List of Canada national cricket captains
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This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Canada in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19's games and One Day Internationals. The table is correct as of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The current captain of Canadian national team is Saad Bin Zafar, he was appointed as the captain in October 2022.
One Day Internationals
Canada played their first ODI on June 9, 1979.[1]
| Canadian ODI Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | NR | |
| 1 | Bryan Mauricette | 1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | Joseph Harris | 2003 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | John Davison | 2006–2007 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 4 | George Codrington | 2006 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ashish Bagai | 2007–2014 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sunil Dhaniram | 2007–2008 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | Zubin Surkari | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Qaiser Ali | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Umar Bhatti | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Jimmy Hansra | 2011–2014 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 12 | Saad Bin Zafar | 2023–Present | 17 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 13 | Nicholas Kirton | 2024–2025 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 14 | Navneet Dhaliwal | 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Overall | 110 | 29 | 1 | 76 | 4 | |||
Twenty20 Internationals
Canada played their first Twenty20 Internationals on August 2, 2008.[2]
| Canadian T20I Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | NR | |
| 1 | Sanjayan Thuraisingam | 2008 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | Sunil Dhaniram | 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | Ashish Bagai | 2008–2013 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4 | Rizwan Cheema | 2010–2013 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 5 | Navneet Dhaliwal | 2019–2025 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| 6 | Saad Bin Zafar | 2022–Present | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 7 | Nicholas Kirton | 2024–2025 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 8 | Dilpreet Bajwa | 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Overall | 90 | 48 | 2 | 38 | 2 | |||
ICC Trophy
Canada debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1979 tournament
| Canadian ICC Trophy Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result | |
| 1 | Garnet Brisbane | 1979 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | Bryan Mauricette | 1979 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Richard Stevens | 1982 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | Clement Neblett | 1986 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | Farooq Kirmani | 1990 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | Danny Singh | 1993–1994 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7 | Ingleton Liburd | 1993–1997 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 | Joseph Harris | 2001 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | John Davison | 2005 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Overall | 54 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
Youth One-Day International captains
This is a list of Canadian cricketers who have captained their country in an Under-19's ODI.
| Canadian Under 19's Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No Result | |
| 1 | Ashish Bagai | 2002 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | Nathan Richards | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | Umar Bhatti | 2004 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 4 | Rustam Bhatti | 2010 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | Nitish Kumar | 2014 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Overall | 23 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||