A tale of two streaks
Clive Lloyd's West Indies set a record of 11 consecutive Test victories between March and April 1984
22-Nov-2000
Clive Lloyd's West Indies set a record of 11 consecutive Test victories between
March and April 1984. Australia set out to equal it with a win over the West
Indies in the first Test of the 2000-2001 series, starting at the Gabba in
Brisbane tonight Caribbean time. Here is the sequence of wins for the two teams:
West Indies
1984 in the West Indies
March 30-April 4: Beat Australia by 10 wickets at Bridgetown.
April 7-11: Beat Australia by an innings and 36 runs at St. John's.
April 28-May 2: Beat Australia by 10 wickets at Kingston.
1984 in England
June 14-18: Beat England by an innings and 180 runs at Edgbaston.
June 28-July 3: Beat England by nine wickets at Lord's.
July 12-13: Beat England by eight wickets at Headingley.
July 26-31: Beat England by an innings and 64 runs at Old Trafford.
August 9-14: Beat England by 172 runs at the Oval.
1984 in Australia
November 9-12: Beat Australia by an innings and and 112 runs at Perth.
November 23-26: Beat Australia by eight wickets at Brisbane.
December 7-11: Beat Australia by 191 runs at Adelaide.
Australia
1999 in Zimbabwe
October 14-17: Beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets at Harare.
1999-2000 in Australia
November 5-9: Beat Pakistan by 10 wickets at Brisbane.
November 18-22: Beat Pakistan by four wickets at Hobart.
November 26-28: Beat Pakistan by an innings and 20 runs at Perth.
December 10-14: Beat India by 285 runs at Adelaide.
December 26-30: Beat India by 180 runs at Melbourne.
January 2-4: Beat India by an innings and 141 runs at Sydney.
2000 in New Zealand
March 11-15: Beat New Zealand by 62 runs at Auckland.
March 24-27: Beat New Zealand by six wickets at Wellington.
March 31-April 3: Beat New Zealand by six wickets at Hamilton.