Most consecutive matches without a debutant

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26-Jul-2011
Most consecutive matches without a debutant - Tests
TeamMat Won Lost Tied Draw Start Match End Match
South Africa 2114 4 0 3 Jan 11, 2007Nov 26, 2008
India 17 5 50 7 Jul 19, 2007 Oct 9, 2008
Australia 16 12 1 0 3 Aug 23, 2001 Nov 29, 2002
Australia 1513 2 0 0 Jan 2, 2000Aug 2, 2001
Australia 14 6 60 2 Dec 6, 1968 Mar 5, 1970
West Indies 14 3 1 0 10 Jan 24, 1979 Nov 24, 1980
England 13*8 2 0 3 Jul 29, 2010Jul 21, 2011
England 12 3 40 5 Jul 4, 1974 Feb 28, 1975
India 12 3 6 0 3 Feb 5, 1976 Jan 14, 1977
South Africa 124 4 0 4 Sep 4, 2003Aug 11, 2004
Australia 11 5 30 3 May 29, 1902 Jan 15, 1904
West Indies 11 0 5 0 6 Mar 17, 2006 May 25, 2007
Pakistan 103 0 0 7 Feb 11, 1987Nov 25, 1987
South Africa 10 4 20 4 Jan 13, 2005 Dec 26, 2005
Pakistan 10 3 5 0 2 Jul 13, 2006 Jan 26, 2007
New Zealand 92 3 0 4 Aug 7, 1969Feb 25, 1971
England 9 6 10 2 Dec 1, 1978 Aug 16, 1979
Australia 9 4 3 0 2 Nov 13, 1981 Mar 19, 1982
Australia 94 1 0 4 Dec 8, 1989Jan 4, 1991
South Africa 9 3 40 2 Jan 2, 1994 Nov 25, 1994
Australia 9 5 3 0 1 Feb 1, 1997 Aug 7, 1997
Australia 94 3 0 2 Jan 2, 1999Oct 14, 1999
New Zealand 9 3 30 3 Mar 18, 1999 Dec 16, 1999
Sri Lanka 9 6 2 0 1 Nov 21, 2001 Jun 13, 2002
India 96 1 0 2 Nov 20, 2004Sep 20, 2005
South Africa 9 2 60 1 Mar 16, 2006 Dec 15, 2006
England 9 3 5 0 1 Jul 13, 2006 Jan 2, 2007
Most consecutive matches without a debutant - ODIs
Team Mat Won Lost TiedNR Start Match End Match
Australia 40 32 7 0 1 Dec 30, 1989 Jan 12, 1992
Australia 3832 5 0 1 Jan 21, 2003Jan 29, 2004
Australia 37 26 92 0 Jan 10, 1999 Oct 24, 1999
Sri Lanka 37 22 11 0 4 Mar 17, 2006 Apr 28, 2007
Pakistan 3421 13 0 0 Sep 12, 2003Sep 19, 2004
New Zealand 34 18 140 2 Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2007
New Zealand 32 16 15 0 1 Jun 8, 2002 Nov 15, 2003
Sri Lanka 3120 8 0 3 Jun 5, 2010Jul 6, 2011
Sri Lanka 30 19 100 1 Oct 11, 1995 Sep 7, 1996
Australia 29 22 5 0 2 Feb 6, 2004 Feb 26, 2005
Kenya 255 19 0 1 Oct 7, 2001Apr 5, 2003
Pakistan 24 11 120 1 Oct 12, 1995 Aug 31, 1996
South Africa 24 16 7 0 1 Sep 20, 2006 Apr 25, 2007
Sri Lanka 2312 11 0 0 Nov 30, 2008Sep 27, 2009
Bangladesh 23* 12 110 0 Jul 8, 2010 Apr 13, 2011
India 23* 16 6 1 0 Dec 1, 2010 Jun 16, 2011
New Zealand 227 14 1 0 Feb 3, 1996Feb 23, 1997
India 22 9 120 1 Apr 4, 1999 Sep 8, 1999
Australia 22 15 5 1 1 Mar 27, 2002 Jan 15, 2003
Sri Lanka 228 13 1 0 Nov 29, 2002Mar 18, 2003
Zimbabwe 22 7 120 3 Nov 27, 2002 Jul 5, 2003
West Indies 21 10 8 2 1 Nov 22, 1991 Apr 12, 1992
Australia 2113 8 0 0 Jan 21, 1998Nov 8, 1998
Zimbabwe 21 12 80 1 Nov 7, 1998 Jun 11, 1999
Australia 21 17 2 0 2 Mar 14, 2007 Dec 20, 2007
Kenya 213 17 0 1 Oct 19, 2008Oct 18, 2009
Most consecutive matches without a debutant - T20Is
TeamMat Won Lost Tied NR Start Match End Match
Pakistan 123 9 0 0 May 2, 2010Dec 26, 2010
Australia 10 7 21 0 Feb 26, 2010 Jul 5, 2010
West Indies 8 4 4 0 0 Dec 28, 2008 Jun 19, 2009
England 87 0 0 1 May 4, 2010Sep 7, 2010
Sri Lanka 7 5 20 0 Jun 10, 2009 Aug 12, 2009
New Zealand 7 3 3 1 0 Feb 26, 2010 May 10, 2010
West Indies 73 4 0 0 Apr 30, 2010May 20, 2010
Sri Lanka 7 4 30 0 May 7, 2010 Oct 31, 2010
Australia 6 3 3 0 0 Sep 14, 2007 Oct 20, 2007
South Africa 65 1 0 0 Jun 7, 2009Jun 18, 2009
Afghanistan 6* 3 30 0 Feb 9, 2010 May 5, 2010
Bangladesh 5 1 4 0 0 Sep 2, 2007 Sep 18, 2007
Pakistan 54 1 0 0 Sep 17, 2007Sep 24, 2007
South Africa 5 2 30 0 May 2, 2010 May 10, 2010
Most consecutive matches with a debutant - Tests
Team Mat WonLost Tied Draw Start Match End Match
England 13 1 90 3 Dec 17, 1920 Jan 18, 1923
South Africa 12 1 10 0 1 Mar 12, 1889 Jan 2, 1906
South Africa 101 6 0 3 Dec 13, 1913Jan 1, 1923
West Indies 10 3 10 6 Feb 14, 1935 Nov 10, 1948
India 9 0 6 0 3 Jun 25, 1932 Jul 20, 1946
Australia 96 1 0 2 Jul 22, 1938Nov 28, 1947
England 8 3 10 4 Feb 14, 1899 Dec 13, 1901
West Indies 8 1 5 0 2 Jun 23, 1928 Dec 12, 1930
India 80 1 0 7 Nov 10, 1948Dec 30, 1951
New Zealand 8 0 00 8 Feb 21, 1964 Mar 5, 1965
Sri Lanka 8 0 4 0 4 Apr 16, 1987 Feb 22, 1991
England 76 1 0 0 Feb 13, 1896Dec 13, 1897
England 7 3 00 4 Jun 15, 1929 Jan 11, 1930
England 7 3 0 0 4 Jun 7, 1947 Feb 11, 1948
New Zealand 70 4 0 3 Feb 8, 1952Jan 1, 1954
Australia 6 3 20 1 Mar 15, 1877 Feb 17, 1882
England 6 4 0 0 2 Mar 19, 1892 Dec 14, 1894
Australia 61 5 0 0 Nov 30, 1928Jun 13, 1930
New Zealand 6 0 20 4 Jan 10, 1930 Jul 29, 1931
West Indies 6 0 4 0 2 Mar 30, 1954 Jun 11, 1955
Pakistan 62 0 0 4 Feb 15, 1975Dec 24, 1976
New Zealand 6 1 20 3 Jan 18, 1992 Nov 27, 1992
India 6 2 3 0 1 Feb 24, 2000 Feb 27, 2001
Most consecutive matches with a debutant - ODIs
Team Mat Won Lost TiedNR Start Match End Match
Bangladesh 9 0 9 0 0 Dec 31, 1990 Oct 11, 1997
Australia 85 3 0 0 Jan 5, 1971Jun 7, 1975
Sri Lanka 8 2 60 0 Jun 7, 1975 Mar 12, 1982
Canada 7 0 7 0 0 Feb 19, 2003 Aug 5, 2006
Canada 72 4 0 1 Jul 11, 2009Jul 1, 2010
India 6 1 50 0 Feb 21, 1976 Jun 9, 1979
Pakistan 6 4 1 0 1 Oct 12, 1984 Dec 7, 1984
New Zealand 51 2 0 2 Mar 30, 1974Jun 7, 1975
Australia 5 2 20 1 Feb 22, 1978 Feb 4, 1979
United Arab Emirates 5* 1 4 0 0 Mar 1, 1996 Jun 26, 2008
Scotland 51 4 0 0 Jun 27, 2006Dec 17, 2006
Afghanistan 5 3 20 0 Apr 19, 2009 Feb 18, 2010
West Indies 4 3 1 0 0 Sep 5, 1973 Jun 11, 1975
Pakistan 41 3 0 0 Mar 16, 1977Jan 13, 1978
New Zealand 4 2 20 0 Oct 16, 1976 Jun 9, 1979
Canada 4 1 3 0 0 Jun 9, 1979 Feb 11, 2003
England 43 1 0 0 May 28, 1980Aug 22, 1980
Pakistan 4 0 40 0 Nov 21, 1980 Nov 21, 1981
India 4 2 2 0 0 Nov 25, 1981 Jun 2, 1982
Sri Lanka 40 3 0 1 Oct 25, 1985Mar 8, 1986
Zimbabwe 4 0 40 0 Oct 25, 1992 Feb 1, 1993
West Indies 4 1 2 0 1 Oct 17, 1994 Oct 26, 1994
Sri Lanka 42 2 0 0 Mar 26, 1995Apr 6, 1995
Zimbabwe 4 0 40 0 Sep 3, 1996 Nov 3, 1996
India 4 2 2 0 0 Mar 22, 1999 Apr 1, 1999
Netherlands 40 4 0 0 Sep 16, 2002Feb 16, 2003
Namibia 4 0 40 0 Feb 10, 2003 Feb 23, 2003
Zimbabwe 4 1 3 0 0 Aug 31, 2005 Feb 26, 2006
New Zealand 41 1 1 1 Feb 20, 2008Jun 18, 2008
Canada 4 2 20 0 Jun 28, 2008 Aug 18, 2008
West Indies 4 0 4 0 0 Jul 26, 2009 Sep 23, 2009
Most consecutive matches with a debutant - T20Is
Team Mat Won Lost TiedNR Start Match End Match
Zimbabwe 9 2 6 1 0 Oct 10, 2008 Jun 13, 2010
South Africa 74 3 0 0 Oct 21, 2005Sep 15, 2007
New Zealand 6 3 21 0 Feb 17, 2005 Sep 12, 2007
Australia 6 3 3 0 0 Feb 17, 2005 Sep 12, 2007
South Africa 63 3 0 0 Nov 23, 2007Jan 13, 2009
England 5 1 40 0 Jun 13, 2005 Jun 28, 2007
India 5* 4 1 0 0 May 11, 2010 Jun 4, 2011
Sri Lanka 43 1 0 0 Jun 15, 2006Sep 14, 2007
West Indies 4 1 21 0 Feb 16, 2006 Sep 11, 2007
Pakistan 4 3 1 0 0 Aug 28, 2006 Sep 4, 2007
India 43 1 0 0 Sep 24, 2007Feb 10, 2009
Australia 4 3 10 0 Dec 11, 2007 Jan 11, 2009
West Indies 4 2 1 1 0 Dec 16, 2007 Dec 26, 2008
Australia 41 3 0 0 Feb 15, 2009May 7, 2009
Bangladesh 4 0 40 0 Sep 20, 2007 Jun 6, 2009
India 4 3 1 0 0 Dec 9, 2009 May 2, 2010
Bangladesh 4*0 4 0 0 Aug 2, 2009May 5, 2010

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 2000: England v India at Lord's, Pataudi Trophy 1st Test, Jul 21-25, 2011
• ODI # 3172: Scotland v Sri Lanka at Edinburgh, Tri-Nation Tournament in Scotland 3rd match, Jul 13, 2011
• T20I # 201: England v Sri Lanka at Bristol, Only T20I, Jun 25, 2011


Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites