Steve Smith Test captaincy record: Steve Smith captaincy record in Test cricket full match list

Steven Smith has become only the fourth Australian captain after Ian Johnson, Richie Benaud and Adam Gilchrist to win a couple of Test matches in India. These number of victories are more than what Australia had registered under the likes of Bob Simpson (1), Mark Taylor (1), Steve Waugh (1) and Ricky Ponting (0).

Although one prays for swift recovery of regular Australian captain Pat Cummins’ mother for him to lead them in the fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 Test in Ahmedabad next week, Smith will continue to lead the national team if Cummins remains unavailable for the next match as well.

In such a situation, Smith will have a golden opportunity up his sleeve to join Bill Lawry in the list of Australian captains with three Test wins in India.

Smith, whose first Test as captain had also come against India over eight years ago when the then captain Michael Clarke has been ruled out of a four-match series after the first Test due to a hamstring injury, shares the sixth position with legendary cricketer Greg Chappell in the list of most Test wins as an Australian captain.

With 21 Test wins to their names against all oppositions, Smith and Chappell are behind the likes of Clarke (24), Taylor (26), Allan Border (32), Steve Waugh (41) and Ponting (48). It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Smith would’ve been among the most successful Australian captains in Test cricket had he not been banned from captaincy about half-a-decade ago.

Steve Smith Test captaincy record full match list

S. No.	Opposition	Winner	Margin	Ground	Year
1	India	Australia	4 wickets	Brisbane	2014
2	India	Draw		Melbourne	2014
3	India	Draw		Sydney	2015
4	New Zealand	Australia	208 runs	Brisbane	2015
5	New Zealand	Draw		Perth	2015
6	New Zealand	Australia	3 wickets	Adelaide	2015
7	West Indies	Australia	Innings & 112 runs	Hobart	2015
8	West Indies	Australia	177 runs	Melbourne	2015
9	West Indies	Draw		Sydney	2016
10	New Zealand	Australia	Innings & 52 runs	Wellington	2016
11	New Zealand	Australia	7 wickets	Christchurch	2016
12	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	106 runs	Pallekele	2016
13	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	229 runs	Galle	2016
14	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	163 runs	Colombo (SSC)	2016
15	South Africa	South Africa	177 runs	Perth	2016
16	South Africa	South Africa	Innings & 80 runs	Hobart	2016
17	South Africa	Australia	7 wickets	Adelaide	2016
18	Pakistan	Australia	39 runs	Brisbane	2016
19	Pakistan	Australia	Innings & 18 runs	Melbourne	2016
20	Pakistan	Australia	220 runs	Sydney	2017
21	India	Australia	333 runs	Pune	2017
22	India	India	75 runs	Bengaluru	2017
23	India	Draw		Ranchi	2017
24	India	India	8 wickets	Dharamsala	2017
25	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	20 runs	Mirpur	2017
26	Bangladesh	Australia	7 wickets	Chattogram	2017
27	England	Australia	10 wickets	Brisbane	2017
28	England	Australia	120 runs	Adelaide	2017
29	England	Australia	Innings & 41 runs	Perth	2017
30	England	Draw		Melbourne	2017
31	England	Australia	Innings & 123 runs	Sydney	2018
32	South Africa	Australia	118 runs	Durban	2018
33	South Africa	South Africa	6 wickets	Gqeberha	2018
34	South Africa	South Africa	322 runs	Cape Town	2018
35	England	Australia	275 runs	Adelaide	2021
36	West Indies	Australia	419 runs	Adelaide	2022
37	India	Australia	9 wickets	Indore	2023