Most Consecutive Tests for a Team
    Name Mat Start End
1
ENG 		AN Cook 159 11 May 2006 7 Sep 2018+
2
AUS 		AR Border 153 10 Mar 1979 25 Mar 1994+
3
AUS 		ME Waugh 107 3 Jun 1993 19 Oct 2002+
4
IND 		SM Gavaskar 106 23 Jan 1975 3 Feb 1987
5
NZL 		BB McCullum 101 10 Mar 2004 20 Feb 2016+^
6
AUS 		NM Lyon 100 1 Aug 2013 28 Jun 2023
7
RSA 		AB de Villiers 98 17 Dec 2004 2 Jan 2015
8
AUS 		AC Gilchrist 96 5 Nov 1999 24 Jan 2008+^
9
IND 		R Dravid 93 20 Jun 1996 10 Dec 2005
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SRI 		DPMD Jayawardene 93 8 Nov 2002 3 Jan 2013
11
NZL 		TWM Latham 88* 14 Feb 2014 14 Dec 2024+^
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WIN 		KC Brathwaite 88* 16 Jun 2014 25 Jan 2025+
13
IND 		GR Viswanath 87 19 Mar 1971 30 Jan 1983+
14
AUS 		ML Hayden 86 31 Mar 2000 2 Jan 2008
15
WIN 		GS Sobers 85 11 Apr 1955 20 Apr 1972
16
IND 		SR Tendulkar 84 15 Nov 1989 15 Jun 2001
17
AUS 		MEK Hussey 79 3 Nov 2005 3 Jan 2013+^
18
ENG 		JE Root 77 12 Jun 2014 24 Jan 2020
19
RSA 		MV Boucher 75 14 Feb 1998 11 Aug 2004
20
AUS 		RT Ponting 73 3 Nov 2004 26 Dec 2010
21
WIN 		DL Haynes 72 1 Dec 1979 16 Jun 1988
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NZL 		SP Fleming 72 1 Jul 1999 22 Mar 2008+
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PAK 		Asad Shafiq 72 18 Oct 2011 21 Aug 2020+
24
AUS 		IM Chappell 71 28 Jan 1966 31 Jan 1976
25
IND 		M Azharuddin 70 28 Apr 1989 2 Mar 2000+
26
RSA 		HM Amla 68 27 Apr 2006 14 Oct 2013
27
IND 		Kapil Dev 66 16 Oct 1978 12 Dec 1984
28
ENG 		APE Knott 65 5 Mar 1971 25 Aug 1977
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ENG 		IT Botham 65 10 Feb 1978 2 Mar 1984
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IND 		Kapil Dev 65 13 Jan 1985 19 Mar 1994+
31
AUS 		IA Healy 64 15 Sep 1988 5 Oct 1994
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WIN 		BC Lara 64 18 Apr 1992 26 Dec 1999
33
ENG 		MA Atherton 63 19 Feb 1993 6 Aug 1998
34
ENG 		AJ Stewart 62 20 Jun 1996 23 Aug 2001
35
WIN 		RB Kanhai 61 30 May 1957 14 Feb 1969
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WIN 		IVA Richards 61 5 Jun 1980 11 Jan 1988
37
ENG 		JE Root 60* 16 Jul 2020 14 Dec 2024+
38
AUS 		DC Boon 60 15 Mar 1990 25 Jan 1996+
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IND 		A Kumble 60 18 Oct 1992 2 Mar 2000
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RSA 		JH Kallis 60 26 Dec 1997 2 Jan 2003
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ENG 		MJ Prior 60 6 Mar 2009 13 Dec 2013
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RSA 		D Elgar 60 3 Nov 2016 3 Jan 2024+
43
AUS 		MJ Clarke 59 30 May 2008 14 Mar 2013
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AUS 		SPD Smith 59 14 Mar 2013 22 Mar 2018
45
NZL 		JR Reid 58 23 Jul 1949 8 Jul 1965+^
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ENG 		AW Greig 58 8 Jun 1972 25 Aug 1977+^
47
IND 		SMH Kirmani 56 11 Sep 1979 31 Jan 1985
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ZIM 		ADR Campbell 56 18 Oct 1992 14 Sep 2001
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IND 		SC Ganguly 56 2 Aug 1997 8 Oct 2003
50
AUS 		IA Healy 55 25 Nov 1994 14 Oct 1999+
Bold = record less than 3 years old.
+ = Ends with retirement or most recent match.   * = Ongoing.
^ = Sequence covers entire career.
Matches with representative XIs not included.
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