Most consecutive series defeats

Most consecutive series defeats in Tests

Most consecutive series defeats
Team
Series
Mat
Won
Lost
Series
16101India in Bangladesh Test Match, 2000/01
202Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2000/01
201Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2001/02
202Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Series, 2001/02
202Pakistan in Bangladesh Test Series, 2001/02
202Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2002
202Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03
202West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2002/03
202South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003
202Bangladesh in Australia Test Series, 2003
303Bangladesh in Pakistan Test Series, 2003
202England in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003/04
201Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2003/04
201Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series, 2004
202New Zealand in Bangladesh Test Series, 2004/05
202India in Bangladesh Test Series, 2004/05
11202Bangladesh in England Test Series, 2005
202Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005
202Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2005/06
202Australia in Bangladesh Test Series, 2005/06
201India in Bangladesh Test Series, 2007
303Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007
202Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Series, 2007/08
202South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2007/08
201New Zealand in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09
202Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09
202Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09
10201England in New Zealand Test Series, 1950/51
201West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1951/52
201South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 1952/53
504New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1953/54
202England in New Zealand Test Series, 1954/55
302New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1955/56
502New Zealand in India Test Series, 1955/56
413West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1955/56
504New Zealand in England Test Series, 1958
201England in New Zealand Test Series, 1958/59
9202India in Bangladesh Test Series, 2009/10
101Bangladesh in New Zealand Test Match, 2009/10
202England in Bangladesh Test Series, 2009/10
202Bangladesh in England Test Series, 2010
101Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2011
201West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2011/12
202Pakistan in Bangladesh Test Series, 2011/12
202West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2012/13
201Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13
7301The Ashes (Australia in England), 1884
523The Ashes (England in Australia), 1884/85
303The Ashes (Australia in England), 1886
202The Ashes (England in Australia), 1886/87
101The Ashes (England in Australia), 1887/88
312The Ashes (Australia in England), 1888
302The Ashes (Australia in England), 1890
7514South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1910/11
302Australia v South Africa Test Series (in England), 1912
303South Africa in England Test Series, 1912
504England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14
301Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1921/22
512England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
503South Africa in England Test Series, 1924
7301New Zealand in England Test Series, 1994
312New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1994/95
201West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95
101Centenary Test (South Africa in New Zealand), 1994/95
201Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95
301New Zealand in India Test Series, 1995/96
101Pakistan in New Zealand Test Match, 1995/96
7101Southern Cross Trophy (Australia in Zimbabwe), 1999/00
202South Africa v Zimbabwe Test Series (in South Africa/Zimbabwe), 1999/00
301Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00
202Zimbabwe in West Indies Test Series, 1999/00
201Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2000
202New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2000/01
201Zimbabwe in India Test Series, 2000/01
7202West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005
303The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 2005/06
302West Indies in New Zealand Test Series, 2005/06
401India in West Indies Test Series, 2006
302West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 2006/07
403The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2007
312Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa), 2007/08
7202The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 2015
202Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka), 2015/16
302The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 2015/16
402India in West Indies Test Series, 2016
312Pakistan v West Indies Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2016/17
312Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
312The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2017
7101South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2014
303Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2014/15
202New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2016
202Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2016/17
101Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2017
201West Indies in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2017/18
101Zimbabwe in South Africa Test Match, 2017/18
6101India in England Test Match, 1932
302England in India Test Series, 1933/34
302India in England Test Series, 1936
301India in England Test Series, 1946
504India in Australia Test Series, 1947/48
501West Indies in India Test Series, 1948/49
6504Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1935/36
501England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
503South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
502England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
504Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1949/50
513South Africa in England Test Series, 1951
6303Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
202Zimbabwe in India Test Series, 2001/02
202Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2002/03
202Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2003
202Southern Cross Trophy (Zimbabwe in Australia), 2003/04
201Clive Lloyd Trophy (West Indies in Zimbabwe), 2003/04
6101Pakistan in Ireland Test Match, 2018
101Afghanistan v Ireland Test Match (in India), 2018/19
101Ireland in England Test Match, 2019
101Ireland in Bangladesh Test Match, 2022/23
202Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023
101Ireland in England Test Match, 2023
6202Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2021
101Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2021
201West Indies in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2022/23
101Zimbabwe in Ireland Test Match, 2024
201Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2024/25
101Ireland in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2024/25
5202England in South Africa Test Series, 1888/89
101England in South Africa Test Match, 1891/92
303England in South Africa Test Series, 1895/96
202England in South Africa Test Series, 1898/99
302Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1902/03
5512Pakistan in England Test Series, 1992
303England in India Test Series, 1992/93
101England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1992/93
614The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
513The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1993/94
5202Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004
201Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2004/05
202Zimbabwe in South Africa Test Series, 2004/05
202New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2005
202India in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2005
* indicates that the sequence is ongoing

One-off Tests are included as series, and tournaments with more than two teams are excluded
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jun 25-28, 2025 [Test # 2588]

West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, 1st Test, Jun 25-27, 2025 [Test # 2589]

England v India at Leeds, 1st Test, Jun 20-24, 2025 [Test # 2587]