MUMBAI, June 20: When Mike Atherton led England against Australia in the ongoing Lords Test Match, he became the longest serving Test captain in England's cricket history. He surpassed the previous record of Peter May of 41 Test matches. Interestingly, Sri Lanka's Arjuna Ranatunga is captaining his country in his 41st Test match in the second Test at Kingstown, Arnos Vale, St Vincent against the West Indies.THE LEADING CAPTAINS

The Captains P W L D Success

Allan Border (Aus) 93 32 22 39* 55.37

Clive Lloyd (WI) 74 36 12 26 66.21

Viv Richards (WI) 50 27 8 15 69.00

Greg Chappell (Aus) 48 21 13 14 58.33

Imran Khan (Pak) 48 14 8 26 56.25

Gavaskar (Ind) 47 9 8 30 51.06

Mike Atherton (Eng) 41 11 13 17 47.56

Peter May (Eng) 41 20 10 11 62.19

A Ranatunga (SL) 40 7 15 18 40.00

Pataudi Jr (Ind) 40 9 19 12 37.50

Best of other teams:

John Reid (NZ) 34 3 18 13 27.94

Hansie Cronje (SA) 21 10 6 5 59.52

Andy Flower (Zim) 12 1 5 6 33.33

*- including 1 tied Test

Records updated before the ongoing Lord's and Kingstown Tests.

CRICKET'S LATEST TEST VENUE: The Arnos Vale ground at Kingstown in the Caribbean island of St Vincent became the 78th venue in Test history when it hosted the second Test match between West Indies and Sri Lanka on Friday. The Sheikupura Cricket Stadium at Sheikupura in Pakistan was the 77th Test ground when it hosted the Pakistan-Zimbabwe Test match on October 17, 1996.Kingstown became the sixth venue in the West Indies to host a Test.

THE LIST OF WEST INDIES' TEST VENUES

Ground City Country Date of first Test

Kensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados 11.1.1930

Queen's Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad 1.2.1930

Bourda Oval Georgetown Guyana 21.2.1930

Sabina Park Kingston Jamaica 3.4.1930

Recreation Ground St John's Antigua 27.3.1981

Arnos Vale Ground Kingstown St Vincent 20.6.1997

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