Most consecutive matches without victory

Records for Test Matches

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 AustraliaPerth12 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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

India v England at Dharamsala, 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]