Quiz! Every West Indies captain in men’s Tests since Frank Worrell’s appointment

In this quiz, you have to name every West Indies captain in men’s Test cricket since Frank Worrell’s appointment for the 1960/61 tour of Australia.

When it came to captaincy, the first three decades and a bit in the West Indies cricket were perhaps unique in Test cricket for two reasons.

Unlike most other teams, the West Indies are not a country. Of the myriad nations that make up the team, four – Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, and Barbados – were the dominant sides. Their first home series, against England in 1929/30, can be used to elaborate on this rivalry: not only were the four Tests played in four countries but they also had four separate local captains.

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To add to that, every captain needed to be White. That began to change after the Second World War amidst socio-political changes. For the 1947/48 series, they named George Headley as their first Black captain – but for only the first and fourth Tests. Gerry Gomez and John Goddard, both White, were named for the other two.

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When Headley was ruled out of the fourth Test, Goddard stayed on. His successors, Jeffrey Stollmeyer, Denis Atkinson, Gerry Alexander – were all White. However, following a crusade led by political activist CLR James, Frank Worrell became the first Black cricketer to become a full-time, bona-fide West Indies captain. The West Indies embarked upon a new era.

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Between then and June 25, 2025, 28 men (including Worrell) have led the West Indies in Test cricket. Can you name them in five minutes?