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Waugh is the most successful Test captain
Darwin (Australia), July 20: Steve Waugh became the most successful captain in Test cricket after Australia`s innings and 132-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Test here today.
Darwin (Australia), July 20: Steve Waugh became the
most successful captain in Test cricket after Australia's
innings and 132-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Test
here today.
This is Man-of-the-match Steve Waugh's 37th win in his 50th
Test as Australian skipper for a 74 per cent success rate.
Waugh passed Clive Lloyd's 36 wins in 74 tests as west indies captain. Most successful captains (player, country, tests, won, win per cent ) 1. Steve Waugh (Aus) 50 37 (74%)
2. Clive lloyd (wis) 74 36 (48.65%)
3. Allan border (aus) 93 32 (34.41%)
4. Viv richards (wis) 50 27 (54.00%)
5. Hansie cronje (rsa) 53 27 (50.94%)
6. Mark taylor (aus) 50 26 (52.00%)
7. Greg chappell (aus) 48 21 (43.75%)
8. Peter may (eng) 41 20 (48.78%)
9. Stephen fleming (nzl) 51 19 (37.25%)
10. Mike brearley (eng) 31 18 (58.06%)
11. Sanath jayasuriya (sri) 38 18 (47.37%).
Bureau Report.
Waugh passed Clive Lloyd's 36 wins in 74 tests as west indies captain. Most successful captains (player, country, tests, won, win per cent ) 1. Steve Waugh (Aus) 50 37 (74%)
2. Clive lloyd (wis) 74 36 (48.65%)
3. Allan border (aus) 93 32 (34.41%)
4. Viv richards (wis) 50 27 (54.00%)
5. Hansie cronje (rsa) 53 27 (50.94%)
6. Mark taylor (aus) 50 26 (52.00%)
7. Greg chappell (aus) 48 21 (43.75%)
8. Peter may (eng) 41 20 (48.78%)
9. Stephen fleming (nzl) 51 19 (37.25%)
10. Mike brearley (eng) 31 18 (58.06%)
11. Sanath jayasuriya (sri) 38 18 (47.37%).
Bureau Report.