Tossers

Updated as at 20 Feb 2016. On completion of McCullum’s career

There has been a lot of talk over the last few days over where Brendon McCullum stands in the list of New Zealand captains and their success rate at the toss.

It is a ridiculous argument of course but cricket, and test cricket in particular, is heavily reliant on the outcome of the toss.

So, for reference, here is the record of New Zealand captains (min 10 tests) and how they’ve gone at the toss.  Note how the guy at the top spent years associated with setting TAB odds.

Captain	Tests	Wins	Percentage
KR Rutherford	18	12	67%
LRPL Taylor	13	8	62%
JG Wright	14	8	57%
GP Howarth	30	17	57%
JV Coney	15	8	53%
DL Vettori	32	17	53%
GT Dowling	19	10	53%
JR Reid	34	17	50%
MD Crowe	16	8	50%
LK Germon	12	6	50%
SP Fleming	80	37	46%
MG Burgess	10	4	40%
BB McCullum	31	12	39%
BE Congdon	17	4	24%
GM Turner	10	2	20%