List of Australia national cricket captains

This is a list of the people who have been the official Australian captains in Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals cricket teams.

The Cricket Captains' Walk in Cootamundra, New South Wales, is a series of busts representing the captains of the Australian Test cricket team.

Australia participated in the first Test match in cricket in 1877, the first One Day International in 1971 (both against England) and the first Twenty20 international in 2005 (against New Zealand). In addition to officially sanctioned international matches and tours organised by the Australian Cricket Board (now known as Cricket Australia), 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 regime then in force there. The captains of those Australian sides are also listed below.

Men's cricket

Test match captains

List of Australian test captains, hanging at the MCG

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian cricket team for at least one Test match (not including vice-captains and other players who have deputised on the field for any period of time during a match where the captain has been unable to play). 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.

The table of results is complete up to the fifth Test against England in July 2023.

Australian Test match captains
Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn/Tied
1	Dave Gregory	1876–77	England	Australia	2	1	1	0
		1878–79	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
		Total			3	2	1	0
2	Billy Murdoch	1880	England	England	1	0	1	0
		1881–82	England	Australia	4	2	0	2
		1882	England	England	1	1	0	0
		1882–83	England	Australia	3	1	2	0
		1882–83	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
		1884	England	England	3	0	1	2
		1884–85†	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		1890	England	England	2	0	2	0
		Total			16	5	7	4
3	Tom Horan	1884–85	England	Australia	2	0	2	0
4	Hugh Massie	1884–85†	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
5	Jack Blackham	1884–85†	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
		1891–92	England	Australia	3	2	1	0
		1893	England	England	3	0	1	2
		1894–95†	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total			8	3	3	2
6	Tup Scott	1886	England	England	3	0	3	0
7	Percy McDonnell	1886–87	England	Australia	2	0	2	0
		1887–88	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		1888	England	England	3	1	2	0
		Total			6	1	5	0
8	George Giffen	1894–95	England	Australia	4	2	2	0
9	Harry Trott	1896	England	England	3	1	2	0
		1897–98	England	Australia	5	4	1	0
		Total			8	5	3	0
10	Joe Darling	1899	England	England	5	1	0	4
		1901–02	England	Australia	3	2	1	0
		1902	England	England	5	2	1	2
		1902–03	South Africa	South Africa	3	2	0	1
		1905	England	England	5	0	2	3
		Total			21	7	4	10
11	Hugh Trumble	1901–02†	England	Australia	2	2	0	0
12	Monty Noble	1903–04	England	Australia	5	2	3	0
		1907–08	England	Australia	5	4	1	0
		1909	England	England	5	2	1	2
		Total			15	8	5	2
13	Clem Hill	1910–11	South Africa	Australia	5	4	1	0
		1911–12	England	Australia	5	1	4	0
		Total			10	5	5	0
14	Syd Gregory	19121	South Africa	England	3	2	1	0
		19121	England	England	3	0	1	2
		Total			6	2	2	2
15	Warwick Armstrong	1920–21	England	Australia	5	5	0	0
		1921	England	England	5	3	0	2
		Total			10	8	0	2
16	Herbie Collins	1921–22	South Africa	South Africa	3	1	0	2
		1924–25	England	Australia	5	4	1	0
		1926	England	England	3	0	1	2
		Total			11	5	2	4
17	Warren Bardsley	1926†	England	England	2	0	0	2
18	Jack Ryder	1928–29	England	Australia	5	1	4	0
19	Bill Woodfull	1930	England	England	5	2	1	2
		1930–31	West Indies	Australia	5	4	1	0
		1931–32	South Africa	Australia	5	5	0	0
		1932–33	England	Australia	5	1	4	0
		1934	England	England	5	2	1	2
		Total			25	14	7	4
20	Vic Richardson4	1935–36	South Africa	South Africa	5	4	0	1
21	Don Bradman	1936–37	England	Australia	5	3	2	0
		1938	England	England	4	1	1	2
		1946–47	England	Australia	5	3	0	2
		1947–48	India	Australia	5	4	0	1
		1948	England	England	5	4	0	1
		Total			24	15	3	6
22	Bill Brown	1945–46	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	1	0	0
23	Lindsay Hassett1	1949–50	South Africa	South Africa	5	4	0	1
		1950–51	England	Australia	5	4	1	0
		1951–52	West Indies	Australia	4	4	0	0
		1952–53	South Africa	Australia	5	2	2	1
		1953	England	England	5	0	1	4
		Total			24	14	4	6
24	Arthur Morris	1951–52†	West Indies	Australia	1	0	1	0
		1954–55†	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total			2	0	2	0
25	Ian Johnson	1954–55	England	Australia	4	1	2	1
		1954–55	West Indies	West Indies	5	3	0	2
		1956	England	England	5	1	2	2
		1956–57	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	1	0
		1956–57	India	India	2	2	0	0
		Total			17	7	5	5
26	Ray Lindwall	1956–57†	India	India	1	0	0	1
27	Ian Craig	1957–58	South Africa	South Africa	5	3	0	2
28	Richie Benaud |	1958–59	England	Australia	5	4	0	1
		1959–60	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	2	0	1
		1959–60	India	India	5	2	1	2
		1960–61	West Indies	Australia	5	2	1	22
		1961	England	England	4	1	1	2
		1962–63	England	Australia	5	1	1	3
		1963–64†	South Africa	Australia	1	0	0	1
		Total			28	12	4	122
29	Neil Harvey	1961†	England	England	1	1	0	0
30	Bob Simpson	1963–64	South Africa	Australia	4	1	1	2
		1964	England	England	5	1	0	4
		1964–65	India	India	3	1	1	1
		1964–65	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
		1964–65	Pakistan	Australia	1	0	0	1
		1964–65	West Indies	West Indies	5	1	2	2
		1965–66	England	Australia	3	1	0	2
		1966–67	South Africa	South Africa	5	1	3	1
		1967–68	India	Australia	2	2	0	0
		1977–78	India	Australia	5	3	2	0
		1977–78	West Indies	West Indies	5	1	3	1
		Total			39	12	12	15
31	Brian Booth	1965–66†	England	Australia	2	0	1	1
32	Bill Lawry	1967–68†	India	Australia	2	2	0	0
		1968	England	England	4	1	1	2
		1968–69	West Indies	Australia	5	3	1	1
		1969–70	India	India	5	3	1	1
		1969–70	South Africa	South Africa	4	0	4	0
		1970–71	England	Australia	5	0	1	4
		Total			25	9	8	8
33	Barry Jarman	1968†	England	England	1	0	0	1
34	Ian Chappell3,4	1970–71†	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		1972	England	England	5	2	2	1
		1972–73	Pakistan	Australia	3	3	0	0
		1972–73	West Indies	West Indies	5	2	0	3
		1973–74	New Zealand	Australia	3	2	0	1
		1973–74	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		1974–75	England	Australia	6	4	1	1
		1975	England	England	4	1	0	3
		Total			30	15	5	10
35	Greg Chappell4	1975–76	West Indies	Australia	6	5	1	0
		1976–77	Pakistan	Australia	3	1	1	1
		1976–77	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1
		1976–77	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
		1977	England	England	5	0	3	2
		1979–80	West Indies	Australia	3	0	2	1
		1979–80	England	Australia	3	3	0	0
		1979–80	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	1	2
		1980	England	England	1	0	0	1
		1980–81	New Zealand	Australia	3	2	0	1
		1980–81	India	Australia	3	1	1	1
		1981–82	Pakistan	Australia	3	2	1	0
		1981–82	West Indies	Australia	3	1	1	1
		1981–82	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		1982–83	England	Australia	5	2	1	2
		1982–83	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0
		Total			48	21	13	14
36	Graham Yallop	1978–79	England	Australia	6	1	5	0
		1978–79	Pakistan	Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total			7	1	6	0
37	Kim Hughes	1978–79†	Pakistan	Australia	1	1	0	0
		1979–80	India	India	6	0	2	4
		1981	England	England	6	1	3	2
		1982–83	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	3	0
		1983–84	Pakistan	Australia	5	2	0	3
		1983–84	West Indies	West Indies	5	0	3	2
		1984–85†	West Indies	Australia	2	0	2	0
		Total			28	4	13	11
38	Allan Border	1984–85	West Indies	Australia	3	1	1	1
		1985	England	England	6	1	3	2
		1985–86	New Zealand	Australia	3	1	2	0
		1985–86	India	Australia	3	0	0	3
		1985–86	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	1	2
		1986–87	India	India	3	0	0	32
		1986–87	England	Australia	5	1	2	2
		1987–88	New Zealand	Australia	3	1	0	2
		1987–88	England	Australia	1	0	0	1
		1987–88	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	1	0	0
		1988–89	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	1	2
		1988–89	West Indies	Australia	5	1	3	1
		1989	England	England	6	4	0	2
		1989–90	New Zealand	Australia	1	0	0	1
		1989–90	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	1	0	1
		1989–90	Pakistan	Australia	3	1	0	2
		1989–90	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	1	0
		1990–91	England	Australia	5	3	0	2
		1990–91	West Indies	West Indies	5	1	2	2
		1991–92	India	Australia	5	4	0	1
		1992	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2
		1992–93	West Indies	Australia	5	1	2	2
		1992–93	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1
		1993	England	England	6	4	1	1
		1993–94	New Zealand	Australia	3	2	0	1
		1993–94	South Africa	Australia	3	1	1	1
		1993–94	South Africa	South Africa	3	1	1	1
		Total			93	32	22	392
39	Mark Taylor	1994–95	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	1	2
		1994–95	England	Australia	5	3	1	1
		1994–95	West Indies	West Indies	4	2	1	1
		1995–96	Pakistan	Australia	3	2	1	0
		1995–96	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	3	0	0
		1996–97	India	India	1	0	1	0
		1996–97	West Indies	Australia	5	3	2	0
		1996–97	South Africa	South Africa	3	2	1	0
		1997	England	England	6	3	2	1
		1997–98	New Zealand	Australia	3	2	0	1
		1997–98	South Africa	Australia	3	1	0	2
		1997–98	India	India	3	1	2	0
		1998–99	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	0	2
		1998–99	England	Australia	5	3	1	1
		Total			50	26	13	11
40	Steve Waugh	1998–99	West Indies	West Indies	4	2	2	0
		1999	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2
		1999–2000	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0
		1999–2000	Pakistan	Australia	3	3	0	0
		1999–2000	India	Australia	3	3	0	0
		1999–2000	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	3	0	0
		2000–01	West Indies	Australia	5	5	0	0
		2000–01	India	India	3	1	2	0
		2001	England	England	4	4	0	0
		2001–02	New Zealand	Australia	3	0	0	3
		2001–02	South Africa	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2001–02	South Africa	South Africa	3	2	1	0
		2002–03	Pakistan	Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0
		2002–03	England	Australia	5	4	1	0
		2003	West Indies	West Indies	4	3	1	0
		2003	Bangladesh	Australia	2	2	0	0
		2003–04	Zimbabwe	Australia	2	2	0	0
		2003–04	India	Australia	4	1	1	2
		Total			57	41	9	7
41	Adam Gilchrist	2000–01†	West Indies	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2001†	England	England	1	0	1	0
		2004†	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2004–05	India	India	3	2	0	1
		Total			6	4	1	1
42	Ricky Ponting	2003–04	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0
		2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	0	0	1
		2004–05†	India	India	1	0	1	0
		2004–05	New Zealand	Australia	2	2	0	0
		2004–05	Pakistan	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2004–05	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	2	0	1
		2005	England	England	5	1	2	2
		2005–06	World XI	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2005–06	West Indies	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2005–06	South Africa	Australia	3	2	0	1
		2005–06	South Africa	South Africa	3	3	0	0
		2005–06	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
		2006–07	England	Australia	5	5	0	0
		2007–08	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	2	0	0
		2007–08	India	Australia	4	2	1	1
		2008	West Indies	West Indies	3	2	0	1
		2008–09	India	India	4	0	2	2
		2008–09	New Zealand	Australia	2	2	0	0
		2008–09	South Africa	Australia	3	1	2	0
		2008–09	South Africa	South Africa	3	2	1	0
		2009	England	England	5	1	2	2
		2009–10	West Indies	Australia	3	2	0	1
		2009–10	Pakistan	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2009–10	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	2	0	0
		2010	Pakistan	England	2	1	1	0
		2010–11	India	India	2	0	2	0
		2010–11	England	Australia	4	1	2	1
		Total			77	48	16	13
43	Michael Clarke	2010–11†	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		2011	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2
		2011–12	South Africa	South Africa	2	1	1	0
		2011–12	New Zealand	Australia	2	1	1	0
		2011–12	India	Australia	4	4	0	0
		2011–12	West Indies	West Indies	3	2	0	1
		2012–13	South Africa	Australia	3	0	1	2
		2012–13	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2012–13	India	India	3	0	3	0
		2013	England	England	5	0	3	2
		2013–14	England	Australia	5	5	0	0
		2013–14	South Africa	South Africa	3	2	1	0
		2014–15	Pakistan	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0
		2014–15	India	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2015	West Indies	West Indies	2	2	0	0
		2015	England	England	5	2	3	0
		Total			47	24	16	7
44	Shane Watson	2012–13†	India	India	1	0	1	0
45	Steve Smith	2014–15†	India	Australia	3	1	0	2
		2015–16	New Zealand	Australia	3	2	0	1
		2015–16	West Indies	Australia	3	2	0	1
		2015–16	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	2	0	0
		2016	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0
		2016–17	South Africa	Australia	3	1	2	0
		2016–17	Pakistan	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2016–17	India	India	4	1	2	1
		2017	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0
		2017–18	England	Australia	5	4	0	1
		2017–185	South Africa	South Africa	3	1	2	0
		2021–22†6	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2022–23†	West Indies	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2022–23†	India	India	2	1	0	1
		Total			38	21	10	7
46	Tim Paine	2017–18†	South Africa	South Africa	1	0	1	0
		2018–19	Pakistan	United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	1
		2018–19	India	Australia	4	1	2	1
		2018–19	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	2	0	0
		2019	England	England	5	2	2	1
		2019–20	Pakistan	Australia	2	2	0	0
		2019–20	New Zealand	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2020–21	India	Australia	4	1	2	1
		Total			23	11	8	4
47	Pat Cummins	2021–22	England	Australia	4	3	0	1
		2021–22	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	0	2
		2022	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0
		2022–23	West Indies	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2022–23	South Africa	Australia	3	2	0	1
		2022–23	India	India	2	0	2	0
		2023	India	England	1	1	0	0
		2023	England	England	5	2	2	1
		2023–24	Pakistan	Australia	3	3	0	0
		2023-24	West Indies	Australia	2	1	1	0
Total					26	15	6	5
Grand total					864	412	232	220

Notes:

• ¹ In 1945, just after the Second World War had ended in Europe, Warrant Officer Lindsay Hassett (as he then was) captained the Australian Services in five "Victory Tests" against England. The series was tied two-all with one draw. The "Victory Tests" have not, however, been granted full Test status.
• ² Includes one tie
• ³ In 1971–72, the planned tour to Australia by South Africa was cancelled. A Rest of the World XI toured Australia in its place and played five "Tests". Ian Chappell captained Australia in all of them. The World XI won two "Tests", Australia one, with two being drawn. The matches have retrospectively been denied Test status.
• ⁴ Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell are brothers, and grandsons of Vic Richardson.
• ⁵ Steve Smith was removed as Australian captain during the third Test of the 2017–18 tour of South Africa due to a ball-tampering scandal. His vice-captain, David Warner was also stood down. Tim Paine acted as Australian captain for the remainder of the Test match.^[1] Smith and Warner were subsequently suspended following an investigation, and Paine was confirmed as captain for the Fourth (and final) Test.^[2]
• ⁶ Pat Cummins was withdrawn from the Test squad after being deemed a close contact of a person who received a positive COVID-19 test. Vice-captain Steve Smith acted as Australian captain in his place.^[3]

Test match vice-captains

A number of players have served as vice-captain(s) in the Test side including:

• Bill Woodfull – under Jack Ryder from October 1928 to March 1929, then promoted to captain
• Vic Richardson – under Bill Woodfull from December 1932 to June 1934, when he was unavailable for selection
• Don Bradman – under Bill Woodfull from June to August 1934, when he was unavailable for selection
• Stan McCabe – under Vic Richardson from August 1934 to December 1936
• Stan McCabe – retained the position under Don Bradman from December 1936 to August 1938, when he retired
• Lindsay Hassett – under Don Bradman from November 1946 to August 1948, then promoted to captain
• Arthur Morris – under Lindsay Hassett from December 1949 to November 1954
• Arthur Morris – retained the position under Ian Johnson from November to December 1954 to March 1955, when he was made to step aside for Keith Miller
• Richie Benaud – under Arthur Morris for one Test in December 1954, when Johnson was injured
• Arthur Morris – resumed the position under Ian Johnson from December 1954 to March 1955, when he was made to step aside for Keith Miller
• Keith Miller – under Ian Johnson from March 1955 to 1956, when he retired
• Neil Harvey – under Ian Craig in 1957–58 vs South Africa
• Neil Harvey – retained the position under Richie Benaud from December 1958 to February 1963, deputised as captain for one Test and later retired
• Bob Simpson – under Richie Benaud for one Test in December 1963, then promoted to captain
• Brian Booth – under Bob Simpson from January 1964 to January 1966, deputised as captain for two Tests and then dropped
• Bill Lawry – under Bob Simpson from January 1966 to January 1968, then promoted to captain
• Barry Jarman – under Bill Lawry from 1968 to January 1969, when he retired
• Ian Chappell – under Bill Lawry from February 1969 to February 1971, then promoted to captain
• Keith Stackpole – under Ian Chappell from June to August 1972,
• Ian Redpath – under Ian Chappell from December 1972 to October 1975
• Ian Redpath – retained the position under Greg Chappell from October 1975 to February 1976, when he retired
• David Hookes – under Greg Chappell from December 1976 to June 1977, when he was made to step aside for Rod Marsh
• Rod Marsh – under Greg Chappell from June to August 1977, then left to join World Series Cricket
• Craig Serjeant – under Bob Simpson from December 1977 to January 1978, when he was dropped
• Graham Yallop – under Bob Simpson from January to February 1978, when he was dropped
• Jeff Thomson – under Bob Simpson from February to May 1978, then left to join World Series Cricket
• Gary Cosier – under Graham Yallop from November to December 1978, when he was dropped
• John Maclean – under Graham Yallop from December 1978 to January 1979, when he was dropped
• Andrew Hilditch – under Graham Yallop from March to September 1979
• Andrew Hilditch – retained the position under Kim Hughes from September to November 1979, when he was dropped
• Kim Hughes – under Greg Chappell from November 1979 to June 1981, then stood in as captain when Chappell was unavailable for selection
• Rod Marsh – resumed the position under Kim Hughes from June to September 1981, when he was made to step aside for Kim Hughes
• Kim Hughes – resumed the position under Greg Chappell from November 1981 to March 1982, then stood in as captain when Chappell was unavailable for selection
• Allan Border – under Kim Hughes from March to October 1982, when he was made to step aside for Kim Hughes
• Kim Hughes – resumed the position under Greg Chappell from October 1982 to April 1983, when he was unavailable for selection
• David Hookes – resumed the position under Greg Chappell from April to November 1983, when he was dropped
• Greg Chappell – resumed the position under Kim Hughes from November 1983 to January 1984, when he retired
• Allan Border – resumed the position under Kim Hughes from March to December 1984, then promoted to captain
• Rodney Hogg – under Allan Border in December 1984,^[4] when he was injured
• Andrew Hilditch – resumed the position under Allan Border from December 1984 to, when he was made to step aside for Graeme Wood
• Graeme Wood – under Allan Border for one Test in June 1985, when he was made to step aside for Andrew Hilditch
• Andrew Hilditch – resumed the position under Allan Border from June to November 1985, when he was dropped
• David Hookes – under Allan Border from November to December 1985, when he was dropped
• Ray Bright – under Allan Border from January to October 1986, when he was made to step aside for David Boon
• David Boon – under Allan Border from September to December 1986, when he was dropped
• Geoff Marsh – under Allan Border from January 1987 to January 1992, when he was dropped
• Mark Taylor – under Allan Border from February 1992 to April 1994, dropped and injured once respectively, re-selected and later promoted to captain
• Ian Healy – under Mark Taylor from April 1994 to March 1997, when he was sacked from the position^[5]
• Steve Waugh – under Mark Taylor from March 1997 to February 1999, then promoted to captain
• Shane Warne – under Steve Waugh from February 1999 to April 1999, when he was dropped
• Mark Waugh – under Steve Waugh for one Test in April 1999, when Shane Warne was dropped^[6]
• Shane Warne – resumed the position under Steve Waugh from July 1999 to August 2000, when he was sacked from the position^[7]
• Adam Gilchrist – under Steve Waugh from August to December 2000, then stood in as captain when Waugh was injured
• Ricky Ponting – under Adam Gilchrist (when Steve Waugh was injured) for one Test in December 2000
• Adam Gilchrist – resumed the position under Steve Waugh from December 2000 to August 2001, then stood in as captain when Waugh was injured
• Ricky Ponting – resumed the position under Adam Gilchrist (when Steve Waugh was injured) for one Test in August 2001
• Adam Gilchrist – resumed the position under Steve Waugh from August 2001 to April 2003, when he was made to step aside for Ricky Ponting^[8]
• Ricky Ponting – resumed the position under Steve Waugh from April 2003 to March 2004, then promoted to captain
• Adam Gilchrist – resumed the position under Ricky Ponting from March to October 2004, then stood in as captain when Ponting was injured^[9]
• Matthew Hayden – under Adam Gilchrist (when Ricky Ponting was injured) for three Tests in October 2004
• Adam Gilchrist – resumed the position under Ricky Ponting from November 2004 to January 2008, when he retired
• Michael Hussey – under Ricky Ponting for one Test in May 2008, when Michael Clarke was injured
• Michael Clarke – under Ricky Ponting from May 2008^[10] to March 2011, then promoted to captain
• Shane Watson – under Michael Clarke, from March 2011^[11] to April 2013, deputised as captain for one Test and later resigned from the position
• Brad Haddin – under Michael Clarke from April 2013 to December 2014
• Brad Haddin – retained the position under Steve Smith (when Michael Clarke was injured) from December 2014 to January 2015, when he was made to step aside for Steve Smith^[12]
• Steve Smith – under Michael Clarke from January 2015^[12] to August 2015, then promoted to captain
• David Warner – under Steve Smith from August 2015^[13] to March 2018, when he stood down following a ball-tampering scandal^[14]
• Josh Hazlewood (jointly with Mitchell Marsh) – under Tim Paine from September 2018^[15] to January 2019, when he was injured^[16]
• Mitchell Marsh (jointly with Josh Hazlewood) – under Tim Paine from September 2018^[15] to January 2019, when he was dropped
• Travis Head (jointly with Pat Cummins) – under Tim Paine from January 2019 to November 2020,^[17] dropped at one point, re-selected^[18] and later sacked from the position^[19]
• Pat Cummins (jointly with Travis Head until November 2020) – under Tim Paine from January 2019^[17] to November 2021, then promoted to captain^[20]
• Steve Smith – resumed the position under Pat Cummins from November^[20] to December 2021, then stood in as captain when Cummins was unavailable for selection^[21]
• Travis Head – resumed the position under Steve Smith (when Pat Cummins was unavailable) for one Test in December 2021^[21]
• Steve Smith – resumed the position under Pat Cummins from December 2021 to December 2022, then stood in as captain when Cummins was injured^[22]
• Alex Carey – under Steve Smith (when Pat Cummins was injured) for one Test in December 2022
• Steve Smith – resumed the position under Pat Cummins from December 2022 to March 2023, then stood in as captain when Cummins was unavailable
• Alex Carey – resumed the position under Steve Smith (when Pat Cummins was unavailable) in March 2023
• Steve Smith – resumed the position under Pat Cummins since March 2023

One Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australia national cricket team for at least one One Day International (ODI).

The table of results is complete up to the third ODI against England in March 2023.

Australian One Day International captains
Number	Name	Period of captaincy	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Winning rate
1	Bill Lawry	1971	1	1	0	0	0	100.00%
2	Ian Chappell6	1972–1975	11	6	5	0	0	54.55%
3	Greg Chappell	1975–1983	49	21	25	0	3	45.65%
4	Bob Simpson	1978	2	1	1	0	0	50.00%
5	Graham Yallop	1979	4	2	1	0	1	66.67%
6	Kim Hughes	1979–1984	49	21	23	1	4	47.77%
7	David Hookes	1983	1	0	1	0	0	0.00%
8	Allan Border	1985–1994	178	107	67	1	3	60.42%
9	Ray Bright	1986	1	0	1	0	0	0.00%
10	Geoff Marsh	1987–1991	4	3	1	0	0	75.00%
11	Mark Taylor	1992–1997	67	36	30	1	0	54.47%
12	Ian Healy	1996–1997	8	5	3	0	0	62.50%
13	Steve Waugh	1997–2002	106	67	35	3	1	65.23%
14	Shane Warne	1998–1999	11	10	1	0	0	90.91%
15	Adam Gilchrist	2001–2007	17	12	4	0	1	75.00%
16	Ricky Ponting7	2002–2012	229	164	51	2	12	76.03%
17	Michael Hussey	2006–2007	4	0	4	0	0	0.00%
18	Michael Clarke	2008–2015	74	50	21	0	3	70.42%
19	Cameron White	2011	1	1	0	0	0	100.00%
20	Shane Watson	2012–2013	9	5	3	1	0	61.11%
21	George Bailey	2013–2015	29	16	10	0	3	61.53%
22	Steve Smith	2015–2023	54	27	24	0	3	52.78%
23	David Warner	2016	3	3	0	0	0	100.00%
24	Aaron Finch	2017–2022	55	31	24	0	0	56.36%
25	Tim Paine	2018	5	0	5	0	0	0.00%
26	Alex Carey	2021	3	2	1	0	0	66.67%
27	Pat Cummins	2022–present	15	12	3	0	0	80.00%
28	Josh Hazlewood	2022	1	1	0	0	0	100.00%
29	Mitchell Marsh	2023	5	2	3	0	0	40.00%
Grand total			972	589	340	9	34	63.27%

Notes:

• Source:
• ⁶Ian Chappell also captained the Australians against a Rest of the World XI in three one-day matches in 1971/2. The series was tied one-all, with one match abandoned without a ball being bowled. These games are not now recognised as official ODIs.
• ⁷Ricky Ponting also captained the ICC World XI in the first ODI played as part of the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal. The ICC World XI won that game.

Twenty20 International captains

Ricky Ponting was Australia's first captain in Twenty20 Internationals. On occasions when Ponting was unavailable, vice-captain Adam Gilchrist filled the role. In December 2007, Ponting was rested from the team to give the younger players exposure. Although vice-captain Gilchrist was in the team, 26-year-old Michael Clarke was selected as captain. Ponting called him the "obvious choice" and Clarke had been predicted to be the next full-time captain of Australia once Ponting stepped down from the captaincy.^[23] With Gilchrist's retirement from all forms of representative cricket at the end of the 2007–08 season, Clarke was promoted to the regular vice-captain's position.^[24] Thereafter, Cameron White was promoted as the captain, but George Bailey has taken over the captaincy in the two match series against India.^[25]

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australia national cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International (T20I). A total of eleven players have captained Australia in T20Is, of which Aaron Finch is the most successful captain, with 35 wins. Australia are currently captained by Mitchell Marsh in Twenty20 Internationals.

The table of results is complete up to the T20I against West Indies in February 2024 .

Australian Twenty20 International captains
Number	Name	Period of captaincy	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Winning rate
1	Ricky Ponting	2005–2009	17	7	10	0	0	41.17%
2	Adam Gilchrist	2007	2	1	1	0	0	50.00%
3	Michael Clarke	2007–2010	18	12	4	1	1	73.52%
4	Brad Haddin	2009	2	1	1	0	0	50.00%
5	Cameron White	2011	6	2	4	0	0	33.33%
6	George Bailey	2012–2014	28	14	13	1	0	51.78%
7	Aaron Finch	2014–2022	76	40	32	1	3	55.47%
8	Steve Smith	2015–2016	8	4	4	0	0	50.00%
9	Shane Watson	2016	1	0	1	0	0	0.00%
10	David Warner	2016–2018	9	8	1	0	0	88.88%
11	Matthew Wade	2020–2023	7	2	5	0	0	28.57%
12	Mitchell Marsh	2023–Present	6	5	1	0	0	80.00%
Total			177	94	76	3	4	53.11%

Notes:

• Source:

Other Men's captains

Captains of World Series Cricket teams (during the Packer split) and of the Rebel Australian XI to visit apartheid South Africa in 1985–86 are as follows:

World Series Cricket 1977–78 and 1978–79

Ian Chappell captained the WSC Australians in five Supertests in 1977–78, winning one and losing four. His brother Greg Chappell took over for a sixth Supertest, which the WSC Australians won. In 1978–79 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.

South Africa 1985–86 and 1986–87

See also: South African rebel tours

Kim Hughes captained a Rebel Australian XI to South Africa in 1985–86. 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 1986–87 in 4 Rebel "Tests", losing one of them and drawing the other three.

Women's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match (not including vice-captains and other players who have deputised on the field for any period of time during a match where the captain has been unable to play). Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which she 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 table of results is complete up to 2023.

Australian women's Test match captains
Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Margaret Peden	1934–35	England	Australia	3	0	2	1
		1937	England	England	3	1	1	1
		Total			6	1	3	2
2	Mollie Dive	1947–48	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	1	0	0
		1948–49	England	Australia	3	1	0	2
		1951	England	England	3	1	1	1
		Total			7	3	1	3
3	Una Paisley	1956–57	New Zealand	Australia	1	1	0	0
		1957–58	England	Australia	3	0	0	3
		Total			4	1	0	3
4	Muriel Picton	1960–61	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		1968–69	England	Australia	3	0	0	3
		Total			4	0	0	4
5	Mary Allitt	1963	England	England	3	0	1	2
6	Miriam Knee	1971–72	New Zealand	Australia	1	0	1	0
7	Wendy Blunsden	1974–75	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
8	Anne Gordon	1975–76	West Indies	West Indies	2	0	0	2
		1976	England	England	3	0	0	3
		Total			5	0	0	5
9	Margaret Jennings	1976–77	India	Australia	1	1	0	0
10	Sharon Tredrea	1978–79	New Zealand	Australia	3	1	0	2
		1984–85†	England	Australia	1	0	0	1
		Total			4	1	0	3
11	Jill Kennare	1983–84	India	India	4	0	0	4
12	Raelee Thompson	1984–85	England	Australia	4	2	1	1
13	Lyn Larsen	1987	England	England	3	1	0	2
		1989–90	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	0	2
		1990–91	India	Australia	3	2	0	1
		1991–92	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
		Total			10	5	0	5
14	Belinda Clark[26]	1994–95	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		1995–96	New Zealand	Australia	1	0	0	1
		1998	England	England	3	0	0	3
		2001	England	England	2	2	0	0
		2002–03	England	Australia	2	1	0	1
		2005	England	England	2	0	1	1
		Total			10	3	1	6
15	Karen Rolton[27]	2005–06	India	Australia	1	1	0	0
		2007–08	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total			2	1	1	0
16	Jodie Fields[28]	2009	England	England	1	0	0	1
		2013	England	England	1	0	0	1
		2013–14	England	Australia	1	0	1	0
		Total			3	0	1	2
17	Alex Blackwell	2010–11	England	Australia	1	1	0	0
18	Meg Lanning	2015	England	England	1	1	0	0
		2019	England	England	1	0	0	1
		2021–22	India	Australia	1	0	0	1
		2021–22	England	Australia	1	0	0	1
		Total			4	1	0	3
19	Rachael Haynes	2017–18	England	Australia	1	0	0	1
20	Alyssa Healy	2023	England	England	1	1	0	0
		2023–24	India	India	1	0	1	0
		Total			2	1	1	0
Grand total[29]					78	21	11	46

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. Australia won the World Cup in 1977–78, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2004–05 and 2021–22.

The table of results is complete to the third ODI against the West Indies in October 2023.

Australian women's ODI captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result
1	Miriam Knee	1973	6	4	0	1	1
2	Anne Gordon	1976	3	1	0	2	0
3	Margaret Jennings	1978	3	3	0	0	0
4	Sharon Tredrea	1982–1988	15	14	1	0	0
5	Jill Kennare	1984	4	4	0	0	0
6	Raelee Thompson	1985	3	3	0	0	0
7	Denise Emerson	1985	3	2	0	1	0
8	Lyn Larsen	1986–1993	40	27	0	11	2
9	Karen Brown	1991	1	1	0	0	0
10	Christina Matthews	1993	1	1	0	0	0
11	Belinda Clark	1994–2005	101	83	0	17	1
12	Karen Rolton	2001–2009	43	30	0	13	0
13	Lisa Sthalekar	2006	3	3	0	0	0
14	Alex Blackwell	2009–2012	13	12	0	1	0
15	Jodie Fields	2009–2013	29	18	0	9	2
16	Meg Lanning	2014–2023	78	69	1	8	0
17	Rachael Haynes	2017–2020	7	6	0	1	0
18	Alyssa Healy	2023–present	7	4	0	2	1
19	Tahlia McGrath	2023	1	1	0	0	0
Grand total[30][31]			361	286	2	66	7

Women's Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian women's cricket team for at least one women's Twenty20 International. The table of results is complete to the third T20I against the West Indies in October 2023.

Australian women's Twenty20 International captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result
1	Belinda Clark	2005	1	1	0	0	0
2	Karen Rolton	2006–2009	13	8	1	4	0
3	Jodie Fields	2009–2013	26	16	0	10	0
4	Alex Blackwell	2010–2011	20	8	1	11	0
5	Meg Lanning	2014–2023	100	76	1	18	0
6	Rachael Haynes	2017–2020	6	3	0	3	0
7	Alyssa Healy	2022–present	10	6	1	3	0
8	Tahlia McGrath	2022	1	1	0	0	0
Grand total[32][33]			177	119	4	49	5

Youth cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australia Under-19 cricket team for at least one 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 was captain for a minor proportion in a series.

The table of results is complete to the one Test against Sri Lanka in 2019.

Australian Under-19 Test match captains
Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Darryl Smith	1978–79	England	Australia	2	0	0	2
2	Laurie Potter	1980–81	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	2	1
3	Mike Veletta	1981–82	Pakistan	Australia	3	0	1	2
		1983	England	England	3	2	1	0
		Total			6	2	2	2
4	Jamie McPhee	1983–84	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	1	0	2
5	Dean Reynolds	1984–85	India	India	3	1	0	2
		1984–85	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0
		1985–86	New Zealand	Australia	3	0	0	3
		1986–87	India	Australia	3	2	0	1
		Total			10	3	1	6
6	Geoff Parker	1986–87	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	2	0	1
7	Stuart Law	1987–88	West Indies	Australia	1	0	1	0
8	Matthew May	1988–89	New Zealand	Australia	3	2	0	1
9	Jason Gallian	1989–90	England	Australia	2	0	0	2
10	Jamie Cox	1990	West Indies	West Indies	3	2	0	1
11	Damien Martyn	1991	England	England	3	1	1	1
12	Nathan Ashley	1992–93	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	1	1
13	Rob Baker	1993–94	India	India	3	1	1	1
14	Adam Smith	1994–95	India	Australia	3	2	0	1
15	Clinton Peake	1995–96	New Zealand	Australia	3	2	1	0
16	Brad Haddin	1996–97	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	1	0	1
17	Tim Anderson	1997–98	Pakistan	Australia	3	0	0	3
18	Michael Klinger	1999	England	England	3	1	1	1
19	Nathan Hauritz	2000–01	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	2	0	0
20	Tim Welsford	2000–01†	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	1	0	0
21	Greg Hunt	2002–03	England	Australia	3	2	1	0
22	Tom Beaton	2009	India	Australia	1	0	1	0
23	Mitchell Marsh	2009	India	Australia	1	1	0	0
24	Seb Gotch	2009	India	Australia	1	1	0	0
25	Jake Doran	2015	England	England	1	0	0	1
26	Will Sutherland	2017	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	0	0	1
27	Baxter Holt	2019	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0
Grand total					70	26	15	29

One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australia Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the 2012 ICC Under-19 World Cup. Australia won the World Cup in 1987–88 and 2001–02.

Australian Under-19 ODI captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result
1	Braddon Green	1977	2	1	0	1	0
2	Darryl Smith	1978–79	1	1	0	0	0
3	Mike Veletta	1983	2	1	0	1	0
4	Jamie McPhee	1983–84	3	2	0	1	0
5	Dean Reynolds	1984–85 to 1986–87	12	10	0	2	0
6	Geoff Parker	1986–87 to 1987–88	12	11	0	1	0
7	Matthew May	1988–89	3	3	0	0	0
8	Jason Gallian	1989–90	2	2	0	0	0
9	Damien Martyn	1991	2	2	0	0	0
10	Nathan Ashley	1992–93	3	2	0	1	0
11	Rob Baker	1993–94	1	0	0	1	0
12	Adam Smith	1994–95	3	2	0	1	0
13	Clinton Peake	1995–96	3	1	0	2	0
14	Brad Haddin	1996–97	1	0	1	0	0
15	Tim Anderson	1997–98	9	8	0	1	0
16	Michael Klinger	1999	3	2	0	1	0
17	Nathan Hauritz	1999–2000 to 2000–01	3	2	0	1	0
18	Michael Clarke	1999–2000	5	3	0	2	0
19	Tim Welsford	2000–01	3	0	0	1	2
20	Cameron White	2001–02	8	8	0	0	0
21	Greg Hunt	2002–03	5	4	0	1	0
22	Tim Paine	2003–04	8	6	0	2	0
23	Usman Khawaja	2005–06	5	1	0	4	0
24	Moises Henriques	2005–06	5	4	0	1	0
25	Simon Keen	2006–07	1	1	0	0	0
26	Michael Hill	2006–07	2	2	0	0	2
27	Phillip Hughes	2006–07	1	0	0	1	0
28	Daniel Burns	2006–07	1	0	0	1	0
29	Jeremy Smith	2006–07	1	0	0	1	0
30	Sam Robson	2006–07	1	0	0	1	0
31	Tim Buszard	2007	3	0	0	3	0
32	Mitchell Marsh	2009–10	7	5	0	2	0
33	Tom Triffitt	2009	1	0	0	1	0
34	Tim Armstrong	2009	2	1	0	1	0
35	Jason Floros	2009	2	1	0	1	0
36	Tom Beaton	2009	1	0	0	1	0
37	Luke Doran	2009	1	1	0	0	0
38	Sebastian Gotch	2011	3	1	0	2	0
39	Cameron Bancroft	2011	2	0	0	2	0
40	Kurtis Patterson	2011–12	4	2	0	2	0
41	Ashton Turner	2011	2	1	0	1	0
42	Will Bosisto	2012	13	8	0	5	0
43	Damien Mortimer	2013	7	4	0	3	0
44	Jake Doran	2013	1	0	1	0	0
45	Alex Gregory	2013–14	10	3	0	7	0
46	Ben McDermott	2013	2	1	0	1	0
47	Jaron Morgan	2013–14	3	1	0	2	0
Grand total			189	114	1	70	4

See also

• List of Australian Test cricketers
• List of Australian ODI cricketers
• List of Australian Twenty20 International cricketers

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External links

• Cricket Archive list of Australian captains by series Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Cricket Archive list of Australian captains by record Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Cricket Archive list of Australia Captains' Playing Record in ODI Matches Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine