Monday, May 23, 2005

Longest losing streak for West Indies

West Indies, by losing the third ODI against Pakistan at Gros Islet, recorded their worst sequence of losses in one-day internationals. This was their ninth loss at a trot, which ‘bettered’ their previous record of eight consecutive defeats in 1999-00 season – all under Brian Lara’s captaincy. The accompanying table lists all instances of five or more consecutive defeats for West Indies.


Mts From       To              Captain
9 v Pak 01-02-2005  v Pak 22-05-2005 BC Lara (1)
                                     S Chanderpaul (8)
8 v Pak 14-10-1999  v NZ  11-01-2000 BC Lara
5 v Eng 19-05-1988  v Pak 18-10-1988 IVA Richards
5 v Pak 14-10-1989  v Aus 21-10-1989 IVA Richards (3)
                                     CG Greenidge (2)
5 v Pak 09-11-1990  v Aus 09-03-1991 DL Haynes (3)
                                     IVA Richards (2)
5 v Aus 13-03-1991  v Eng 27-05-1991 IVA Richards
5 v SL 20-10-1995   v Aus 01-01-1996 RB Richardson (4)
                                     CA Walsh (1)
5 v SA 27-01-1999   v SA  07-02-1999 BC Lara (2)
                                     CL Hooper (3)
5 v Pak 23-04-2000  v Zim 16-07-2000 JC Adams #
5 v SA 02-05-2001   v SA  12-05-2001 CL Hooper


# excludes one rain abandoned match
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