5 highly successful Captain-Vice Captain pairs in Cricket

2. Alastair Cook- Andrew Strauss

Strauss and Cook celebrated as England won the Ashes

England cricket team prospered under the captaincy of the left-hand opening batsman Andrew Strauss. Strauss was the man who helped England regain the Ashes in 2009 after a 5-0 drubbing in the 2007 Ashes in Australia.

Strauss was instrumental again in leading the Three Lions to the Ashes victory once again in 2011; their first on Australian soil after 24 years. His deputy and his opening partner Alastair Cook complemented him well as the two formed a great partnership. Alastair Cook was brilliant in that series down under as he scored an astonishing 766 runs in just seven innings at an average of 127.66 and also won the man-of-the-series award.

Strauss and Cook were not only a great captain and vice-captain duo but also a successful opening combo. In fact, they became only the fifth pair in test history to have put on 5000 runs as a pair.