Cricket World Cup History: Top 3 players with most matches as captain in World Cup history

#2 Stephen Fleming (27 Matches)

Stephen Fleming was one of the Kiwi's most successful captains of all-time

The former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is second on this list. The Southpaw who made his World Cup debut in 1996 got an opportunity to lead the Kiwis in the 1999 World Cup and remained the captain till the 2007 tournament in the Carribean.

Stephen Fleming who led New Zealand to the Champions Trophy triumph in 2000 had been the Kiwi's skipper in 27 World Cup matches. The Black Caps won 16 matches under his leadership while losing 10.

Stephen Fleming was one of the finest captains who marshalled his troops to commendable feats. However, his captaincy and leadership skills are not favoured by the stats and numbers as New Zealand managed to win only 44.95% matches under his captaincy.

This win percentage rises to 61.43 in the World Cup matches. He had led New Zealand to two World Cup Semi-Finals (1999 and 2007), crashing out to Pakistan and Sri Lanka respectively.

The left-handed batsman had a modest record in the World Cup as a batsman. The southpaw accumulated 882 runs at an average of about 37 as a captain in the World Cups.