A tale of two streaks

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.