Statistics for England Cricket Captains Since World War II

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Seasons	Tests	Captain	% Correct
2010-date	38	Alistair Cook	96%
1980-81	12	Ian Botham	93%
2006-12	50	Andrew Strauss	89%
1999-2003	45	Nasser Hussain	89%
1993-2001	54	Mike Atherton	85%
2003-08	51	Michael Vaughan	84%
1982-89	32	David Gower	83%
1988-93	34	Graham Gooch	81%
2008-09	3	Kevin Pietersen	80%
2006-07	11	Andrew Flintoff	79%
1992-2001	15	Alec Stewart	74%
1986-88	23	Mike Gatting	71%
1977-78	4	Geoff Boycott	69%
1977-81	31	Mike Brearley	68%
1982-84	18	Bob Willis	67%
1988	1	Chris Cowdrey	61%
1959-69	27	Colin Cowdrey	61%
1975-77	14	Tony Greig	53%
1952-55	23	Len Hutton	52%
1969-73	31	Ray Illingworth	52%
2004-06	2	Marcus Trescothick	51%
1963-66	25	Mike Smith	47%
1989-91	3	Allan Lamb	43%
1955-61	41	Peter May	40%
1974-75	1	John Edrich	37%
1999	1	Mark Butcher	37%
1961-64	30	Ted Dexter	37%
1973-75	19	Mike Denness	36%
1946-47	8	Wally Hammond	34%
1988	2	John Emburey	33%
1966-67	7	Brian Close	29%
1981-82	7	Keith Fletcher	28%
1968	1	Tom Graveney	24%
1972-73	8	Tony Lewis	21%
1949-51	15	Freddie Brown	13%
1946-50	14	Norman Yardley	8%
1954	2	David Sheppard	7%
1947-48	3	Gubby Allen	7%
1951-52	1	Donald Carr	3%
1948-49	7	George Mann	3%
1947-48	1	Ken Cranston	2%
1951-52	4	Nigel Howard	2%