1985/86 v SL to 1985/86 v Pak (2), 1987/88 v SL (1), 1987/88 v SL (1), 1987/88 v Eng to 1990 v Eng (25) | ||
MA Taylor (Aus) | 1989-1997 | 113 | 67 | 6 | 1992/93 v WI to 1992/93 v WI (4), 1992/93 v NZ (1), 1992/93 v NZ (1), 1993 v Eng (1), 1993/94 v SA (1), 1993/94 v SL to 1997 v Eng (59) | ||
A Jadeja (India) | 1992-2000 | 196 | 13 | 6 | 1998 v Kenya to 1998 v Ban (2), 1998/99 v Zim (1), 1998/99 v SL to 1998/99 v Pak (3), 1998/99 v Eng to 1998/99 v Pak (2), 1999 v Aus (1), 1999/00 v SA to 1999/00 v SA (4) | ||
BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2007 | 299 | 125 | 6 | 1994/95 v India (1), 1994/95 v NZ (1), 1997/98 v Eng to 1999/00 v NZ (42), 2003 v Aus to 2004 v Eng (35), 2004/05 v Aus to 2004/05 v Pak (6), 2006 v Zim to 2006/07 v Eng (40) | ||
MJ Clarke (Aus) | 2003-2011 | 206 | 35 | 6 | 2008 v WI to 2008 v Ban (5), 2008/09 v NZ (1), 2009 v Pak to 2009 v Eng (9), 2010/11 v India to 2010/11 v SL (2), 2010/11 v SL to 2010/11 v Eng (7), 2011 v Ban to 2011/12 v SA (11) | ||
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) | 1999-2011 | 240 | 11 | 6 | 2003 v Ban (1), 2005/06 v SL (1), 2005/06 v Eng (1), 2006/07 v SA to 2006/07 v SA (2), 2009/10 v SL to 2009/10 v SL (2), 2011/12 v WI to 2011/12 v WI (4) |
Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for ESPNcricinfo and other ESPN sports websites. George Binoy is an Assistant Editor at ESPNcricinfo