Individual Most Matches As Captain - England

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches - England

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
R Illingworth	1970-1973	25	8	5	0	12	0	1.60	32.00	20.00	0.00	48.00	0.00	61.53
JM Brearley	1977-1979	24	14	2	0	8	0	7.00	58.33	8.33	0.00	33.33	0.00	87.50
MH Denness	1974-1975	19	6	5	0	8	0	1.20	31.57	26.31	0.00	42.10	0.00	54.54
AW Greig	1975-1977	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.60	21.42	35.71	0.00	42.85	0.00	37.50
AR Lewis	1972-1973	8	1	2	0	5	0	0.50	12.50	25.00	0.00	62.50	0.00	33.33
G Boycott	1978-1978	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	50.00
JH Edrich	1975-1975	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]