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page 1England Test cricket captains
W. G. Grace
English amateur cricketer (1848-1915)
C. Aubrey Smith
British actor (1863-1948)
Joe Root
Joseph Edward Root is an English international cricketer who plays for England in Tests and ODIs. He captained the Test team from 2017–2022. He plays for Yorkshire in English domestic cricket. Root is currently the leading run-scorer among active batsmen, the second highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket and the highest run scorer for England. Root is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era and among the finest England has produced. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where he top scored for England. As of March 2026, he has topped the ICC rankings for Test batsmen on ten occasions.
Ben Stokes
cricketer (born 1991)
Johnny Douglas
Cricket player of England (1882-1930)
Kevin Pietersen
South African-British cricketer
Ian Botham
former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator (born 1955)
Andrew Flintoff
English cricketer and TV personality
C. B. Fry
English cricketer and rugby union footballer (1872-1956)
Alastair Cook
English cricketer (born 1984)
Marcus Trescothick
English cricketer
Tony Greig
South African cricket player in England (1946-2012)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
English female cricketer and life peer (1939-2017)
Len Hutton
English cricketer (1916-1990)
Andrew Strauss
English cricketer
Bob Willis
English cricketer (1949-2019)
Wally Hammond
English cricket player (1903-1965)
Geoffrey Boycott
cricket player of England (born 1940)
Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley
Cricket player of England. (1859-1927)
Nasser Hussain
English cricketer (born 1968)
Heather Knight
England cricketer (born 1990)
Douglas Jardine
English cricketer (1900–1958)
Graham Gooch
English cricketer
Michael Vaughan
England Cricket player (born 1974)
R. E. Foster
Cricket player of England. (1878-1914)
Archie MacLaren
Cricket player of England. (1871-1944)
Michael Atherton
broadcaster, journalist, and retired England international cricketer (born 1968)
Arthur Shrewsbury
English cricket player (1856-1903)
David Sheppard
English cleric and cricketer (1929-2005)
Colin Cowdrey
Cricket player of England. (1932-2000)
James Lillywhite
Cricket player of England. (1842-1929)
A. N. Hornby
Cricket player of England. (1847-1925)
Brian Close
English cricketer (1931-2015)
David Gower
Cricket player of England. (born 1957)
Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson
English cricketer (1889-1951)
George Harris, 4th Baron Harris
British amateur cricketer, colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay (1851-1932)
Keith Fletcher
English Test and County cricketer (born 1944)
Tom Graveney
English cricketer (1927-2015)
A. G. Steel
cricket player of England (1858-1914)
Alec Stewart
Cricket player of England (born 1963)
Arthur Carr
cricketer (1893-1963)
Ted Dexter
English cricketer (born 1935)
Mike Brearley
cricket player of England (born 1942)
Allan Lamb
South African-born former English cricketer
Donald Carr
English cricketer (1926–2016)
Tony Lewis
Welsh born, English Test and County cricketer, administrator (born 1938)
Mike Denness
Scottish cricketer (1940-2013)
Stanley Jackson
English cricketer (1870-1947)
Jack White
English cricketer (1891–1961)
Peter May
English Test and County cricketer, administrator (1929-1994)
Arthur Gilligan
English cricketer (1894-1976)
Ollie Pope
English cricketer (born 1998)
Andrew Stoddart
English rugby union footballer and cricketer (1863-1915)
Plum Warner
English cricket player, 1873-1963
John Edrich
English cricket player (1937–2020)
Alfred Shaw
English cricketer and rugby footballer (1842-1907)
Percy Chapman
English cricketer (1900-1961)
Charlotte Edwards
cricketer
Clare Connor
Cricket player of England. (born 1976)
Gubby Allen
English cricketer (1902–1989)