Stats : Result Summary of all Test Playing Nations

Win, loss, draw and tie record summary of all twelve Test playing nations.

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 18 Jun, 2018

Test cricket is the longest and oldest format of Cricket. The first official Test match took place in March 1877 and was played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Australia won that Test match by 45 runs. And for the next 12 years only these two teams played this format. In 1889 South Africa also made their Test debut and in 1932 India also became the sixth Test playing nation. And this year Ireland and Afghanistan also made their Test debut and became 11th and 12th Test playing nation. 

Win, loss and draw record summary of all twelve Test playing nations -

1. Team Test Debut -

 Team  Against  Venue  Year
 Australia  England  Melbourne  1877
 England  Australia   Melbourne  1877
 South Africa  England  Port Elizabeth   1889
 West Indies  England  Lord's  1928
 New Zealand   England  Christchurch  1930
 India  England  Lord's  1932
 Pakistan  India  Delhi  1952
 Sri Lanka  England  Colombo  1982
 Zimbabwe  India  Harare  1992
 Bangladesh  India  Dhaka  2000
 Ireland  Pakistan  Dublin  2018
 Afghanistan  India  Bangalore  2018

- The first ever Test match was played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground from 15 March to 19 March 1877 which Australia won 45 runs.

2. Result Summary of Test Teams (Overall ) :

 Team  Match   Won   Lost   drawn   Tied   %W
 England  999  357  297  345  0  35.73
 Australia  812  383  219  208  2  47.16
 West Indies  532  169  187  175  1  31.76
 India  522  145  160  216  1  27.77
 New Zealand   426  92  170  164  0  21.59
 South Africa  425  161  140  124  0  37.88
 Pakistan  415  134  123  158  0  32.28
 Sri Lanka  271  85  101  85  0  31.36
 Bangladesh  106  10  80  16  0  9.43
 Zimbabwe  105  11  67  27  0  10.47
 Ireland  1  0  1  0  0  0.00
 Afghanistan  1  0  1  0  0  0.00

383 - Australia have won 383 Test matches - the most Test wins by any team in the world.

999 - England have played 999 Test matches so far and will become the first team to play 1000 Test matches when they take on India in the first Test at The Lord's in August.

2 - There have been only 2 matches tied in Test cricket's 141 years history. the first tied match was played between Australia and West Indies at Brisbane in 1960 and the second one between India and Australia at Chennai in 1986.

3. Result Summary of Test Teams (At Home ) :

 Team  Match   Won   Lost   drawn   Tied   %W
 England  510  213  119  178  0  41.76
 Australia  415  238  97  79  1  57.34
 West Indies  242  86  61  95  0  35.53
 India  265  99  52  113  1  37.35
 New Zealand   208  58  64  86   0  27.88
 South Africa  230  104  70  56  0  45.21
 Pakistan  151  56  22  73  0  37.08
 Sri Lanka  134  58  35  41  0  43.28
 Bangladesh  57  6  38  13  0  10.52
 Zimbabwe  58  9  32  17  0  15.51
 Ireland  1  0  1  0  0  0.00
 Afghanistan  -  -  -  -  -  -

238 - Number of Test matches won by Australia at home - the most by any team in the world.

4. Result Summary of Test Teams (Away from Home ) :

 Team  Match   Won   Lost   drawn   Tied   %W
 England  489  144  178  167  0  29.44
 Australia  397  145  122  129  1  36.52
 West Indies  290  83  126  80  1  28..62
 India  257  46  108  103  0  17.89
 New Zealand   218  34  106  78  0  15.59
 South Africa  195  57  70  68  0  29.23
 Pakistan  264  78  101  85  0  29.54
 Sri Lanka  137  27  66  44  0  19.70
 Bangladesh  49  4  42  3  0  8.16
 Zimbabwe  47  2  35  10  0  4.25
 Ireland  -  -  -  -  -  -
 Afghanistan  1  0  1  0  0  0.00

145 - Australia have won 145 Test matches away from home - the most by any team in the world.

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 18 Jun, 2018

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