As captain, he led Australia in a total of 21 Tests, winning seven and losing four.

Monty Noble led Australia to victory in both 1907-08 and 1909.

The great all rounder led Australia in four of the five Tests during 1894 tour.

Carter led Australia in scoring with 12 points in the bronze medal game.

He was a successful Test captain, leading Australia to five wins and two losses; four matches finished in draws.

He then led Australia into the second round, where they lost their round of 16 match to Italy.

Readers reacted with a cry of sympathy, but the two men who want to lead Australia held firm.

However, he was better known as the first captain to lead Australia to successive Ashes defeats in the 20th century.

Firstly, only one wicket-keeper had led Australia in the previous one hundred years.

(He led Australia to the 2003 junior world championship.)