5 most successful captains in Test cricket

#1 Graeme Smith, South Africa 2003-2014

The former Proteas captain won a record 53 Tests as captain

Graeme Smith holds the record for having played the most Tests as captain, with 109 matches, 53 of which he won. Smith was gritty and indomitable, a leader who took over the reins at the age of 22 and led South Africa to the No. 1 Test ranking.

He became South Africa’s youngest captain and the fourth-youngest in the game’s history. Smith scored a record 15 Test hundreds as a captain in wins. Another astounding record is that South Africa never lost a Test when Smith scored a hundred.