Most consecutive matches without victory

Most consecutive matches without victory in Tests

Most consecutive matches without victory
Team
Mat
Result
Margin
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
44lost8 wicketsv EnglandChristchurch10 Jan 1930Test # 186
drawn-v EnglandWellington24 Jan 1930Test # 188
drawn-v EnglandAuckland14 Feb 1930Test # 190
drawn-v EnglandAuckland21 Feb 1930Test # 191
drawn-v EnglandLord's27 Jun 1931Test # 209
lostinns & 26 runsv EnglandThe Oval29 Jul 1931Test # 210
drawn-v EnglandManchester15 Aug 1931Test # 211
lostinns & 12 runsv South AfricaChristchurch27 Feb 1932Test # 217
lost8 wicketsv South AfricaWellington4 Mar 1932Test # 218
drawn-v EnglandChristchurch24 Mar 1933Test # 225
drawn-v EnglandAuckland31 Mar 1933Test # 226
drawn-v EnglandLord's26 Jun 1937Test # 260
lost130 runsv EnglandManchester24 Jul 1937Test # 261
drawn-v EnglandThe Oval14 Aug 1937Test # 262
lostinns & 103 runsv AustraliaWellington29 Mar 1946Test # 275
drawn-v EnglandChristchurch21 Mar 1947Test # 284
drawn-v EnglandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
drawn-v EnglandLord's25 Jun 1949Test # 315
drawn-v EnglandManchester23 Jul 1949Test # 316
drawn-v EnglandThe Oval13 Aug 1949Test # 317
drawn-v EnglandChristchurch17 Mar 1951Test # 332
lost6 wicketsv EnglandWellington24 Mar 1951Test # 333
lost5 wicketsv West IndiesChristchurch8 Feb 1952Test # 349
drawn-v West IndiesAuckland15 Feb 1952Test # 350
lostinns & 180 runsv South AfricaWellington6 Mar 1953Test # 368
drawn-v South AfricaAuckland13 Mar 1953Test # 370
lostinns & 58 runsv South AfricaDurban11 Dec 1953Test # 377
lost132 runsv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1953Test # 378
drawn-v South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1954Test # 379
lost9 wicketsv South AfricaJohannesburg29 Jan 1954Test # 381
lost5 wicketsv South AfricaGqeberha5 Feb 1954Test # 382
lost8 wicketsv EnglandDunedin11 Mar 1955Test # 401
lostinns & 20 runsv EnglandAuckland25 Mar 1955Test # 402
lostinns & 1 runv PakistanKarachi13 Oct 1955Test # 413
lost4 wicketsv PakistanLahore26 Oct 1955Test # 414
drawn-v PakistanDhaka7 Nov 1955Test # 415
drawn-v IndiaHyderabad (Deccan)19 Nov 1955Test # 416
lostinns & 27 runsv IndiaBrabourne2 Dec 1955Test # 417
drawn-v IndiaDelhi16 Dec 1955Test # 418
drawn-v IndiaEden Gardens28 Dec 1955Test # 419
lostinns & 109 runsv IndiaChennai6 Jan 1956Test # 420
lostinns & 71 runsv West IndiesDunedin3 Feb 1956Test # 421
lostinns & 64 runsv West IndiesChristchurch18 Feb 1956Test # 422
lost9 wicketsv West IndiesWellington3 Mar 1956Test # 423
34lost9 wicketsv IndiaDhaka10 Nov 2000Test # 1512
lostinns & 32 runsv ZimbabweBulawayo19 Apr 2001Test # 1543
lost8 wicketsv ZimbabweHarare26 Apr 2001Test # 1545
lostinns & 264 runsv PakistanMultan29 Aug 2001Test # 1560
lostinns & 137 runsv Sri LankaColombo (SSC)6 Sep 2001Test # 1561
drawn-v ZimbabweDhaka8 Nov 2001Test # 1566
lost8 wicketsv ZimbabweChattogram15 Nov 2001Test # 1568
lostinns & 52 runsv New ZealandHamilton18 Dec 2001Test # 1577
lostinns & 74 runsv New ZealandWellington26 Dec 2001Test # 1579
lostinns & 178 runsv PakistanDhaka9 Jan 2002Test # 1584
lostinns & 169 runsv PakistanChattogram16 Jan 2002Test # 1586
lostinns & 196 runsv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)21 Jul 2002Test # 1609
lost288 runsv Sri LankaColombo (SSC)28 Jul 2002Test # 1611
lostinns & 107 runsv South AfricaEast London18 Oct 2002Test # 1619
lostinns & 160 runsv South AfricaPotchefstroom25 Oct 2002Test # 1621
lostinns & 310 runsv West IndiesDhaka8 Dec 2002Test # 1630
lost7 wicketsv West IndiesChattogram16 Dec 2002Test # 1632
lostinns & 60 runsv South AfricaChattogram24 Apr 2003Test # 1640
lostinns & 18 runsv South AfricaDhaka1 May 2003Test # 1642
lostinns & 132 runsv AustraliaDarwin18 Jul 2003Test # 1650
lostinns & 98 runsv AustraliaCairns25 Jul 2003Test # 1652
lost7 wicketsv PakistanKarachi20 Aug 2003Test # 1655
lost9 wicketsv PakistanPeshawar27 Aug 2003Test # 1657
lost1 wicketv PakistanMultan3 Sep 2003Test # 1658
lost7 wicketsv EnglandDhaka21 Oct 2003Test # 1665
lost329 runsv EnglandChattogram29 Oct 2003Test # 1667
lost183 runsv ZimbabweHarare19 Feb 2004Test # 1683
drawn-v ZimbabweBulawayo26 Feb 2004Test # 1684
drawn-v West IndiesGros Islet28 May 2004Test # 1701
lostinns & 99 runsv West IndiesKingston4 Jun 2004Test # 1703
lostinns & 99 runsv New ZealandDhaka19 Oct 2004Test # 1715
lostinns & 101 runsv New ZealandChattogram26 Oct 2004Test # 1717
lostinns & 140 runsv IndiaDhaka10 Dec 2004Test # 1725
lostinns & 83 runsv IndiaChattogram17 Dec 2004Test # 1727
31drawn-v EnglandBengaluru9 Dec 1981Test # 912
drawn-v EnglandDelhi23 Dec 1981Test # 914
drawn-v EnglandEden Gardens1 Jan 1982Test # 916
drawn-v EnglandChennai13 Jan 1982Test # 918
drawn-v EnglandKanpur30 Jan 1982Test # 920
lost7 wicketsv EnglandLord's10 Jun 1982Test # 928
drawn-v EnglandManchester24 Jun 1982Test # 929
drawn-v EnglandThe Oval8 Jul 1982Test # 930
drawn-v Sri LankaChennai17 Sep 1982Test # 934
drawn-v PakistanLahore10 Dec 1982Test # 941
lostinns & 86 runsv PakistanKarachi23 Dec 1982Test # 942
lost10 wicketsv PakistanFaisalabad3 Jan 1983Test # 945
lostinns & 119 runsv PakistanHyderabad (Sind)14 Jan 1983Test # 946
drawn-v PakistanLahore23 Jan 1983Test # 947
drawn-v PakistanKarachi30 Jan 1983Test # 948
lost4 wicketsv West IndiesKingston23 Feb 1983Test # 949
drawn-v West IndiesPort of Spain11 Mar 1983Test # 952
drawn-v West IndiesGeorgetown31 Mar 1983Test # 953
lost10 wicketsv West IndiesBridgetown15 Apr 1983Test # 954
drawn-v West IndiesSt John's28 Apr 1983Test # 956
drawn-v PakistanBengaluru14 Sep 1983Test # 961
drawn-v PakistanJalandhar24 Sep 1983Test # 962
drawn-v PakistanNagpur5 Oct 1983Test # 963
lostinns & 83 runsv West IndiesKanpur21 Oct 1983Test # 964
drawn-v West IndiesDelhi29 Oct 1983Test # 965
lost138 runsv West IndiesAhmedabad12 Nov 1983Test # 967
drawn-v West IndiesWankhede24 Nov 1983Test # 968
lostinns & 46 runsv West IndiesEden Gardens10 Dec 1983Test # 971
drawn-v West IndiesChennai24 Dec 1983Test # 972
drawn-v PakistanLahore17 Oct 1984Test # 995
drawn-v PakistanFaisalabad24 Oct 1984Test # 996
28drawn-v EnglandLeeds13 Jul 1935Test # 244
drawn-v EnglandManchester27 Jul 1935Test # 245
drawn-v EnglandThe Oval17 Aug 1935Test # 246
lost9 wicketsv AustraliaDurban14 Dec 1935Test # 247
drawn-v AustraliaJohannesburg24 Dec 1935Test # 248
lostinns & 78 runsv AustraliaCape Town1 Jan 1936Test # 249
lostinns & 184 runsv AustraliaJohannesburg15 Feb 1936Test # 250
lostinns & 6 runsv AustraliaDurban28 Feb 1936Test # 251
drawn-v EnglandJohannesburg24 Dec 1938Test # 267
drawn-v EnglandCape Town31 Dec 1938Test # 268
lostinns & 13 runsv EnglandDurban20 Jan 1939Test # 269
drawn-v EnglandJohannesburg18 Feb 1939Test # 270
drawn-v EnglandDurban3 Mar 1939Test # 271
drawn-v EnglandNottingham7 Jun 1947Test # 285
lost10 wicketsv EnglandLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
lost7 wicketsv EnglandManchester5 Jul 1947Test # 287
lost10 wicketsv EnglandLeeds26 Jul 1947Test # 288
drawn-v EnglandThe Oval16 Aug 1947Test # 289
lost2 wicketsv EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
drawn-v EnglandJohannesburg27 Dec 1948Test # 307
drawn-v EnglandCape Town1 Jan 1949Test # 309
drawn-v EnglandJohannesburg12 Feb 1949Test # 312
lost3 wicketsv EnglandGqeberha5 Mar 1949Test # 313
lostinns & 85 runsv AustraliaJohannesburg24 Dec 1949Test # 318
lost8 wicketsv AustraliaCape Town31 Dec 1949Test # 319
lost5 wicketsv AustraliaDurban20 Jan 1950Test # 320
drawn-v AustraliaJohannesburg10 Feb 1950Test # 321
lostinns & 259 runsv AustraliaGqeberha3 Mar 1950Test # 322
24lost158 runsv EnglandLord's25 Jun 1932Test # 219
lost9 wicketsv EnglandMumbai15 Dec 1933Test # 230
drawn-v EnglandEden Gardens5 Jan 1934Test # 231
lost202 runsv EnglandChennai10 Feb 1934Test # 232
lost9 wicketsv EnglandLord's27 Jun 1936Test # 252
drawn-v EnglandManchester25 Jul 1936Test # 253
lost9 wicketsv EnglandThe Oval15 Aug 1936Test # 254
lost10 wicketsv EnglandLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
drawn-v EnglandManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
drawn-v EnglandThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
lostinns & 226 runsv AustraliaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
drawn-v AustraliaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
lost233 runsv AustraliaMelbourne1 Jan 1948Test # 292
lostinns & 16 runsv AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
lostinns & 177 runsv AustraliaMelbourne6 Feb 1948Test # 295
drawn-v West IndiesDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
drawn-v West IndiesBrabourne9 Dec 1948Test # 305
drawn-v West IndiesEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
lostinns & 193 runsv West IndiesChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
drawn-v West IndiesBrabourne4 Feb 1949Test # 311
drawn-v EnglandDelhi2 Nov 1951Test # 339
drawn-v EnglandBrabourne14 Dec 1951Test # 342
drawn-v EnglandEden Gardens30 Dec 1951Test # 344
lost8 wicketsv EnglandKanpur12 Jan 1952Test # 346
24drawn-v ZimbabweDhaka14 Jan 2005Test # 1735
lostinns & 261 runsv EnglandLord's26 May 2005Test # 1751
lostinns & 27 runsv EnglandChester-le-Street3 Jun 2005Test # 1753
lostinns & 96 runsv Sri LankaColombo (RPS)12 Sep 2005Test # 1764
lostinns & 69 runsv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)20 Sep 2005Test # 1766
lost8 wicketsv Sri LankaChattogram28 Feb 2006Test # 1784
lost10 wicketsv Sri LankaBogra8 Mar 2006Test # 1786
lost3 wicketsv AustraliaFatullah9 Apr 2006Test # 1797
lostinns & 80 runsv AustraliaChattogram16 Apr 2006Test # 1799
drawn-v IndiaChattogram18 May 2007Test # 1832
lostinns & 239 runsv IndiaMirpur25 May 2007Test # 1833
lostinns & 234 runsv Sri LankaColombo (SSC)25 Jun 2007Test # 1837
lostinns & 90 runsv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)3 Jul 2007Test # 1838
lostinns & 193 runsv Sri LankaKandy11 Jul 2007Test # 1839
lost9 wicketsv New ZealandDunedin4 Jan 2008Test # 1859
lostinns & 137 runsv New ZealandWellington12 Jan 2008Test # 1861
lost5 wicketsv South AfricaMirpur22 Feb 2008Test # 1864
lostinns & 205 runsv South AfricaChattogram29 Feb 2008Test # 1865
lost3 wicketsv New ZealandChattogram17 Oct 2008Test # 1888
drawn-v New ZealandMirpur25 Oct 2008Test # 1890
lostinns & 129 runsv South AfricaBloemfontein19 Nov 2008Test # 1893
lostinns & 48 runsv South AfricaCenturion26 Nov 2008Test # 1895
lost107 runsv Sri LankaMirpur26 Dec 2008Test # 1903
lost465 runsv Sri LankaChattogram3 Jan 2009Test # 1905
23lostinns & 215 runsv EnglandAuckland23 Feb 1963Test # 540
lostinns & 47 runsv EnglandWellington1 Mar 1963Test # 541
lost7 wicketsv EnglandChristchurch15 Mar 1963Test # 542
drawn-v South AfricaWellington21 Feb 1964Test # 558
drawn-v South AfricaDunedin28 Feb 1964Test # 559
drawn-v South AfricaAuckland13 Mar 1964Test # 560
drawn-v PakistanWellington22 Jan 1965Test # 574
drawn-v PakistanAuckland29 Jan 1965Test # 576
drawn-v PakistanChristchurch12 Feb 1965Test # 577
drawn-v IndiaChennai27 Feb 1965Test # 579
drawn-v IndiaEden Gardens5 Mar 1965Test # 581
drawn-v IndiaBrabourne12 Mar 1965Test # 582
lost7 wicketsv IndiaDelhi19 Mar 1965Test # 583
lostinns & 64 runsv PakistanRawalpindi27 Mar 1965Test # 585
drawn-v PakistanLahore2 Apr 1965Test # 586
lost8 wicketsv PakistanKarachi9 Apr 1965Test # 587
lost9 wicketsv EnglandBirmingham27 May 1965Test # 591
lost7 wicketsv EnglandLord's17 Jun 1965Test # 592
lostinns & 187 runsv EnglandLeeds8 Jul 1965Test # 593
drawn-v EnglandChristchurch25 Feb 1966Test # 602
drawn-v EnglandDunedin4 Mar 1966Test # 603
drawn-v EnglandAuckland11 Mar 1966Test # 604
lost5 wicketsv IndiaDunedin15 Feb 1968Test # 630
22lostinns & 156 runsv West IndiesLahore26 Mar 1959Test # 473
lost8 wicketsv AustraliaDhaka13 Nov 1959Test # 479
lost7 wicketsv AustraliaLahore21 Nov 1959Test # 480
drawn-v AustraliaKarachi4 Dec 1959Test # 481
drawn-v IndiaBrabourne2 Dec 1960Test # 497
drawn-v IndiaKanpur16 Dec 1960Test # 499
drawn-v IndiaEden Gardens30 Dec 1960Test # 501
drawn-v IndiaChennai13 Jan 1961Test # 503
drawn-v IndiaDelhi8 Feb 1961Test # 505
lost5 wicketsv EnglandLahore21 Oct 1961Test # 512
drawn-v EnglandDhaka19 Jan 1962Test # 521
drawn-v EnglandKarachi2 Feb 1962Test # 522
lostinns & 24 runsv EnglandBirmingham31 May 1962Test # 530
lost9 wicketsv EnglandLord's21 Jun 1962Test # 531
lostinns & 117 runsv EnglandLeeds5 Jul 1962Test # 532
drawn-v EnglandNottingham26 Jul 1962Test # 533
lost10 wicketsv EnglandThe Oval16 Aug 1962Test # 534
drawn-v AustraliaKarachi24 Oct 1964Test # 569
drawn-v AustraliaMelbourne4 Dec 1964Test # 570
drawn-v New ZealandWellington22 Jan 1965Test # 574
drawn-v New ZealandAuckland29 Jan 1965Test # 576
drawn-v New ZealandChristchurch12 Feb 1965Test # 577
21drawn-v PakistanColombo (PSS)22 Mar 1986Test # 1043
drawn-v IndiaKanpur17 Dec 1986Test # 1061
lostinns & 106 runsv IndiaNagpur27 Dec 1986Test # 1063
lostinns & 67 runsv IndiaCuttack4 Jan 1987Test # 1064
drawn-v New ZealandColombo (CCC)16 Apr 1987Test # 1074
lostinns & 108 runsv AustraliaW.A.C.A12 Feb 1988Test # 1092
lost7 wicketsv EnglandLord's25 Aug 1988Test # 1103
drawn-v AustraliaBrisbane8 Dec 1989Test # 1131
lost173 runsv AustraliaHobart16 Dec 1989Test # 1133
lostinns & 8 runsv IndiaChandigarh23 Nov 1990Test # 1156
drawn-v New ZealandWellington31 Jan 1991Test # 1162
drawn-v New ZealandHamilton22 Feb 1991Test # 1164
drawn-v New ZealandAuckland1 Mar 1991Test # 1165
lost137 runsv EnglandLord's22 Aug 1991Test # 1176
drawn-v PakistanSialkot12 Dec 1991Test # 1178
drawn-v PakistanGujranwala20 Dec 1991Test # 1179
lost3 wicketsv PakistanFaisalabad2 Jan 1992Test # 1182
lost16 runsv AustraliaColombo (SSC)17 Aug 1992Test # 1194
drawn-v AustraliaColombo (RPS)28 Aug 1992Test # 1195
drawn-v AustraliaMoratuwa8 Sep 1992Test # 1196
drawn-v New ZealandMoratuwa27 Nov 1992Test # 1203
20lost6 wicketsv New ZealandWellington7 Mar 1969Test # 651
drawn-v New ZealandChristchurch13 Mar 1969Test # 652
lost10 wicketsv EnglandManchester12 Jun 1969Test # 653
drawn-v EnglandLord's26 Jun 1969Test # 654
lost30 runsv EnglandLeeds10 Jul 1969Test # 655
drawn-v IndiaKingston18 Feb 1971Test # 680
lost7 wicketsv IndiaPort of Spain6 Mar 1971Test # 683
drawn-v IndiaGeorgetown19 Mar 1971Test # 684
drawn-v IndiaBridgetown1 Apr 1971Test # 685
drawn-v IndiaPort of Spain13 Apr 1971Test # 686
drawn-v New ZealandKingston16 Feb 1972Test # 693
drawn-v New ZealandPort of Spain9 Mar 1972Test # 694
drawn-v New ZealandBridgetown23 Mar 1972Test # 695
drawn-v New ZealandGeorgetown6 Apr 1972Test # 696
drawn-v New ZealandPort of Spain20 Apr 1972Test # 697
drawn-v AustraliaKingston16 Feb 1973Test # 714
drawn-v AustraliaBridgetown9 Mar 1973Test # 716
lost44 runsv AustraliaPort of Spain23 Mar 1973Test # 718
lost10 wicketsv AustraliaGeorgetown6 Apr 1973Test # 720
drawn-v AustraliaPort of Spain21 Apr 1973Test # 721
20lost136 runsv PakistanKingston3 Jun 2005Test # 1754
lost6 wicketsv Sri LankaColombo (SSC)13 Jul 2005Test # 1755
lost240 runsv Sri LankaKandy22 Jul 2005Test # 1757
lost379 runsv AustraliaBrisbane3 Nov 2005Test # 1769
lost9 wicketsv AustraliaHobart17 Nov 2005Test # 1771
lost7 wicketsv AustraliaAdelaide25 Nov 2005Test # 1773
lost27 runsv New ZealandAuckland9 Mar 2006Test # 1787
lost10 wicketsv New ZealandWellington17 Mar 2006Test # 1790
drawn-v New ZealandNapier25 Mar 2006Test # 1793
drawn-v IndiaSt John's2 Jun 2006Test # 1805
drawn-v IndiaGros Islet10 Jun 2006Test # 1806
drawn-v IndiaBasseterre22 Jun 2006Test # 1807
lost49 runsv IndiaKingston30 Jun 2006Test # 1808
lost9 wicketsv PakistanLahore11 Nov 2006Test # 1815
drawn-v PakistanMultan19 Nov 2006Test # 1816
lost199 runsv PakistanKarachi27 Nov 2006Test # 1818
drawn-v EnglandLord's17 May 2007Test # 1831
lostinns & 283 runsv EnglandLeeds25 May 2007Test # 1834
lost60 runsv EnglandManchester7 Jun 2007Test # 1835
lost7 wicketsv EnglandChester-le-Street15 Jun 2007Test # 1836
* indicates that the sequence is ongoing
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies v Australia at Kingston, 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]

England v India at Lord's, 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]

Zimbabwe v South Africa at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, Jul 6-8, 2025 [Test # 2593]