Australian national cricket captains

Australia played in the first-ever Test match in cricket in 1877, the first-ever One Day International in 1971 (both against England) and the first-ever Twenty20 international in 2005 (against New Zealand). This is a list of the men, boys and women who have been the official Australian captains in Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals. There have been two major rebel Australian sides. In the 1970s many of Australia's leading players signed up for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket and played in a number of SuperTests against other international sides. Then in the mid-1980s there were two rebel Australian tours to South Africa, which was at that time banned from official competition because of the apartheid régime then in force there. The captains of those Australian sides are also listed below.

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian cricket team for at least one Test match. It is complete up to end of the 4 match series against India in 2007–08. 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 were appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack".

*Source: [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Australia/T20Int/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html]

Rebel captains

Captains of World Series Cricket teams (during the Packer split) and of the Rebel Australian XI to visit apartheid South Africa in 1985/6 are as follows:

World Series Cricket 1977/8 and 1978/9

Ian Chappell captained the WSC Australians in five Supertests in 1977/8, winning one and losing four. His brother Greg Chappell took over for a sixth Supertest, which the WSC Australians won. In 1978/9 in Australia Ian Chappell captained the WSC Australians in four Supertests, winning one, losing two and drawing the other one. In the same season in the West Indies, Ian Chappell went on to captain in five Supertests, winning one, losing one and drawing three.

outh Africa 1985/6 and 1986/7

Kim Hughes captained a Rebel Australian XI to South Africa in 1985/6. He captained his Australian XI in 3 Rebel "Tests", losing one of them and drawing the other two. He also captained in another rebel tour in 1986/7 in 4 Rebel "Tests", losing one of them and drawing the other three.

Youth cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the third Test against England in 2002/3. 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.

Women's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian women's cricket team for at least one women's One-Day International. The table of results is complete to the third ODI against India in 2005/6. Australia won the World Cup in 1977/8, 1981/2, 1988/9, 1997/8 and 2004/5.

ee also

*List of Australian Test cricketers
*List of Australian ODI cricketers

References

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Australia/Tests/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_by_Series.html Cricket Archive list of Australian captains by series]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Australia/Tests/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html Cricket Archive list of Australian captains by record]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Australia/Odis/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html Cricket Archive list of Australia Captains' Playing Record in ODI Matches]
*"Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"