Most number of consecutive close ODIs

22-Mar-2011

Most consecutive close ODIs played by a team
Most consecutive very close ODIs by a team

Most consecutive close ODIs by a team (qualification: margin fewer than or equal to 20 runs, 3 wickets, 6 balls remaining)
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Start Match	End Match
England	6	3	3	0	Jan 10, 1991	May 25, 1991
lost 3 runs v Aus, won 14 runs v NZ, lost 9 runs v NZ, lost 7 runs v NZ, won 1w+32b v WI, won 9 runs v WI
Scotland	6	5	1	0	Jan 18, 2007	Feb 2, 2007
won 2w+1b v Can, lost 6 runs v Kenya, won 2w+16b v Can, won 3w+0b v Ire, won 7 runs v Can, won 2 runs v Neth
Pakistan	5	4	1	0	May 25, 1987	Oct 20, 1987
lost 1w+3b v Eng, won 15 runs v SL, won 18 runs v Eng, won 1w+0b v WI, won 7w+6b v Eng
West Indies	5	1	2	2	Nov 22, 1991	Dec 14, 1991
tied v Pak, won 17 runs v Pak, tied v India, lost 9 runs v Aus, lost 10 runs v India
Ireland	5	1	3	1	Feb 2, 2007	Mar 17, 2007
lost 1w+6b v Kenya, lost 6w+2b v Can, lost 6 runs v Neth, tied v Zim, won 3w+32b v Pak
England	5	2	2	1	Feb 27, 2011	Mar 17, 2011
tied v India, lost 3w+5b v Ire, won 6 runs v SA, lost 2w+6b v Ban, won 18 runs v WI
Pakistan	4	2	2	0	Dec 19, 1980	Dec 5, 1981
lost 7 runs v WI, lost 18 runs v WI, won 4w+4b v Aus, won 8 runs v WI
England	4	3	1	0	Dec 27, 1984	Jan 27, 1985
won 1 runs v India, won 3w+6b v India, lost 3w+14b v India, won 7 runs v India
India	4	1	3	0	Dec 27, 1984	Jan 27, 1985
lost 1 runs v Eng, lost 3w+6b v Eng, won 3w+14b v Eng, lost 7 runs v Eng
Australia	4	3	1	0	Mar 24, 1985	Jun 1, 1985
won 2w+0b v Eng, lost 3w+64b v India, won 3w+5b v Eng, won 4w+6b v Eng
India	4	2	2	0	Jan 17, 1987	Mar 20, 1987
won 10 runs v SL, lost 3w+6b v Pak, lost 2w+3b v Pak, won fewerwkts v Pak
Australia	4	2	2	0	Dec 21, 1995	Jan 9, 1996
won 5w+2b v SL, won 1w+0b v WI, lost 14 runs v WI, lost 3w+15b v SL
Sri Lanka	4	2	2	0	Jan 14, 1996	Jan 20, 1996
won 16 runs v WI, won 3w+2b v Aus, lost 18 runs v Aus, lost 9 runs v Aus
West Indies	4	2	2	0	Mar 11, 1996	Mar 29, 1996
won 19 runs v SA, lost 5 runs v Aus, won 1w+5b v NZ, lost 4w+1b v NZ
England	4	3	1	0	Dec 15, 1997	Apr 1, 1998
won 8 runs v Pak, won 3w+11b v WI, won 16 runs v WI, lost 1w+1b v WI
Zimbabwe	4	2	2	0	Mar 10, 2004	Apr 20, 2004
lost 8 runs v Ban, won 14 runs v Ban, won 3w+45b v Ban, lost 12 runs v SL
Bangladesh	4	1	3	0	Mar 10, 2004	May 15, 2004
won 8 runs v Zim, lost 14 runs v Zim, lost 3w+45b v Zim, lost 1w+20b v WI
India	4	1	3	0	Sep 19, 2004	Dec 26, 2004
lost 3w+4b v Pak, lost 6w+6b v Pak, won 11 runs v Ban, lost 15 runs v Ban
South Africa	4	4	0	0	May 15, 2005	Oct 30, 2005
won 7w+5b v WI, won 2w+3b v NZ, won 19 runs v NZ, won 4w+4b v NZ
Canada	4	1	3	0	Nov 30, 2006	Jan 23, 2007
won 3w+62b v Ber, lost 1w+2b v Neth, lost 2w+1b v Scot, lost 2w+16b v Scot
Bermuda	4	2	2	0	Oct 27, 2007	Jun 29, 2008
lost 3w+35b v Kenya, lost 1w+82b v Kenya, won 3w+3b v Can, won 11 runs v Can

Most consecutive very close ODIs by a team (qualification: margin fewer than or equal to 10 runs, 2 wickets, 3 balls remaining or tied)
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Start Match	End Match
Scotland	6	5	1	0	Jan 18, 2007	Feb 2, 2007
won 2w+1b v Can, lost 6 runs v Kenya, won 2w+16b v Can, won 3w+0b v Ire, won 7 runs v Can, won 2 runs v Neth
England	4	2	2	0	Feb 13, 1991	May 25, 1991
lost 9 runs v NZ, lost 7 runs v NZ, won 1w+32b v WI, won 9 runs v WI
Ireland	4	0	3	1	Feb 2, 2007	Mar 15, 2007
lost 1w+6b v Kenya, lost 6w+2b v Can, lost 6 runs v Neth, tied v Zim
New Zealand	3	1	2	0	Dec 9, 1980	Dec 23, 1980
lost 5 runs v India, won 3w+2b v India, lost 6 runs v India
West Indies	3	0	2	1	Dec 6, 1991	Dec 14, 1991
tied v India, lost 9 runs v Aus, lost 10 runs v India
India	3	0	3	0	Jan 20, 1992	Mar 1, 1992
lost 6 runs v Aus, lost 9 runs v Eng, noresult v SL, lost 1 runs v Aus
Australia	3	2	1	0	Mar 27, 1993	May 19, 1993
lost 3w+2b v NZ, won 3 runs v NZ, won 4 runs v Eng
India	3	1	2	0	Jul 25, 1993	Aug 14, 1993
won 1 runs v SL, lost 8 runs v SL, lost 4w+3b v SL
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	Jul 25, 1993	Aug 14, 1993
lost 1 runs v India, won 8 runs v India, won 4w+3b v India
West Indies	3	1	2	0	Mar 14, 1996	Mar 29, 1996
lost 5 runs v Aus, won 1w+5b v NZ, lost 4w+1b v NZ
England	3	0	3	0	Sep 1, 1996	Jan 1, 1997
lost 2w+2b v Pak, lost 2w+37b v Zim, lost 7 runs v Zim
South Africa	3	2	1	0	Jan 26, 2000	Feb 4, 2000
won 1 runs v Eng, lost 2w+0b v Zim, won 2w+2b v Eng
India	3	1	2	0	Mar 15, 2000	Mar 19, 2000
lost 2w+6b v SA, won 4w+1b v SA, lost 10 runs v SA
South Africa	3	2	1	0	Mar 15, 2000	Mar 19, 2000
won 2w+6b v India, lost 4w+1b v India, won 10 runs v India
India	3	0	3	0	Jan 31, 2002	Mar 7, 2002
lost 2 runs v Eng, lost 5 runs v Eng, lost 1w+2b v Zim
West Indies	3	1	2	0	Jun 12, 2002	Sep 13, 2002
lost 9 runs v NZ, won 4w+0b v NZ, lost 2w+0b v SA
India	3	1	2	0	May 18, 2006	May 23, 2006
won 5w+1b v WI, lost 1 runs v WI, lost 4w+1b v WI
West Indies	3	2	1	0	May 18, 2006	May 23, 2006
lost 5w+1b v India, won 1 runs v India, won 4w+1b v India
Canada	3	0	3	0	Dec 1, 2006	Jan 23, 2007
lost 1w+2b v Neth, lost 2w+1b v Scot, lost 2w+16b v Scot
Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	Oct 14, 2010	Dec 1, 2010
won 9 runs v NZ, won 3 runs v NZ, lost 9 runs v Zim
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	Oct 31, 2010	Nov 5, 2010
won 1w+1b v SA, lost 2 runs v SA, won 1w+1b v SA
South Africa	3	1	2	0	Oct 31, 2010	Nov 5, 2010
lost 1w+1b v Pak, won 2 runs v Pak, lost 1w+1b v Pak

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1991: New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, 2nd Test, Jan 15-19, 2011
• ODI # 3141: India v West Indies at Chennai, ICC Cricket World Cup 42nd match, Mar 20, 2011
• T20I # 198: Australia v England at Melbourne, 2nd T20I, Jan 14, 2011

Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites