Vaughan: Born to lead
Rajneesh Gupta
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:40:31 PM
England’s most successful captain in Test history Michael Vaughan has decided to call it a day. These numbers suggest why Vaughan ranks amongst the best captains of contemporary cricket. Take a look:-
Vaughan’s captaincy record in Test cricket
|
|
Matches
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Drawn
|
Won %
|
|
Australia
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
40.00
|
|
Bangladesh
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
100.00
|
|
India
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0.00
|
|
New Zealand
|
8
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
75.00
|
|
Pakistan
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0.00
|
|
South Africa
|
12
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
33.33
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
0.00
|
|
West Indies
|
11
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
90.91
|
|
TOTAL
|
51
|
26
|
11
|
14
|
50.98
|
|
in England
|
29
|
17
|
6
|
6
|
58.62
|
|
outside England
|
22
|
9
|
5
|
8
|
40.91
|
Vaughan among contemporary captains (Min.40 Tests)
|
Captain
|
Matches
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Drawn
|
Won%
|
|
RT Ponting (Aus)
|
56
|
38
|
9
|
9
|
67.86
|
|
MP Vaughan (Eng)
|
51
|
26
|
11
|
14
|
50.98
|
|
GC Smith (SA)
|
69
|
33
|
21
|
15
|
47.83
|
|
SC Ganguly (Ind)
|
49
|
21
|
13
|
15
|
42.86
|
|
SP Fleming (NZ)
|
80
|
28
|
27
|
25
|
35.00
|
|
BC Lara (WI)
|
47
|
10
|
26
|
11
|
21.28
|
Vaughan’s performance with the bat
|
|
Matches
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
Hs
|
100
|
50
|
|
Overall
|
82
|
5719
|
41.44
|
197
|
18
|
18
|
|
v Australia
|
10
|
959
|
47.95
|
183
|
4
|
1
|
|
As captain
|
51
|
3170
|
36.02
|
166
|
9
|
13
|
|
As captain v Australia
|
5
|
326
|
32.60
|
166
|
1
|
1
|
