Here are the bowlers and wicket keepers who have ledt Test sides.
Pure Bowlers
Code:
TEAM Player Tests
ENG Lillywhite, J 2
ENG Willis, R G D 18
ENG Emburey, J E 2
IND Venkat 5
IND Bedi, B S 22
IND Kumble, A 14
NZL Nash, D J 3
PAK Waqar Younis 17
WIN Walsh, C A 22
Bowling All Rounders
Code:
TEAM Player Tests
AUS Giffen, G 4
AUS Trumble, H 2
AUS Johnson, I W 17
AUS Lindwall, R R 1
ENG Shaw, Alfred 4
ENG Gilligan, A E R 9
ENG Allen, G O B 11
ENG Robins, R W V 3
ENG Illingworth, R 31
IND Ghulam Ahmed 3
NZL Vettori, D L*# 19
PAK Fazal Mahmood 10
PAK Intikhab Alam 17
PAK Wasim Akram 25
SAF Pollock, S M 26
WIN Goddard, J D C 22
WIN Atkinson, D S E 7
WIN Bravo, D J J* 1
ZIM Streak, H H 21
ZIM Murphy, B A* 1
Wicketkeepers
Code:
TEAM Player Tests
AUS Blackham, J M 8
AUS Jarman, B N 1
AUS Gilchrist, A C 6
BDS Naimur Rehman 7
BDS Khaled Mahmud 9
NZL Smith, I D S 1
NZL Germon, L K 12
PAK Imtiaz Ahmed 4
PAK Rashid Latif 6
PAK Moin Khan 13
SAF Sherwell, P W 13
SAF Boucher, M V* 4
WIN Alexander, 18
WIN Murray, D L 1
WIN Jacobs, R D 2
ZIM Flower, A 20
ZIM Taibu, T# 10
Sri Lanka is the only team which has has never tried anything but pure batsmen as Test captains.
England's very first Test captain was a bowler.
By the way the win and loss percentage overall is as under
Code:
Discipline Win % Loss %
Bowler Allround 34.3 32.5
Pure Bowlers 31.4 39
Wicket-keepers 27.2 37.8