Matches (14)
IPL (3)
PSL (2)
Women's Tri-Series (SL) (1)
WCL 2 (1)
County DIV1 (3)
County DIV2 (4)

Most matches won and lost at the start of a career

Travis Basevi
29-Jan-2008

Most matches at the start of a career all won - Tests
Player Span Mat Won TiedDraw Lost
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 1999-200115 15 0 0 0
SR Clark (Aus) 2006-2008 13 13 00 0
EAE Baptiste (WI) 1983-1990 10*10 0 0 0
B Lee (Aus)1999-2001 10 10 0 0 0
TT Samaraweera (SL) 2001-2002 10 10 00 0
JM Gregory (Aus) 1920-1921 88 0 0 0
JM Taylor (Aus)1920-1921 8 8 0 0 0
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2004-2004 8 8 00 0
AA Mailey (Aus) 1920-1921 77 0 0 0
CE Pellew (Aus)1920-1921 7 7 0 0 0
RN Harvey (Aus) 1948-1950 7 7 00 0
KF Barrington (Eng) 1955-1959 77 0 0 0
GA Lohmann (Eng)1886-1888 6 6 0 0 0
TW Hayward (Eng) 1896-1897 6 6 00 0
HL Collins (Aus) 1920-1921 66 0 0 0
EA McDonald (Aus)1921-1921 6 6 0 0 0
DR Jardine (Eng) 1928-1929 6 6 00 0
DJ Terbrugge (SA) 1998-2002 66 0 0 0
PA Jaques (Aus)2005-2008 6 6 0 0 0
Lord Hawke (Eng) 1896-1899 5* 5 00 0
EJ Smith (Eng) 1911-1912 55 0 0 0
J Ryder (Aus)1920-1921 5 5 0 0 0
KA Archer (Aus) 1950-1951 5* 5 00 0
MJK Smith (Eng) 1958-1959 55 0 0 0
JW Gleeson (Aus)1967-1968 5 5 0 0 0
AP Sheahan (Aus) 1967-1968 5 5 00 0
GG Arnold (Eng) 1967-1972 55 0 0 0
BP Patterson (WI)1986-1986 5 5 0 0 0
KCG Benjamin (WI) 1992-1994 5 5 00 0
Taufeeq Umar (Pak) 2001-2002 55 0 0 0
TCB Fernando (SL)2001-2002 5 5 0 0 0
M van Jaarsveld (SA) 2002-2004 5 5 00 0

Most matches at the start of a career without a loss - Tests
Player Span Mat Won TiedDraw Lost
MD Marshall (WI) 1978-198435 17 0 18 0
KR Miller (Aus) 1946-1951 25 20 05 0
RR Lindwall (Aus) 1946-1951 2318 0 5 0
AR Morris (Aus)1946-1951 23 18 0 5 0
IWG Johnson (Aus) 1946-1951 22 17 05 0
RK Chauhan (India) 1993-1998 21*12 0 9 0
MEK Hussey (Aus)2005-2008 20 19 0 1 0
D Tallon (Aus) 1946-1951 19 15 04 0
ATW Grout (Aus) 1957-1961 1912 1 6 0
MJK Smith (Eng)1958-1961 19 10 0 9 0
WA Johnston (Aus) 1947-1951 18 15 03 0
KF Barrington (Eng) 1955-1961 1710 0 7 0
A Symonds (Aus)2004-2008 17 16 0 1 0
JM Gregory (Aus) 1920-1925 16 12 04 0
L Hutton (Eng) 1937-1946 165 0 11 0
RA Harper (WI)1983-1986 16 12 0 4 0
Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) 1983-1988 16 2 014 0
JM Taylor (Aus) 1920-1925 1511 0 4 0
Yashpal Sharma (India)1979-1980 15 4 0 11 0
AL Logie (WI) 1983-1987 15 7 08 0
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 1999-2001 1515 0 0 0
SE Bond (NZ)2001-2006 15 9 0 6 0
HL Collins (Aus) 1920-1925 14 10 04 0
AA Mailey (Aus) 1920-1925 1411 0 3 0
CL McCool (Aus)1946-1950 14* 10 0 4 0
WW Davis (WI) 1983-1987 14 7 07 0
MA Taylor (Aus) 1989-1990 147 0 7 0
TT Samaraweera (SL)2001-2003 14 11 0 3 0

Most matches at the start of a career without a win - Tests
Player SpanMat Won Tied Draw Lost
B Sutcliffe (NZ) 1947-1965 42* 0 019 23
Habibul Bashar (Ban) 2000-2004 320 0 3 29
Khaled Mashud (Ban)2000-2004 31 0 0 3 28
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) 1959-1973 28 0 015 13
JR Reid (NZ) 1949-1956 260 0 10 16
BC Strang (Zim)1995-2001 26* 0 0 10 16
Javed Omar (Ban) 2001-2004 25 0 02 23
Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) 2001-2004 230 0 3 20
DJ Bravo (WI)2004-2007 23 0 0 7 16
BW Sinclair (NZ) 1963-1968 21* 0 011 10
AR MacGibbon (NZ) 1951-1956 200 0 7 13
RW Blair (NZ)1953-1964 19* 0 0 6 13
D Ramdin (WI) 2005-2007 19 0 06 13
L Amarnath (India) 1933-1952 180 0 10 8
Javed Burki (Pak)1960-1965 18 0 0 13 5
BK Kunderan (India) 1960-1967 18* 0 011 7
P Willey (Eng) 1976-1981 180 0 9 9
Tapash Baisya (Ban)2002-2004 18 0 0 2 16
VS Hazare (India) 1946-1952 17 0 010 7
MH Mankad (India) 1946-1952 170 0 10 7
AM Moir (NZ)1951-1959 17* 0 0 5 12
Manjural Islam (Ban) 2001-2004 17* 0 01 16
Hannan Sarkar (Ban) 2002-2004 17*0 0 2 15
Alok Kapali (Ban)2002-2006 17* 0 0 0 17

Most matches at the start of a career all lost - Tests
Player SpanMat Won Tied Draw Lost
Alok Kapali (Ban) 2002-2006 17* 0 00 17
Hannan Sarkar (Ban) 2002-2004 130 0 0 13
Tapash Baisya (Ban)2002-2004 12 0 0 0 12
Mohammad Sharif (Ban) 2001-2007 10* 0 00 10
Mehrab Hossain (Ban) 2000-2003 9*0 0 0 9
Sanwar Hossain (Ban)2001-2003 9* 0 0 0 9
Mohammad Rafique (Ban) 2000-2004 9 0 00 9
Surendranath (India) 1958-1959 80 0 0 8
D Ganga (WI)1998-2000 8 0 0 0 8
Akram Khan (Ban) 2000-2003 8* 0 00 8
EH Hendren (Eng) 1920-1921 70 0 0 7
CH Parkin (Eng)1920-1921 7 0 0 0 7
TR Gripper (Zim) 1999-2000 7 0 00 7
Talha Jubair (Ban) 2002-2004 7*0 0 0 7
D Ramdin (WI)2005-2006 7 0 0 0 7
Shahadat Hossain (Ban) 2005-2006 7 0 00 7
J Middleton (SA) 1896-1902 6*0 0 0 6
RD Jacobs (WI)1998-1999 6 0 0 0 6
Rajin Saleh (Ban) 2003-2004 6 0 00 6
RO Hinds (WI) 2002-2004 60 0 0 6
DJ Bravo (WI)2004-2005 6 0 0 0 6
Shahriar Nafees (Ban) 2005-2006 6 0 00 6
Syed Rasel (Ban) 2005-2007 6*0 0 0 6
Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)2005-2008 6* 0 0 0 6

Most matches at the start of a career all won - ODIs
Player SpanMat Won Tied NR Lost
AL Logie (WI) 1981-1984 13 13 00 0
Akram Raza (Pak) 1989-1990 1212 0 0 0
RA Harper (WI)1983-1985 11 11 0 0 0
NW Bracken (Aus) 2001-2003 11 11 00 0
TBA May (Aus) 1987-1988 99 0 0 0
Mehrab Hossain jnr (Ban)2006-2007 9 9 0 0 0
CL King (WI) 1976-1979 8 8 00 0
L Sivaramakrishnan (India) 1985-1985 88 0 0 0
CWJ Athey (Eng)1980-1987 8 8 0 0 0
GA Hick (Eng) 1991-1992 8 8 00 0
JC Adams (WI) 1992-1993 88 0 0 0
DW Headley (Eng)1996-1998 8 8 0 0 0
Naved Latif (Pak) 2001-2002 8 8 00 0
MA Holding (WI) 1976-1979 77 0 0 0
WW Daniel (WI)1978-1984 7 7 0 0 0
RK Illingworth (Eng) 1991-1992 7 7 00 0
DM Benkenstein (SA) 1998-1999 77 0 0 0
CEH Croft (WI)1977-1979 6 6 0 0 0
J Garner (WI) 1977-1979 6 6 00 0
PJW Allott (Eng) 1982-1983 66 0 0 0
EAE Baptiste (WI)1983-1984 6 6 0 0 0
CA Walsh (WI) 1985-1985 6 6 00 0
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 1989-1989 66 0 0 0
DA Reeve (Eng)1991-1992 6 6 0 0 0
ML Hayden (Aus) 1993-1994 6 6 00 0
SJ Palframan (SA) 1996-1996 66 0 0 0
KC Sangakkara (SL)2000-2000 6 6 0 0 0
AC Dawson (SA) 1998-2002 6 6 00 0
MF Maharoof (SL) 2004-2004 66 0 0 0
HMRKB Herath (SL)2004-2004 6* 6 0 0 0
LHD Dilhara (SL) 2005-2005 6 6 00 0
Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) 2006-2007 66 0 0 0

Most matches at the start of a career without a loss - ODIs
Player Span MatWon Tied NR Lost
AL Logie (WI) 1981-1984 13 13 0 00
Akram Raza (Pak) 1989-1990 12 120 0 0
GA Hick (Eng) 1991-199212 11 0 1 0
RA Harper (WI) 1983-1985 11 11 00 0
NW Bracken (Aus) 2001-2003 1111 0 0 0
DA Reeve (Eng)1991-1992 10 9 0 1 0
MA Ealham (Eng) 1996-1998 10 9 01 0
TBA May (Aus) 1987-1988 99 0 0 0
SKL de Silva (SL)1997-1997 9 8 0 1 0
Mehrab Hossain jnr (Ban) 2006-2007 9 9 00 0
CL King (WI) 1976-1979 88 0 0 0
Tauseef Ahmed (Pak)1982-1984 8 6 0 2 0
L Sivaramakrishnan (India) 1985-1985 8 8 00 0
CWJ Athey (Eng) 1980-1987 88 0 0 0
JC Adams (WI)1992-1993 8 8 0 0 0
DW Headley (Eng) 1996-1998 8 8 00 0
Naved Latif (Pak) 2001-2002 88 0 0 0
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)2005-2005 8 7 1 0 0
MA Holding (WI) 1976-1979 7 7 00 0
WW Daniel (WI) 1978-1984 77 0 0 0
RK Illingworth (Eng)1991-1992 7 7 0 0 0
AD Brown (Eng) 1996-1997 7 6 01 0
HH Kanitkar (India) 1997-1998 76 0 1 0
DM Benkenstein (SA)1998-1999 7 7 0 0 0

Most matches at the start of a career without a win - ODIs
Player SpanMat Won Tied NR Lost
Habibul Bashar (Ban) 1995-2003 42 0 01 41
Alok Kapali (Ban) 2002-2003 320 0 2 30
Al Sahariar (Ban)1999-2003 29* 0 0 2 27
Javed Omar (Ban) 1995-2003 28 0 00 28
Sanwar Hossain (Ban) 1998-2003 27*0 0 2 25
Tapash Baisya (Ban)2002-2003 26 0 0 1 25
Tushar Imran (Ban) 2001-2005 25 0 01 24
Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) 2001-2003 240 0 2 22
DH Brain (Zim)1992-1994 20 0 1 1 18
Minhajul Abedin (Ban) 1986-1998 20 0 00 20
Hannan Sarkar (Ban) 2002-2004 20*0 0 1 19
Akram Khan (Ban)1988-1998 18 0 0 0 18
Aminul Islam (Ban) 1988-1998 18 0 00 18
ADR Campbell (Zim) 1992-1994 170 1 1 15
BRM Taylor (Zim)2004-2004 17 0 0 0 17
JK Kamande (Kenya) 1999-2006 17 0 01 16
Athar Ali Khan (Ban) 1988-1998 160 0 0 16
T Panyangara (Zim)2004-2004 16 0 0 0 16
GW Flower (Zim) 1992-1994 15 0 11 13
E Chigumbura (Zim) 2004-2004 150 0 0 15
Manjural Islam Rana (Ban)2003-2005 15 0 0 0 15
Mushfiqur Rahman (Ban) 2000-2003 14 0 00 14
P Utseya (Zim) 2004-2004 140 0 0 14

Most matches at the start of a career all lost - ODIs
Player Span MatWon Tied NR Lost
Javed Omar (Ban) 1995-2003 28 0 0 028
Habibul Bashar (Ban) 1995-2002 25 00 0 25
Minhajul Abedin (Ban) 1986-199820 0 0 0 20
Al Sahariar (Ban) 1999-2002 20 0 00 20
Akram Khan (Ban) 1988-1998 180 0 0 18
Aminul Islam (Ban)1988-1998 18 0 0 0 18
BRM Taylor (Zim) 2004-2004 17 0 00 17
Athar Ali Khan (Ban) 1988-1998 160 0 0 16
T Panyangara (Zim)2004-2004 16 0 0 0 16
E Chigumbura (Zim) 2004-2004 15 0 00 15
Manjural Islam Rana (Ban) 2003-2005 150 0 0 15
JK Kamande (Kenya)1999-2002 14 0 0 0 14
Mushfiqur Rahman (Ban) 2000-2003 14 0 00 14
P Utseya (Zim) 2004-2004 140 0 0 14
AC Waller (Zim)1987-1992 13 0 0 0 13
Khaled Mashud (Ban) 1995-1998 13 0 00 13
Tushar Imran (Ban) 2001-2002 130 0 0 13
Hasibul Hossain (Ban)1995-1998 12 0 0 0 12
Shahriar Hossain (Ban) 1997-1999 12 0 00 12
TBM de Leede (Neth) 1996-2003 120 0 0 12
B Zuiderent (Neth)1996-2003 12 0 0 0 12
Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban) 2001-2003 12 0 00 12
MO Jones (Ber) 2006-2007 12*0 0 0 12

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1863: Australia v India at Adelaide, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 4th Test, Jan 24-28, 2008
• ODI # 2666: South Africa v West Indies at Port Elizabeth, 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2008
• T20I # 51: South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 2nd T20I, Jan 18, 2008


Travis Basevi is the man who built Statsguru