Editing Alec Stewart (section)

===Captaincy===
Stewart was groomed for the England captaincy under [[Graham Gooch]], deputising for him in four tests in India and Sri Lanka in 1993, but when Gooch retired from the captaincy later that year [[Mike Atherton]] was chosen to succeed him. Stewart was asked to captain England in 1998 when Mike Atherton resigned. Despite being the age of 35 at the time, Stewart's level of fitness was impeccable, especially bearing in mind that most players do not continue beyond 37. As it was Stewart went on to play for England beyond his 40th birthday – but as events were to transpire, his captaincy of England barely lasted 12 months.

In his first series as captain, against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]], Stewart scored an outstanding 164 in the third Test at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]] to salvage a draw, a result which eventually enabled England to overturn a 1–0 deficit to win the series 2–1. Nonetheless, failures against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and in the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]] saw him sacked from the captaincy to be replaced by Hussain. During his captaincy, he dropped down the order and did not open the batting. He continued to deputise occasionally as captain of England's one-day side, and became the second international captain to concede a match in 2001, after a pitch invasion during a One Day International against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] rendered the continuation of play impossible.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/103301.html Stewart concedes defeat after another pitch invasion]</ref> He continued as an England player for five more seasons, and became only the fourth player to score a century in his 100th Test, scoring 105 against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]] in 2000.

Stewart also set a record for playing the most number of ODI matches(28) as a captain who has kept wicket and opened the batting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283397.html|title=Records {{!}} One-Day Internationals {{!}} Individual records (captains, players, umpires) {{!}} Captains who have kept wicket and opened the batting {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>