Top 5 captains and their lucky charm in Test Cricket

4. Javed Miandad and Tauseef Ahmed – 14 matches:

Tauseef Ahmed featured in only 34 matches during his Test career that spanned between 1980 and 1993. The off-spinner had to play during a period where Abdul Qadir was the preferred spinner. Iqbal Qasim and Mushtaq Ahmed also had a portion of their career in those 13 years. Even 22 of the 34 Tests played by Tauseef were at home and only six of them came outside Asia.

Tauseef’s best performances came under Javed Miandad’s captaincy as he picked up 46 wickets in 14 Tests at an average of 25.56. Interestingly, Pakistan never lost in those 14 Test matches as they won eight of those while another six ended in a draw. However, all those 14 Tests were played at home only as Pakistan usually fielded at least two spinners in the XI during that time.

Miandad, in general, had a pretty good captaincy record at home as Pakistan won ten out of 22 home Test matches under Javed and lost only once. Tauseef, who made his Test debut under Miandad in 1980, didn’t feature in their home series defeat against West Indies by 0-1. Pakistan lost to the Caribbean team by 156 runs during the Faisalabad Test which was only home Test defeat for Miandad as skipper.