Pietersen joins elite list of captains

England named Kevin Pietersen as their new captain on Monday following Michael Vaughan's resignation after the series loss to South Africa.

Pietersen, 28, will lead England against his native country in the fourth test against the South Africans starting at The Oval on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said.

Here is a list of players captaining Test teams despite being born in a different country:

Player	Born in	Captained	Period	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Won%
Harris, Lord	Trinidad	England	1879-1884	4	2	1	1	50.00
Horan, TP	Ireland	Australia	1885	2	0	2	0	0.00
McDonnell, PS	England	Australia	1887-88	6	1	5	0	16.67
Warner, PF	Trinidad	England	1903-06	10	4	6	0	40.00
Jardine, DR	India	England	1931-34	15	9	1	5	60.00
Allen, GOB	Australia	England	1936-48	11	4	5	2	36.36
Headley, GA	Panama	West Indies	1948	1	0	0	1	0.00
Brown, FR	Peru	England	1949-51	15	5	6	4	33.33
Carr, DB	Germany	England	1952	1	0	1	0	0.00
Cowdrey, MC	India	England	1959-69	27	8	4	15	29.63
Dexter, ER	Italy	England	1961-64	30	9	7	14	30.00
Greig, AW	South Africa	England	1975-77	14	3	5	6	21.43
Lamb, AJ	South Africa	England	1990	3	0	3	0	0.00
Flower, A	South Africa	Zimbabwe	1993-2000	20	1	10	9	5.00
Hussain, N	India	England	1999-2003	45	17	15	13	37.78