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Ranatunga's Captaincy World Record

Atul Kahate
27 January 1999




Although he is in great controversy at the moment, Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has reached a personal landmark: he has captained a team in Limited Overs International (LOI) matches than anyone else. He broke the record of Australian Allan Border, ironically in the match which caused the hearings against him for the alleged breach of ICC's code of conduct.

Ranatunga has now led Sri Lanka in 179 matches, winning 85 and losing exactly the same. He has also won the toss a record 94 times, although Mohammad Azharuddin could challange him on that front as well.

Here is a list of players who have led their countries in 50 or more LOI matches.

Captain                Team Mts     Won  Lost  NR   Td  Success % Toss
A Ranatunga            SL   179      85   85    8    1   50.00     94
AR Border              Aus  177     107   67    2    1   61.43     85
M Azharuddin           Ind  161      84   69    6    2   54.84     90
Imran Khan             Pak  139      75   59    4    1   55.93     70
IVA Richards           WI   106      68   36    2    0   65.38     43
WJ Cronje              SA    97      72   24    1    0   74.74     51
RB Richardson          WI    87      46   36    2    3   55.88     46
CH Lloyd               WI    84      63   19    1    1   76.51     43
Kapil Dev              Ind   74      39   33    2    0   54.17     39
Wasim Akram            Pak   72      43   28    0    1   60.42     38
MA Taylor              Aus   67      36   30    0    1   54.48     35
Javed Miandad          Pak   61      25   33    2    1   43.22     28
LRD Mendis             SL    61      11   46    4    0   19.30     29
GP Howarth             NZ    60      31   26    3    0   54.39     23
ADR Campbell           Zim   55      19   34    0    2   36.36     25
SR Tendulkar           Ind   54      17   31    5    1   35.71     31
KC Wessels             SA    52      20   30    2    0   40.00     24
GA Gooch               Eng   50      24   23    3    0   51.06     22

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)



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