Longest losing streaks

Mohandas Menon

England is currently in the midst of it's longest losing streak in its one-day international history. Did you know which team had the longest losing streak in the limited version of the game? Read on to find out.

Most consecutive losses by teams in ODI (10 or more defeats)

Matches	For	From	To	Captain
22	Bangladesh	31st Mar 1986	14th May 1998	Gazi Ashraf (7 Mts) Minhajul Abedin (2 Mts) Akram Khan (12 Mts) Aminul Islam (1)
18	Zimbabwe	11th Jun 1983	14th Mar 1992	DAG Fletcher (5 Mts) AJ Traicos (6 Mts) DL Houghton (7 Mts)
14	Sri Lanka	11th Jan 1987	10th Jan 1988	LRD Mendis (10 Mts) RS Madugalle (4 Mts)
13	New Zealand	20th Apr 1994	28th Jan 1995	GR Larsen (1 Mts) KR Rutherford (12 Mts)
11	Eng	27th Oct 2000	21st Jun 2001*	N Hussain (2) GP Thorpe (3) AJ Stewart (6)
10	Pakistan	30th Oct 1987	30th Mar 1988	Imran Khan (2 Mts) Abdul Qadir (3 Mts) Imran Khan (5 Mts)
10	Zimbabwe	25th Oct 1992	15th Nov 1993	DL Houghton (9 Mts) A Flower (1 Mts)
10	South Africa	6th Apr 1994	28th Oct 1994	KC Wessels (10 Mts)
10	Zimbabwe	6th Mar 1998	27th Sep 1998	ADR Campbell (10 Mts)
10	Kenya	27th Mar 1999	3rd Oct 2000*	Asif Karim (6 Mts) M Odumbe (4 Mts)

Worst for other teams:

Matches	For	From	To	Captain
8	Ind	8th Jan 1981	25th Nov 1981	SM Gavaskar (6) GR Viswanath (1) SM Gavaskar(1)
8	Eng	25th Oct 1989	23rd May 1990	GA Gooch (6) AJ Lamb (1) GA Gooch (1)
8	WI	14th Oct 1999	11th Jan 2000	BC Lara (8)
6	UAE	13th Apr 1994	27th Feb 1996	Sultan Zarawani (6)
6	Aus	7th Sep 1996	3rd Nov 1996	IA Healy (1) MA Taylor (5)
5	Net	17th Feb 1996	5th Mar 1996*	SW Lubbers (2) RP Lefebvre (1) SW Lubbers (2)
5	Sco	16th May 1999	31st May 1999*	G Salmond (5)

Most consecutive losses by captains in ODI
12 KR Rutherford (New Zealand) 19th May 1994 to 28th Jan 1995
12 Akram Khan (Bangladesh) 5th Apr 1995 to 12th Jan 1998
10 LRD Mendis (Sri Lanka) 11th Jan 1987 to 30th Oct 1987
10 KC Wessels (South Africa) 6th Apr 1994 to 28th Oct 1994
10 ADR Campbell (Zimbabwe) 6th Mar 1998 to 27th Sep 1998