Top 10 Teams With Most Losses In International Cricket; The game of cricket has always given us some exciting moments as well as some heart-shattering ones over the years.
Defeats in crucial games are always tough to swallow. But many teams have over the years overcome this barrier and have come back stronger, right after a defeat.
Since winning and losing is a part of the game, it is always preferable to accept being second gracefully. After all, there is only one winner in a game of cricket.
Meanwhile, we have dug out stats of the teams, who have lost the most number of games in International Cricket over the years.
Top 10 Teams With Most Losses In International Cricket:
10. Bangladesh - 392 Losses
Bangladesh (Credits: Twitter) One of the teams, which joined late in the game of cricket finds 10th spot in the chart. Though they have grown from strength to strength in the recent past, especially in ODIs, they have bagged a streak of losses during their initial phase.
Thus, it is no surprise to see them at this position of the chart. They have bagged 392 losses in 591 games and won only 174.
9. South Africa - 415 Losses
South Africa (Credits: Twitter) The Proteas have been one of the favourite teams but have been unable to grab a World Cup despite making into the semifinals for the most number of times like other top-class teams. They failed in 415 matches in 1185 games and won 620 of it.
Despite the losses, they have always been considered as one of the best teams in the world cricket across the formats.
This team also contained great stars like Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Hansie Cronje (who was under controversy for match-fixing and later lost his life in a plane crash), Jonty Rhodes, Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs and many more.
8. Zimbabwe - 499 Losses
Zimbabwe. (Credits: Getty) The Zimbabwe cricket team has not been so impressive and the statistics support the argument But overall statistics being better than Bangladesh, the team grabs the eighth spot.
The performance of this team can be termed as impulsive as at times the team upsets big teams. They suffered 499 losses in 715 games. They managed to win 168 matches.
7. Sri Lanka - 595 Losses
Credits - Twitter Sri Lankan cricket is also going through a very tough phase. After the retirements of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka team have struggled to build a good team.
Sri Lankan team were knocked out of Asia Cup in the first round, suffering huge defeats at the hands of Afganistan and Bangladesh. They have lost some series at home and are not a very dominant side at home anymore. They suffered 595 losses in 1269 matches.
6. Pakistan - 598 Losses
Pakistan (Credits: Twitter) With great players in the side like Imran Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Waseem Akram, Javed Miandad, Moin Khan, Waqar Younis, Saeed Anwar the team had very good potential and they performed as per the expectation.
Despite good performance throughout the time, Pakistan is also known to be involved in a lot of controversies like ball-tampering controversy and also involved in a few match-fixing scandals.
All they managed was 716 wins in 1506 games and lost 598 matches.
5. New Zealand - 608 Losses
New Zealand (Credits: Twitter) The Black Caps have always been a sensational team in the game of cricket. They always come good in big tournaments and also delivered the goods in bilateral series. They suffered 608 losses in 1345 matches.
However, they won 513 matches as well.
New Zealand has also produced some of the Great Cricketing Legends like Richard Hadlee, Chris Cairns, fast bowler Shane Bond, Nathan Astle, Brendon McCullum, spinner with a lot of experience Daniel Vettori and many more.
4. Australia - 608 Losses
Australia (Credits: Twitter) Australia equals their nemesis New Zealand in the chart with 608 losses. However, Australia are way ahead in overall stats. They always had a sensation run in the game of cricket and also topped the ICC events many times in history.
However, they also faced defeats, which they overcame brilliantly. In total, they played 1904 matches and lost 608 games.
3. India - 635 Losses
(Image Courtesy: Twitter) India has seen its growth after the 1970s with the great players like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Bishen Singh Bedi, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly & MS Dhoni.
Initially, India was known to be good only in the Indian Subcontinent but later India proved its dominance all around the globe under the leadership of Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni.
India managed to win 753 games in 1663 matches and lost 635 games.
2. West Indies - 638 Losses
West Indies Cricket Team. Credit: Getty Images West Indies has experienced two different eras in the game of cricket. In one era, they have dominated the world cricket with their fantastic effort while in the second phase, they completely failed to make things happen.
In total, they appeared in 1491 matches and lost 638 matches. They also won 629 games.
West Indies has also given great names in the world of cricket like Sir Garfield Sobers, Lance Gibbs, Gordon Greenidge, George Headley, Clive Lloyd, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai and Everton Weekes, Brian Lara and Sir Viv Richards.
1. England - 691 Losses
England. (Credit: Getty Images) England occupies the undesirable number 1 spot in this list having lost a massive 691 matches in International Cricket.
They have quite understandably played the most number of games in world cricket which is a staggering 1885. They have won 804 of those which is also the highest in the world cricket. Their average is nearly 32 and has scored at 3.13 runs per over in ODIs.
After a phase of continuous losses, under the captaincy of Nasser Hussain, the team saw a brighter phase.
Later England built a promising team under the leadership of Michael Vaughan with Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Ashley Giles and Simon Jones.
(All stats updated till 17th March, 2020)