Most Caps as Captain

FAST FACT

LONG APPRENTICESHIP Could patience and experience be the key to captaincy? Kieran Read is closing in on his 100th test cap, yet is only fifth equal on the list for the number of times he has captained the side. That means he has only been captain for 22 per cent of his tests – the lowest of any of his peers.

Yet, his success ratio is the highest. In 22 tests as skipper, Read has only felt the pain of defeat once.