Most successful England cricket captain?

[rowanwitch]

I am informed this individual captained side to victory in 11 successive test series Who is it?

[kawakiri]

The only name I can come up with is Ray Illingworth

[rowanwitch]

Not even close...

[mutt53]

michael vaughan

[jno]

weren't consecutive, were they?

[rowanwitch]

Nowhere near

[kawakiri]

I'll need a link to this list!

[rowanwitch]

No list just a question to test assumptions

[dothawkes31]

claire taylor?

[jno]

you probably need to think about gender, kawakiri

[kawakiri]

Mike Brearley

[kawakiri]

But that's not cricket

[jno]

actually, I don't think any women have done it either.

[rowanwitch]

Oh yes it is,,,, I drove an Aussie liver consultant crazy for days with this one

[rowanwitch]

Some of the test series were against pretty minor nations, it was on a question of sport in the very early days so outside the range of links I suspect

[jno]

well, here's the list

http://en.wikipedia.o...Test_match_captains_2

[rowanwitch]

I apologise It must have been 11 competitions as the answer given at the time was Rachel Heyhoe Flint,

She was still more successful than any of the boys and played hockey at a pretty high level too

[dothawkes31]

i thought it was 6

[jno]

well, she's on the list

http://en.wikipedia.o...Test_match_captains_2

Seems to have won exactly one series.

Must have been before Question of Sport started getting things right...

[kawakiri]

How is she more successful than the boys?

[impact5]

Come on Steve, where are you.