Most Consecutive Losses in ODI

Most Consecutive ODI Losses by Teams

Team	Consecutive ODIs Lost	Loss Margin	Against	Venue	Date
Bangladesh	23	73 runs	West Indies	Dhaka	8 Oct 1999
		109 runs	West Indies	Dhaka	9 Oct 1999
		9 wickets	Sri Lanka	Dhaka	29 May 2000
		8 wickets	India	Dhaka	30 May 2000
		233 runs	Pakistan	Dhaka	2 Jun 2000
		8 wickets	England	Nairobi (Gym)	5 Oct 2000
		7 wickets	Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Apr 2001
		127 runs	Zimbabwe	Harare	8 Apr 2001
		36 runs	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	11 Apr 2001
		5 wickets	Zimbabwe	Chattogram	23 Nov 2001
		42 runs	Zimbabwe	Dhaka	25 Nov 2001
		7 wickets	Zimbabwe	Dhaka	26 Nov 2001
		49 runs	Pakistan	Chattogram	22 Jan 2002
		72 runs	Pakistan	Dhaka	24 Jan 2002
		8 wickets	Pakistan	Dhaka	25 Jan 2002
		5 wickets	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	4 Aug 2002
		8 wickets	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	5 Aug 2002
		58 runs	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	7 Aug 2002
		9 wickets	Australia	Colombo (SSC)	19 Sep 2002
		167 runs	New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	23 Sep 2002
		168 runs	South Africa	Potchefstroom	3 Oct 2002
		10 wickets	South Africa	Benoni	6 Oct 2002
		7 wickets	South Africa	Kimberley	9 Oct 2002
Bangladesh	22	7 wickets	Pakistan	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1986
		7 wickets	Sri Lanka	Kandy	2 Apr 1986
		9 wickets	India	Chattogram	27 Oct 1988
		173 runs	Pakistan	Chattogram	29 Oct 1988
		9 wickets	Sri Lanka	Dhaka	2 Nov 1988
		161 runs	New Zealand	Sharjah	28 Apr 1990
		7 wickets	Australia	Sharjah	30 Apr 1990
		9 wickets	India	Chandigarh	25 Dec 1990
		71 runs	Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1990
		9 wickets	India	Sharjah	5 Apr 1995
		107 runs	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	6 Apr 1995
		6 wickets	Pakistan	Sharjah	8 Apr 1995
		109 runs	Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	16 Jul 1997
		103 runs	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jul 1997
		9 wickets	India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 1997
		150 runs	Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 1997
		48 runs	Zimbabwe	Nairobi (Gym)	11 Oct 1997
		192 runs	Zimbabwe	Nairobi (Aga)	14 Oct 1997
		8 wickets	Kenya	Nairobi (Aga)	15 Oct 1997
		4 wickets	India	Dhaka	10 Jan 1998
		9 wickets	Pakistan	Dhaka	12 Jan 1998
		5 wickets	India	Mohali	14 May 1998
Zimbabwe	18	5 wickets	India	Leicester	11 Jun 1983
		8 wickets	West Indies	Worcester	13 Jun 1983
		32 runs	Australia	Southampton	16 Jun 1983
		31 runs	India	Tunbridge Wells	18 Jun 1983
		10 wickets	West Indies	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983
		3 runs	New Zealand	Hyderabad	10 Oct 1987
		96 runs	Australia	Chennai	13 Oct 1987
		8 wickets	India	Wankhede	17 Oct 1987
		4 wickets	New Zealand	Eden Gardens	23 Oct 1987
		7 wickets	India	Ahmedabad	26 Oct 1987
		70 runs	Australia	Cuttack	30 Oct 1987
		3 wickets	Sri Lanka	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
		53 runs	Pakistan	Hobart	27 Feb 1992
		75 runs	West Indies	Brisbane	29 Feb 1992
		48 runs	New Zealand	Napier	3 Mar 1992
		55 runs	India	Hamilton	7 Mar 1992
		7 wickets	South Africa	Canberra	10 Mar 1992
		128 runs	Australia	Hobart	14 Mar 1992
Bangladesh	18	10 wickets	South Africa	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003
		7 wickets	New Zealand	Kimberley	26 Feb 2003
		32 runs	Kenya	Johannesburg	1 Mar 2003
		200 runs	India	Dhaka	11 Apr 2003
		83 runs	South Africa	Dhaka	14 Apr 2003
		4 wickets	India	Dhaka	16 Apr 2003
		93 runs	South Africa	Dhaka	17 Apr 2003
		8 wickets	Australia	Cairns	2 Aug 2003
		9 wickets	Australia	Cairns	3 Aug 2003
		112 runs	Australia	Darwin	6 Aug 2003
		137 runs	Pakistan	Multan	9 Sep 2003
		74 runs	Pakistan	Faisalabad	12 Sep 2003
		42 runs	Pakistan	Lahore	15 Sep 2003
		5 wickets	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	18 Sep 2003
		58 runs	Pakistan	Karachi	21 Sep 2003
		7 wickets	England	Chattogram	7 Nov 2003
		7 wickets	England	Dhaka	10 Nov 2003
		7 wickets	England	Dhaka	12 Nov 2003
Papua New Guinea	18	4 wickets	Oman	Aberdeen	14 Aug 2019
		3 wickets	Scotland	Aberdeen	17 Aug 2019
		38 runs	Scotland	Aberdeen	20 Aug 2019
		4 wickets	Oman	Aberdeen	21 Aug 2019
		5 runs	USA	Lauderhill	13 Sep 2019
		62 runs	USA	Lauderhill	19 Sep 2019
		4 wickets	Namibia	Lauderhill	22 Sep 2019
		27 runs	Namibia	Lauderhill	23 Sep 2019
		7 wickets	USA	Al Amerat	6 Sep 2021
		2 wickets	Nepal	Al Amerat	7 Sep 2021
		134 runs	USA	Al Amerat	9 Sep 2021
		151 runs	Nepal	Al Amerat	10 Sep 2021
		6 wickets	Scotland	Al Amerat	25 Sep 2021
		110 runs	Oman	Al Amerat	26 Sep 2021
		4 wickets	Scotland	Al Amerat	29 Sep 2021
		3 wickets	Oman	Al Amerat	1 Oct 2021
		7 wickets	UAE	Sharjah	15 Mar 2022
		2 wickets	Nepal	Sharjah	16 Mar 2022
Zimbabwe	17	12 runs	Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	20 Apr 2004
		9 wickets	Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	22 Apr 2004
		9 wickets	Sri Lanka	Harare	25 Apr 2004
		72 runs	Sri Lanka	Harare	27 Apr 2004
		25 runs	Sri Lanka	Harare	29 Apr 2004
		7 wickets	Australia	Harare	25 May 2004
		139 runs	Australia	Harare	27 May 2004
		8 wickets	Australia	Harare	29 May 2004
		152 runs	England	Birmingham	10 Sep 2004
		4 wickets	Sri Lanka	The Oval	14 Sep 2004
		144 runs	Pakistan	Multan	30 Sep 2004
		3 wickets	Pakistan	Peshawar	3 Oct 2004
		7 wickets	Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	9 Oct 2004
		5 wickets	England	Harare	28 Nov 2004
		161 runs	England	Harare	1 Dec 2004
		8 wickets	England	Bulawayo	4 Dec 2004
		74 runs	England	Bulawayo	5 Dec 2004
Kenya	16	202 runs	Zimbabwe	Dhaka	27 Mar 1999
		5 wickets	Zimbabwe	Taunton	15 May 1999
		9 wickets	England	Canterbury	18 May 1999
		94 runs	India	Bristol	23 May 1999
		7 wickets	South Africa	Amstelveen	26 May 1999
		45 runs	Sri Lanka	Southampton	30 May 1999
		3 wickets	Zimbabwe	Nairobi (Gym)	25 Sep 1999
		58 runs	India	Nairobi (Gym)	29 Sep 1999
		24 runs	South Africa	Nairobi (Gym)	30 Sep 1999
		8 wickets	India	Nairobi (Gym)	3 Oct 2000
		106 runs	West Indies	Nairobi	15 Aug 2001
		6 wickets	West Indies	Nairobi (Gym)	18 Aug 2001
		7 wickets	West Indies	Nairobi (Gym)	19 Aug 2001
		7 wickets	South Africa	Benoni	7 Oct 2001
		10 wickets	India	Bloemfontein	12 Oct 2001
		9 wickets	South Africa	Kimberley	14 Oct 2001
Zimbabwe	16	27 runs	West Indies	Harare	23 Jun 2001
		9 wickets	India	Harare	24 Jun 2001
		4 wickets	India	Bulawayo	27 Jun 2001
		5 wickets	West Indies	Bulawayo	1 Jul 2001
		153 runs	South Africa	Bulawayo	23 Sep 2001
		148 runs	South Africa	Harare	29 Sep 2001
		6 wickets	South Africa	Harare	30 Sep 2001
		5 wickets	England	Harare	3 Oct 2001
		8 wickets	England	Harare	6 Oct 2001
		4 wickets	England	Harare	7 Oct 2001
		70 runs	England	Bulawayo	10 Oct 2001
		7 wickets	England	Bulawayo	13 Oct 2001
		63 runs	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	26 Oct 2001
		106 runs	Pakistan	Sharjah	28 Oct 2001
		79 runs	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	30 Oct 2001
		29 runs	Pakistan	Sharjah	31 Oct 2001
Netherlands	15	36 runs	Afghanistan	Doha	21 Jan 2022
		48 runs	Afghanistan	Doha	23 Jan 2022
		75 runs	Afghanistan	Doha	25 Jan 2022
		7 wickets	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	29 Mar 2022
		118 runs	New Zealand	Hamilton	2 Apr 2022
		115 runs	New Zealand	Hamilton	4 Apr 2022
		7 wickets	West Indies	Amstelveen	31 May 2022
		5 wickets	West Indies	Amstelveen	2 Jun 2022
		20 runs	West Indies	Amstelveen	4 Jun 2022
		232 runs	England	Amstelveen	17 Jun 2022
		6 wickets	England	Amstelveen	19 Jun 2022
		8 wickets	England	Amstelveen	22 Jun 2022
		16 runs	Pakistan	Rotterdam	16 Aug 2022
		7 wickets	Pakistan	Rotterdam	18 Aug 2022
		9 runs	Pakistan	Rotterdam	21 Aug 2022
Sri Lanka	14	8 wickets	India	Guwahati	11 Jan 1987
		6 wickets	India	Delhi	13 Jan 1987
		94 runs	India	Vadodara	15 Jan 1987
		10 runs	India	Wankhede	17 Jan 1987
		15 runs	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	8 Oct 1987
		191 runs	West Indies	Karachi	13 Oct 1987
		108 runs	England	Peshawar	17 Oct 1987
		25 runs	West Indies	Kanpur	21 Oct 1987
		113 runs	Pakistan	Faisalabad	25 Oct 1987
		8 wickets	England	Pune	30 Oct 1987
		81 runs	Australia	W.A.C.A	2 Jan 1988
		6 wickets	New Zealand	Sydney	5 Jan 1988
		4 wickets	New Zealand	Adelaide	9 Jan 1988
		81 runs	Australia	Adelaide	10 Jan 1988
Bangladesh	14	4 wickets	England	Bridgetown	11 Apr 2007
		74 runs	Ireland	Bridgetown	15 Apr 2007
		99 runs	West Indies	Bridgetown	19 Apr 2007
		5 wickets	India	Mirpur	10 May 2007
		46 runs	India	Mirpur	12 May 2007
		70 runs	Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Jul 2007
		5 wickets	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	23 Jul 2007
		39 runs	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	25 Jul 2007
		6 wickets	New Zealand	Auckland	26 Dec 2007
		102 runs	New Zealand	Napier	28 Dec 2007
		10 wickets	New Zealand	Queenstown	31 Dec 2007
		9 wickets	South Africa	Chattogram	9 Mar 2008
		7 wickets	South Africa	Mirpur	12 Mar 2008
		7 wickets	South Africa	Mirpur	14 Mar 2008
Bangladesh	14	7 wickets	Sri Lanka	Mirpur	4 Jan 2010
		6 wickets	India	Mirpur	7 Jan 2010
		9 wickets	Sri Lanka	Mirpur	8 Jan 2010
		6 wickets	India	Mirpur	11 Jan 2010
		146 runs	New Zealand	Napier	5 Feb 2010
		5 wickets	New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 2010
		3 wickets	New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Feb 2010
		6 wickets	England	Mirpur	28 Feb 2010
		2 wickets	England	Mirpur	2 Mar 2010
		45 runs	England	Chattogram	5 Mar 2010
		6 wickets	India	Dambulla	16 Jun 2010
		126 runs	Sri Lanka	Dambulla	18 Jun 2010
		139 runs	Pakistan	Dambulla	21 Jun 2010
		6 wickets	England	Nottingham	8 Jul 2010

Key Insights on the Longest Losing Streaks in ODI Cricket History

All-Time Longest Team Losing Streaks in ODI Matches

Bangladesh have recorded the most consecutive losses in ODIs. The Asian side suffered 23 defeats in a row from October 1999 to October 2002.

Bangladesh are the only team to lose 20 or more consecutive ODIs on two occasions.

Bangladesh have also had the longest streak of matches without a win in ODIs, having failed to win in 47 consecutive games between October 1999 to November 2003. Here is the opponent-wise data of Bangladesh’s result summary in that period.

Opponent	Matches	Losses	No Results	Heaviest Defeat
Pakistan	9	9	0	233 runs
South Africa	6	6	0	168 runs / 10 wickets
Zimbabwe	6	6	0	127 runs
West Indies	6	4	2	109 runs
Sri Lanka	5	5	0	10 wickets
Australia	4	4	0	112 runs / 9 wickets
England	4	4	0	8 wickets
India	3	3	0	200 runs
New Zealand	2	2	0	167 runs
Canada	1	1	0	60 runs
Kenya	1	1	0	32 runs
Total	47	45	2

Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have logged three streaks each of 15 or more consecutive ODI defeats.

Interestingly, Bangladesh also holds the same record in Test cricket.

Most Consecutive ODI Defeats in a Calendar Year and World Cup

Bangladesh lost 18 back-to-back ODIs in 2003 (February to November), the most by a team in a calendar year.

Zimbabwe lost 18 matches between June 1983 to March 1992. Notably, all their defeats came across three World Cup editions. This is the longest losing streak by a team in the ODI World Cup.

Longest ODI Losing Streak by an Associate Team and Captain

Papua New Guinea, meanwhile, have lost the most consecutive ODIs among associate teams, with their streak stretching 18 games from August 2019 to March 2022.

Notably, Papua New Guinea lost all 18 matches under Assad Vala’s captaincy. This is the longest losing streak by a captain in ODIs.

Most Consecutive Wins by a Team in ODI Cricket

Australia have won the most consecutive ODIs, having achieved a successful streak of 21 matches between January 2003 to May 2003.

Can You Guess: Which Captain has the Most Losses in ODI?

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