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August 04, 2008
England [Images] named Kevin Pietersen [Images] as their new captain on Monday following Michael Vaughan's [Images] resignation after the series loss to South Africa [Images].Pietersen, 28, will lead England against his native country in the fourth test against the South Africans starting at The Oval on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said. Here is a list of players captaining Test teams despite being born in a different country: Player | Born in | Captained | Period | Tests | Won | Lost | Drawn | Won% | Harris, Lord | Trinidad | England | 1879-1884 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | Horan, TP | Ireland | Australia [Images] | 1885 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | McDonnell, PS | England | Australia | 1887-88 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67 | Warner, PF | Trinidad | England | 1903-06 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00 | Jardine, DR | India | England | 1931-34 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 60.00 | Allen, GOB | Australia | England | 1936-48 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 36.36 | Headley, GA | Panama | West Indies [Images] | 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | Brown, FR | Peru | England | 1949-51 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 33.33 | Carr, DB | Germany [Images] | England | 1952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | Cowdrey, MC | India | England | 1959-69 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 29.63 | Dexter, ER | Italy [Images] | England | 1961-64 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30.00 | Greig, AW | South Africa | England | 1975-77 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21.43 | Lamb, AJ | South Africa | England | 1990 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | Flower, A | South Africa | Zimbabwe | 1993-2000 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5.00 | Hussain, N | India | England | 1999-2003 | 45 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 37.78 |
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