Matches (12)
IPL (2)
BAN v IND [W] (1)
County DIV1 (2)
County DIV2 (3)
RHF Trophy (1)
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe (1)
WT20 Qualifier (1)
SL vs AFG [A-Team] (1)

Best performances on captaincy debut - Tables

Travis Basevi
19-Sep-2006

Highest individual scores in first match as captain - Tests
Player Runs Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
GT Dowling (NZ) 239 won v India Christchurch 1967/68 Test 631
S Chanderpaul (WI) 203* drawn v South Africa Georgetown 2004/05 Test 1745
C Hill (Aust) 191 won v South Africa Sydney 1910/11 Test 111
VS Hazare (India) 164* drawn v England Delhi 1951/52 Test 339
CH Lloyd (WI) 163 won v India Bangalore 1974/75 Test 745
WW Armstrong (Aust) 158 won v England Sydney 1920/21 Test 135
WL Murdoch (Aust) 153* lost v England The Oval 1880 Test 4
GHS Trott (Aust) 143 lost v England Lord's 1896 Test 50
MA Noble (Aust) 133 lost v England Sydney 1903/04 Test 78
AJ Strauss (Eng) 128 drawn v Pakistan Lord's 2006 Test 1809
BE Congdon (NZ) 126 drawn v West Indies Bridgetown 1971/72 Test 695
GS Chappell (Aust) 123 won v West Indies Brisbane 1975/76 Test 764
DL Houghton (Zimb) 121 drawn v India Harare 1992/93 Test 1197
JJ Crowe (NZ) 120* drawn v Sri Lanka Colombo (CCC) 1986/87 Test 1074
AJ Lamb (Eng) 119 lost v West Indies Bridgetown 1989/90 Test 1143
SM Gavaskar (India) 116 won v New Zealand Auckland 1975/76 Test 769
AL Hassett (Aust) 112 won v South Africa Johannesburg 1949/50 Test 318
GS Chappell (Aust) 109* won v West Indies Brisbane 1975/76 Test 764
AC MacLaren (Eng) 109 won v Australia Sydney 1897/98 Test 53
HW Taylor (SAf) 109 lost v England Durban 1913/14 Test 130
GO Rabone (NZ) 107 lost v South Africa Durban 1953/54 Test 377
DJ McGlew (SAf) 104* won v England Manchester 1955 Test 410
JB Stollmeyer (WI) 104 lost v Australia Sydney 1951/52 Test 347
GN Yallop (Aust) 102 lost v England Brisbane 1978/79 Test 834
DB Vengsarkar (India) 102 lost v West Indies Delhi 1987/88 Test 1080
AW Greig (Eng) 96 drawn v Australia Lord's 1975 Test 761
RD Jacobs (WI) 91* won v Bangladesh Dhaka 2002/03 Test 1630
ME Trescothick (Eng) 86 won v New Zealand Lord's 2004 Test 1700
RB Kanhai (WI) 84 drawn v Australia Kingston 1972/73 Test 714
GA Gooch (Eng) 84 lost v West Indies The Oval 1988 Test 1102

Best match bowling in first match as captain - Tests
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
Waqar Younis (Pak) 13/135 won v Zimbabwe Karachi (DS) 1993/94 Test 1237
AER Gilligan (Eng) 11/90 won v South Africa Birmingham 1924 Test 153
EP Nupen (SAf) 11/150 won v England Johannesburg 1930/31 Test 200
GOB Allen (Eng) 10/78 won v India Lord's 1936 Test 252
Imran Khan (Pak) 9/136 lost v England Birmingham 1982 Test 931
RGD Willis (Eng) 9/142 won v India Lord's 1982 Test 928
N Kapil Dev (India) 8/118 lost v West Indies Kingston 1982/83 Test 949
CA Smith (Eng) 7/61 won v South Africa Port Elizabeth 1888/89 Test 31
R Benaud (Aust) 7/112 won v England Brisbane 1958/59 Test 460
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 7/124 won v West Indies Karachi 1958/59 Test 469
JDC Goddard (WI) 6/74 won v England Georgetown 1947/48 Test 297
Wasim Akram (Pak) 6/107 lost v West Indies Port of Spain 1992/93 Test 1220
Saeed Ahmed (Pak) 6/108 drawn v England Lahore 1968/69 Test 647
Naimur Rahman (Bang) 6/154 lost v India Dhaka 2000/01 Test 1512
G Giffen (Aust) 6/155 lost v England Melbourne 1894/95 Test 43
Hon.FS Jackson (Eng) 5/58 won v Australia Nottingham 1905 Test 83
IWG Johnson (Aust) 5/84 won v England Brisbane 1954/55 Test 391
JWHT Douglas (Eng) 5/112 lost v Australia Sydney 1911/12 Test 116
L Amarnath (India) 4/84 lost v Australia Brisbane 1947/48 Test 290
BE Congdon (NZ) 4/92 drawn v West Indies Bridgetown 1971/72 Test 695
IT Botham (Eng) 4/98 lost v West Indies Nottingham 1980 Test 880
RWV Robins (Eng) 4/109 drawn v New Zealand Lord's 1937 Test 260
AG Steel (Eng) 3/56 won v Australia Manchester 1886 Test 22
HB Cave (NZ) 3/56 lost v Pakistan Karachi 1955/56 Test 413
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) 3/62 won v New Zealand Lahore 1976/77 Test 782
H Trumble (Aust) 3/65 won v England Sydney 1901/02 Test 68
JR Reid (NZ) 3/68 lost v West Indies Christchurch 1955/56 Test 422
HR Adhikari (India) 3/68 drawn v West Indies Delhi 1958/59 Test 467
SM Pollock (SAf) 3/73 lost v Sri Lanka Galle 2000 Test 1504
AW Greig (Eng) 3/129 drawn v Australia Lord's 1975 Test 761

Highest individual scores in first match as captain - ODIs
Player Runs Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
GM Turner (NZ) 171* won v East Africa Birmingham 1975 ODI 20
SR Tendulkar (India) 110 lost v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 1996 ODI 1106
MEK Hussey (Aust) 109* lost v West Indies Kinrara 2006/07 ODI 2417
RB Richardson (WI) 106* won v Pakistan Sharjah 1991/92 ODI 679
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 102 won v Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 1997/98 ODI 1286
AC Gilchrist (Aust) 98 won v West Indies Brisbane 2000/01 ODI 1670
T Taibu (Zimb) 96* lost v Sri Lanka Bulawayo 2004 ODI 2119
SR Waugh (Aust) 91 lost v South Africa Bloemfontein 1996/97 ODI 1199
MA Atherton (Eng) 86 won v West Indies Bridgetown 1993/94 ODI 880
KC Wessels (SAf) 81* won v Australia Sydney 1991/92 ODI 719
RR Watson (Scot) 80 lost v Pakistan Edinburgh 2006 ODI 2387
AJ Strauss (Eng) 74* won v India Jamshedpur 2005/06 ODI 2361
AR Border (Aust) 73 lost v West Indies Melbourne 1984/85 ODI 282
Aminul Islam (Bang) 70 lost v India Chandigarh 1998 ODI 1328
DAG Fletcher (Zimb) 69* won v Australia Nottingham 1983 ODI 199
AL Wadekar (India) 67 lost v England Leeds 1974 ODI 12
MH Denness (Eng) 66 won v West Indies Leeds 1973 ODI 8
GP Thorpe (Eng) 62* lost v Sri Lanka Dambulla 2000/01 ODI 1694
Habibul Bashar (Bang) 61 won v Zimbabwe Harare 2003/04 ODI 2110
Majid Khan (Pak) 60 lost v West Indies Birmingham 1975 ODI 26
GS Chappell (Aust) 59 won v West Indies Adelaide 1975/76 ODI 34
GJ Whittall (Zimb) 58* lost v India Bulawayo 2001 ODI 1730
AJ Lamb (Eng) 55* lost v West Indies Bridgetown 1989/90 ODI 622
RB Kanhai (WI) 55 lost v England Leeds 1973 ODI 8
Aamer Sohail (Pak) 55 lost v India Bangalore 1995/96 ODI 1078
MS Atapattu (SL) 53* won v England Colombo (SSC) 2000/01 ODI 1697
IM Chappell (Aust) 53 lost v England Manchester 1972 ODI 2
Asif Iqbal (Pak) 53 lost v Australia Leeds 1975 ODI 21
T Duffin (Zimb) 53 won v Kenya Bulawayo 2005/06 ODI 2339
ME Trescothick (Eng) 52 won v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2001/02 ODI 1756

Best match bowling in first match as captain - ODIs
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
AY Karim (Kenya) 5/33 won v Bangladesh Nairobi (Gym) 1997/98 ODI 1239
JR Ratnayeke (SL) 4/23 won v Bangladesh Dhaka 1988/89 ODI 533
DAG Fletcher (Zimb) 4/42 won v Australia Nottingham 1983 ODI 199
DL Vettori (NZ) 3/8 won v Bangladesh Chittagong (MAA) 2004/05 ODI 2189
CM Wright (Scot) 3/32 lost v Ireland Ayr 2006 ODI 2396
RJ Shastri (India) 3/37 lost v Pakistan Indore 1986/87 ODI 426
JE Emburey (Eng) 3/38 lost v India Sharjah 1986/87 ODI 442
SW Lubbers (Neth) 3/48 lost v New Zealand Vadodara 1995/96 ODI 1051
R Illingworth (Eng) 3/50 lost v Australia Melbourne 1970/71 ODI 1
CA Walsh (WI) 2/11 won v India Faridabad 1994/95 ODI 931
JV Coney (NZ) 2/16 lost v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 1984/85 ODI 274
BE Congdon (NZ) 2/17 won v Pakistan Christchurch 1972/73 ODI 5
JH Kallis (SAf) 2/17 won v Zimbabwe Bloemfontein 2006/07 ODI 2415
SK Warne (Aust) 2/19 won v New Zealand Sydney 1997/98 ODI 1275
A Ranatunga (SL) 2/27 won v India Dhaka 1988/89 ODI 530
JJ Tucker (Berm) 2/29 won v Canada Port of Spain 2006 ODI 2375
AW Greig (Eng) 2/31 lost v West Indies Lord's 1976 ODI 38
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 2/32 lost v England Lahore 1987/88 ODI 478
Imran Khan (Pak) 2/35 lost v England Nottingham 1982 ODI 154
GA Gooch (Eng) 2/35 won v Sri Lanka The Oval 1988 ODI 521
A Kumble (India) 2/37 won v England Chennai 2001/02 ODI 1795
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 2/39 lost v Australia Perth 2005/06 ODI 2320
GS Chappell (Aust) 2/43 won v West Indies Adelaide 1975/76 ODI 34
DJ Nash (NZ) 2/43 lost v India Napier 1998/99 ODI 1381
IT Botham (Eng) 2/45 lost v West Indies Leeds 1980 ODI 89
Khaled Mahmud (Bang) 2/46 lost v India Dhaka 2003 ODI 2001
RW Staple (USA) 2/76 lost v New Zealand The Oval 2004 ODI 2169
Gazi Ashraf (Bang) 1/7 lost v Pakistan Moratuwa 1985/86 ODI 375
N Kapil Dev (India) 1/9 won v Sri Lanka Amritsar 1982/83 ODI 156
V Sehwag (India) 1/11 won v Bangladesh Dhaka 2003 ODI 2004

A duck in first match as captain - Tests
Player Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
WL Murdoch (Aust) lost v England The Oval 1880 Test 4
Hon.IFW Bligh (Eng) lost v Australia Melbourne 1882/83 Test 10
A Shrewsbury (Eng) won v Australia Adelaide 1884/85 Test 17
PS McDonnell (Aust) lost v England Sydney 1886/87 Test 25
AR Richards (SAf) lost v England Cape Town 1895/96 Test 49
GHS Trott (Aust) lost v England Lord's 1896 Test 50
PF Warner (Eng) won v Australia Sydney 1903/04 Test 78
Hon.FS Jackson (Eng) won v Australia Nottingham 1905 Test 83
JWHT Douglas (Eng) lost v Australia Sydney 1911/12 Test 116
F Mitchell (SAf) lost v Australia Manchester 1912 Test 121
W Bardsley (Aust) drawn v England Leeds 1926 Test 165
TC Lowry (NZ) lost v England Christchurch 1929/30 Test 186
ELG Hoad (WI) drawn v England Bridgetown 1929/30 Test 187
EP Nupen (SAf) won v England Johannesburg 1930/31 Test 200
ML Page (NZ) lost v South Africa Christchurch 1931/32 Test 217
DG Bradman (Aust) lost v England Brisbane 1936/37 Test 255
A Melville (SAf) drawn v England Johannesburg 1938/39 Test 267
HB Cave (NZ) lost v Pakistan Karachi 1955/56 Test 413
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) won v West Indies Karachi 1958/59 Test 469
P Roy (India) lost v England Lord's 1959 Test 475
MAK Pataudi (India) lost v West Indies Bridgetown 1961/62 Test 527
RB Simpson (Aust) won v South Africa Melbourne 1963/64 Test 549
ME Chapple (NZ) drawn v England Christchurch 1965/66 Test 602
Intikhab Alam (Pak) drawn v New Zealand Karachi 1969/70 Test 662
AR Lewis (Eng) won v India Delhi 1972/73 Test 703
AI Kallicharran (WI) lost v Australia Georgetown 1977/78 Test 822
LRD Mendis (SL) drawn v Pakistan Faisalabad 1981/82 Test 925
DI Gower (Eng) lost v Pakistan Lord's 1982 Test 932
CS Cowdrey (Eng) lost v West Indies Leeds 1988 Test 1101
DL Haynes (WI) drawn v England Port of Spain 1989/90 Test 1142
AJ Stewart (Eng) lost v India Chennai 1992/93 Test 1213
WJ Cronje (SAf) lost v Australia Adelaide 1993/94 Test 1246
MA Taylor (Aust) lost v Pakistan Karachi 1994/95 Test 1268
MA Taylor (Aust) lost v Pakistan Karachi 1994/95 Test 1268
SR Tendulkar (India) won v Australia Delhi 1996/97 Test 1335
Saeed Anwar (Pak) lost v New Zealand Lahore 1996/97 Test 1339
Rashid Latif (Pak) lost v South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997/98 Test 1406
Rashid Latif (Pak) lost v South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997/98 Test 1406
SR Waugh (Aust) won v West Indies Port of Spain 1998/99 Test 1448
SV Carlisle (Zimb) won v Bangladesh Chittagong (MAA) 2001/02 Test 1568
Habibul Bashar (Bang) lost v Zimbabwe Harare 2003/04 Test 1683
Habibul Bashar (Bang) lost v Zimbabwe Harare 2003/04 Test 1683
T Taibu (Zimb) lost v Sri Lanka Harare 2004 Test 1698
Younis Khan (Pak) lost v West Indies Bridgetown 2005 Test 1752
V Sehwag (India) won v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 2005/06 Test 1778

No wickets in first match as captain - Tests (qualification: only players who bowled in the match)
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
CA Walsh (WI) 0/123 drawn v England St John's 1993/94 Test 1259
DJ Nash (NZ) 0/97 drawn v South Africa Auckland 1998/99 Test 1446
A Ranatunga (SL) 0/74 drawn v Australia Brisbane 1989/90 Test 1131
Intikhab Alam (Pak) 0/69 drawn v New Zealand Karachi 1969/70 Test 662
J Ryder (Aust) 0/66 lost v England Brisbane (Exhib.) 1928/29 Test 176
WR Hammond (Eng) 0/59 drawn v Australia Nottingham 1938 Test 263
BA Murphy (Zimb) 0/59 drawn v Bangladesh Dhaka 2001/02 Test 1566
Khaled Mahmud (Bang) 0/56 lost v South Africa Chittagong (MAA) 2003 Test 1640
CL Hooper (WI) 0/44 drawn v South Africa Georgetown 2000/01 Test 1534
WJ Cronje (SAf) 0/41 lost v Australia Adelaide 1993/94 Test 1246
SJ Snooke (SAf) 0/38 won v England Johannesburg 1909/10 Test 106
RB Simpson (Aust) 0/31 won v South Africa Melbourne 1963/64 Test 549
ML Page (NZ) 0/27 lost v South Africa Christchurch 1931/32 Test 217
S Chanderpaul (WI) 0/25 drawn v South Africa Georgetown 2004/05 Test 1745
VS Hazare (India) 0/24 drawn v England Delhi 1951/52 Test 339
AR Border (Aust) 0/24 lost v West Indies Adelaide 1984/85 Test 1002
RS Grant (WI) 0/23 lost v England Lord's 1939 Test 272
MD Crowe (NZ) 0/22 lost v Pakistan Karachi 1990/91 Test 1151
A Shaw (Eng) 0/21 drawn v Australia Melbourne 1881/82 Test 5
CS Cowdrey (Eng) 0/21 lost v West Indies Leeds 1988 Test 1101
V Sehwag (India) 0/18 won v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 2005/06 Test 1778
WH Milton (SAf) 0/16 lost v England Cape Town 1888/89 Test 32
NJ Contractor (India) 0/16 drawn v Pakistan Mumbai (BS) 1960/61 Test 497
NWD Yardley (Eng) 0/15 lost v Australia Sydney 1946/47 Test 283
Lord Harris (Eng) 0/14 lost v Australia Melbourne 1878/79 Test 3
MA Butcher (Eng) 0/13 drawn v New Zealand Manchester 1999 Test 1457
Majid Khan (Pak) 0/12 drawn v England Lahore 1972/73 Test 715
Aamer Sohail (Pak) 0/12 drawn v South Africa Johannesburg 1997/98 Test 1400
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 0/12 won v Australia Kandy 1999 Test 1459
GTS Stevens (Eng) 0/11 lost v South Africa Durban 1927/28 Test 172
GA Headley (WI) 0/11 drawn v England Bridgetown 1947/48 Test 293
B Warnapura (SL) 0/10 lost v England Colombo (PSS) 1981/82 Test 921
DW Gregory (Aust) 0/9 won v England Melbourne 1876/77 Test 1
HW Taylor (SAf) 0/7 lost v England Durban 1913/14 Test 130
AG Prince (SAf) 0/7 lost v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 2006 Test 1810
P Roy (India) 0/4 lost v England Lord's 1959 Test 475
JV Coney (NZ) 0/4 lost v Pakistan Lahore 1984/85 Test 998
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 0/3 drawn v India Bangalore 1983/84 Test 961
K Srikkanth (India) 0/2 drawn v Pakistan Karachi 1989/90 Test 1127
TP Horan (Aust) 0/0 lost v England Melbourne 1884/85 Test 18
IVA Richards (WI) 0/0 drawn v England Leeds 1980 Test 884

A duck in first match as captain - ODIs
Player Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
Harilal Shah (EAf) lost v New Zealand Birmingham 1975 ODI 20
APB Tennekoon (SL) lost v West Indies Manchester 1975 ODI 22
Gazi Ashraf (Bang) lost v Pakistan Moratuwa 1985/86 ODI 375
SM Pollock (SAf) lost v Pakistan Sharjah 1999/00 ODI 1582
RR Sarwan (WI) lost v England Georgetown 2003/04 ODI 2118
RW Staple (USA) lost v New Zealand The Oval 2004 ODI 2169
Rajin Saleh (Bang) lost v South Africa Birmingham 2004 ODI 2171

No wickets in first match as captain - ODIs (qualification: only players who bowled in the match)
Player Figures Result Opposition Ground Season Scorecard
RB Simpson (Aust) 0/65 lost v West Indies St John's 1977/78 ODI 48
Waqar Younis (Pak) 0/65 lost v West Indies Sharjah 1993/94 ODI 845
DT Johnston (Ire) 0/59 lost v England Belfast 2006 ODI 2383
DB Kotze (Namib) 0/56 lost v Zimbabwe Harare 2002/03 ODI 1943
RR Watson (Scot) 0/54 lost v Pakistan Edinburgh 2006 ODI 2387
Minhajul Abedin (Bang) 0/43 lost v India Chandigarh 1990/91 ODI 657
GR Larsen (NZ) 0/42 lost v Australia Sharjah 1993/94 ODI 907
S Venkataraghavan (India) 0/41 lost v England Lord's 1975 ODI 19
Naimur Rahman (Bang) 0/40 lost v England Nairobi (Gym) 2000/01 ODI 1632
HH Streak (Zimb) 0/38 lost v New Zealand Harare 2000/01 ODI 1627
GW Flower (Zimb) 0/38 lost v West Indies Harare 2001 ODI 1727
Wasim Akram (Pak) 0/34 won v Zimbabwe Sharjah 1992/93 ODI 796
P Utseya (Zimb) 0/34 won v Bangladesh Harare 2006 ODI 2392
A Flintoff (Eng) 0/31 lost v India Delhi 2005/06 ODI 2357
IVA Richards (WI) 0/28 lost v England Lord's 1980 ODI 90
GJ Whittall (Zimb) 0/28 lost v India Bulawayo 2001 ODI 1730
N Gifford (Eng) 0/27 lost v Australia Sharjah 1984/85 ODI 322
K Srikkanth (India) 0/27 lost v West Indies Sharjah 1989/90 ODI 569
RGD Willis (Eng) 0/25 won v Pakistan The Oval 1978 ODI 51
CD McMillan (NZ) 0/25 lost v Sri Lanka Sharjah 2000/01 ODI 1705
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak) 0/24 lost v England Karachi 1983/84 ODI 256
N Boje (SAf) 0/23 won v Zimbabwe Port Elizabeth 2004/05 ODI 2233
DB Close (Eng) 0/21 won v Australia Manchester 1972 ODI 2
CL Hooper (WI) 0/21 lost v Pakistan Sydney 1996/97 ODI 1163
BA Murphy (Zimb) 0/21 lost v Sri Lanka Sharjah 2001/02 ODI 1765
DS de Silva (SL) 0/20 lost v New Zealand Dunedin 1982/83 ODI 186
GC Smith (SAf) 0/20 lost v India Dhaka 2003 ODI 2002
T Taibu (Zimb) 0/19 lost v Sri Lanka Bulawayo 2004 ODI 2119
AR Border (Aust) 0/18 lost v West Indies Melbourne 1984/85 ODI 282
CEB Rice (SAf) 0/14 lost v India Kolkata 1991/92 ODI 686
SC Ganguly (India) 0/12 lost v West Indies Singapore 1999 ODI 1494
GP Howarth (NZ) 0/9 won v West Indies Christchurch 1979/80 ODI 88
TM Odoyo (Kenya) 0/9 noresult v Zimbabwe Harare 2002/03 ODI 1913
MP Vaughan (Eng) 0/9 lost v Pakistan Manchester 2003 ODI 2025

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1814: England v Pakistan at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 17-20, 2006
• ODI # 2418: South Africa v Zimbabwe at East London, 2nd ODI, Sep 18, 2006


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