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List of England cricket captains Following Vaughan's retirement, England were briefly captained by Kevin Pietersen before Andrew Strauss took on the role permanently following Pietersen's resignation. Strauss became the first captain to lead England to victory in a Test series in Australia since 1987, as well as taking them to the number one ranking in the summer of 2011. Strauss announced his resignation and retirement following the relinquishing of the top ranking to South Africa in 2012, with One Day International captain and Strauss's deputy Alastair Cook named as the replacement. Cook became England's longest-serving captain in terms of matches, winning two home Ashes series but also overseeing heavy losses in Australia and India. He stepped down in early 2017 to be replaced by Joe Root.
Wales national rugby union team Gethin Jenkins is the nation's most capped player with 129 Welsh caps. Four other players have earned 100 caps or more: Alun Wyn Jones, Stephen Jones, Gareth Thomas and Martyn Williams.[169] The record for most Tests as captain is held by Sam Warburton with 49.[170] The record for the most consecutive appearances is held by Gareth Edwards who played all 53 of his Tests for Wales consecutively between 1967 and 1978.[164] Edwards is also Wales' youngest ever captain at the age of 20.[43]