Jonathan Campbell of Zimbabwe became the 36^th cricketer in the annals of test cricket to make his test debut as a captain. All such occasions are tabulated below. J Campbell led Zimbabwe against Ireland at Bulawayo in the recently concluded test.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	DW Gregory	Aus	1877-1877	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	0	0	0
2	James Lillywhite jnr	Eng	1877-1877	1	2	0	14	10	7.00	0	0	0
3	Lord Harris	Eng	1879-1879	1	2	0	69	36	34.50	0	0	0
4	Hon.IFW Bligh	Eng	1882-1883	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	0	0	1
5	OR Dunell	SAF	1889-1889	1	2	1	37	26*	37.00	0	0	0
6	CA Smith	Eng	1889-1889	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	0	0	0
7	AR Richards	SAF	1896-1896	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	0	0	1
8	M Bisset	SAF	1899-1899	1	2	1	56	35	56.00	0	0	0
9	HM Taberer	SAF	1902-1902	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	0	0	0
10	JH Anderson	SAF	1902-1902	1	2	0	43	32	21.50	0	0	0
11	PW Sherwell	SAF	1906-1906	1	2	1	23	22*	23.00	0	0	0
12	HDG Leveson Gower	Eng	1910-1910	1	2	0	48	31	24.00	0	0	0
13	JWHT Douglas	Eng	1911-1911	1	2	0	32	32	16.00	0	0	1
14	FT Mann	Eng	1922-1922	1	2	1	32	28*	32.00	0	0	0
15	RT Stanyforth	Eng	1927-1927	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	0	0	0
16	RK Nunes	Win	1928-1928	1	2	0	47	37	23.50	0	0	0
17	AHH Gilligan	Eng	1930-1930	1	2	0	14	10	7.00	0	0	0
18	TC Lowry	NZl	1930-1930	1	2	0	40	40	20.00	0	0	1
19	Hon.FSG Calthorpe	Eng	1930-1930	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	0	0	0
20	N Betancourt	Win	1930-1930	1	2	0	52	39	26.00	0	0	0
21	GC Grant	Win	1930-1930	1	2	2	124	71*	–	0	2	0
22	CK Nayudu	Ind	1932-1932	1	2	0	50	40	25.00	0	0	0
23	HF Wade	SAF	1935-1935	1	1	0	18	18	18.00	0	0	0
24	Vizianagram	Ind	1936-1936	1	2	1	25	19*	25.00	0	0	0
25	A Melville	SAF	1938-1938	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1
26	FG Mann	Eng	1948-1948	1	2	0	32	19	16.00	0	0	0
27	ND Howard	Eng	1951-1951	1	2	0	22	13	11.00	0	0	0
28	AR Lewis	Eng	1972-1972	1	2	1	70	70*	70.00	0	1	1
29	B Warnapura	Srl	1982-1982	1	2	0	40	38	20.00	0	0	0
30	DL Houghton	Zim	1992-1992	1	2	1	162	121	162.00	1	0	0
31	LK Germon	NZl	1995-1995	1	2	0	89	48	44.50	0	0	0
32	Naimur Rahman	Ban	2000-2000	1	2	0	18	15	9.00	0	0	0
33	WTS Porterfield	Ire	2018-2018	1	2	0	33	32	16.50	0	0	0
34	Asghar Afghan	Afg	2018-2018	1	2	0	36	25	18.00	0	0	0
35	N Brand	SAF	2024-2024	1	2	0	7	4	3.50	0	0	0
36	J Campbell	Zim	2025-2025	1	2	0	37	33	18.50	0	0	0

He also became the second Zimbabwe cricketer to achieve such a feat. J Campbell led Zimbabwe against Ireland at Bulawayo in the recently concluded test

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	DL Houghton	Zim	1992-1992	1	2	1	162	121	162.00	1	0	0
2	J Campbell	Zim	2025-2025	1	2	0	37	33	18.50	0	0	0

Jonathan Campbell achieved another distinction in the annals of test cricket. He became the fourth pair of Son-Father combination to lead a team in tests. Others are – FT Mann-FG Mann of England, IAK Pataudi-MAK Pataudi of India and MC Cowdrey-CS Cowdrey of England

No	Player	Team		Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	FT Mann	Eng	F	1922-1923	5	9	1	281	84	35.12	0	2	0
	FG Mann	Eng	S	1948-1949	7	12	2	376	136*	37.60	1	0	0
2	MC Cowdrey	Eng	F	1959-1969	27	45	0	1715	155	38.11	6	8	3
	CS Cowdrey	Eng	S	1988-1988	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	0	0	1
3	IAK Pataudi	Ind	F	1946-1946	3	5	0	55	22	11.00	0	0	0
	MAK Pataudi	Ind	S	1962-1975	40	73	2	2424	203*	34.14	5	13	7
4	ADR Campbell	Zim	F	1996-2002	21	40	1	977	84	25.05	0	5	1
	J Campbell	Zim	S	2025-2025	1	2	0	37	33	18.50	0	0	0

It should be noted that the Father FT Mann and Son FG Mann captained England on their test debut