Test matches Cricket – Winning all tosses in a series
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Captains
Winning all tosses in a series
| Rank | Player | Mat | Mat Won | Mat Lost | Mat Tied | Mat Draw | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | A Shaw (ENG) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | England in Australia Test Series, 1881/82 |
🥈 2 | Hon.FS Jackson (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | The Ashes (Australia in England), 1905 |
🥉 3 | RE Foster (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | South Africa in England Test Series, 1907 |
4 | MA Noble (AUS) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | The Ashes (Australia in England), 1909 |
5 | CB Fry (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | The Ashes (Australia in England), 1912 |
6 | HG Deane (SA) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28 |
7 | WR Hammond (ENG) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | The Ashes (Australia in England), 1938 |
8 | Nawab of Pataudi (IND) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India in England Test Series, 1946 |
9 | JDC Goddard (WI) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | West Indies in India Test Series, 1948/49 |
9 | AL Hassett (AUS) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | The Ashes (Australia in England), 1953 |
11 | HB Cave (NZ) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1955/56 |
11 | PR Umrigar (IND) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Australia in India Test Series, 1956/57 |
11 | PBH May (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | England in West Indies Test Series, 1959/60 |
14 | MC Cowdrey (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | South Africa in England Test Series, 1960 |
15 | Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | England in Pakistan Test Series, 1961/62 |
16 | Nawab of Pataudi (IND) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | England in India Test Series, 1963/64 |
17 | Hanif Mohammad (PAK) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1964/65 |
18 | GS Sobers (WI) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966 |
19 | Nawab of Pataudi (IND) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | India in Australia Test Series, 1967/68 |
20 | A Bacher (SA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1969/70 |
21 | R Illingworth (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India in England Test Series, 1971 |
22 | GS Sobers (WI) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 1971/72 |
23 | Intikhab Alam (PAK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1972/73 |
23 | RB Kanhai (WI) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1973 |
23 | IM Chappell (AUS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand in Australia Test Series, 1973/74 |
23 | Intikhab Alam (PAK) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Pakistan in England Test Series, 1974 |
23 | Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1976/77 |
23 | BS Bedi (IND) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand in India Test Series, 1976/77 |
23 | GS Chappell (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1979/80 |
23 | SM Gavaskar (IND) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India in New Zealand Test Series, 1980/81 |
23 | RGD Willis (ENG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | India in England Test Series, 1982 |
32 | CH Lloyd (WI) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | India in West Indies Test Series, 1982/83 |
33 | N Kapil Dev (IND) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Pakistan in India Test Series, 1983/84 |
33 | GP Howarth (NZ) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | England in New Zealand Test Series, 1983/84 |
33 | GP Howarth (NZ) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 1984/85 |
33 | LRD Mendis (SL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86 |
33 | AR Border (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Australia in India Test Series, 1986/87 |
33 | MW Gatting (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | England in Pakistan Test Series, 1987/88 |
33 | JG Wright (NZ) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand in England Test Series, 1990 |
33 | KC Wessels (SA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1993/94 |
33 | KR Rutherford (NZ) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1994/95 |
42 | RB Richardson (WI) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1994/95 |
43 | M Azharuddin (IND) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India in England Test Series, 1996 |
44 | MA Taylor (AUS) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | The Ashes (England in Australia), 1998/99 |
45 | DJ Nash (NZ) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 1998/99 |
46 | SR Waugh (AUS) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1998/99 |
47 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00 |
47 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 |
47 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 |
47 | SM Pollock (SA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01 |
47 | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01 |
47 | SR Waugh (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2000/01 |
47 | SP Fleming (NZ) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand in Australia), 2001/02 |
47 | SR Waugh (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 |
47 | SP Fleming (NZ) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | England in New Zealand Test Series, 2001/02 |
47 | RT Ponting (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 |
47 | S Chanderpaul (WI) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 2005/06 |
47 | GC Smith (SA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2005/06 |
47 | MP Vaughan (ENG) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2007 |
47 | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 |
47 | RT Ponting (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2008/09 |
47 | RT Ponting (AUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09 |
47 | RT Ponting (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2009/10 |
47 | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010 |
47 | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012 |
47 | GC Smith (SA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13 |
47 | MJ Clarke (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2012/13 |
47 | BB McCullum (NZ) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 2014 |
47 | D Ramdin (WI) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa), 2014/15 |
47 | Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 |
47 | Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Pakistan v England Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2015/16 |
72 | V Kohli (IND) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Freedom Trophy (South Africa in India), 2015/16 |
73 | AD Mathews (SL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016 |
73 | V Kohli (IND) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New Zealand in India Test Series, 2016/17 |
73 | Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan v West Indies Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2016/17 |
73 | F du Plessis (SA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2016/17 |
73 | F du Plessis (SA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17 |
73 | V Kohli (IND) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017 |
79 | JE Root (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2018 |
80 | JE Root (ENG) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19 |
80 | V Kohli (IND) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Freedom Trophy (South Africa in India), 2019/20 |
82 | JE Root (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20 |
83 | PJ Cummins (AUS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2022/23 |
83 | DM de Silva (SL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2024 |
83 | PJ Cummins (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 2025 |
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Additional Information
Minimum of 3 matches in the series, with the captain appearing as such in every match