5 non-Britain born England ODI captains

#1 Adam Hollioake

Hollioake was a talented cricketer but an even more successful leader

Lesser-known English cricketer Adam Hollioake was born in Melbourne, Australia before moving to England where he was played for Surrey in county cricket. A cricketer with a decent ability with both bat and ball, Hollioake seemed to be natural leader- something endorsed by his nine trophies in first class cricket.

His success as a leader is what saw him dethrone Mike Atherton as England's ODI skipper in 1997 and he also produced immedaite results as England won the Sharjah Cup under him.

However, a sustained period of injuries followed by loss of form coupled with his lack of ability to specialize in one department of the game saw his downfall, leading the reigns of captaincy to fall into the hands of Hussain. In his brief period as skipper, England won six and lost eight of their 14 matches.