140 years of Test cricket: All-time team records

Most matches lost and drawn

Having played the most Tests, England have lost the most as well

Team	Span	Lost	Drawn
England	1877-2016	289	343
Australia	1877-2017	214	206
West Indies	1928-2016	181	173
New Zealand	1930-2017	169	162
India	1932-2017	158	213
South Africa	1889-2017	135	123
Pakistan	1952-2017	119	158
Sri Lanka	1982-2017	95	81
Bangladesh	2000-2017	76	15
Zimbabwe	1992-2016	64	26

England have both lost and drawn the most number of matches at 289 and 343 respectively but can take solace from the fact that they have drawn more matches than they have lost. Owing to the Aussies aggressive style of play, they have lost more matches than they have drawn.

The loss-draw record says a lot about the style of cricket adopted by different nations. While India, England and Pakistan have more draws than losses, teams like West Indies, Australia and South Africa have ended up losing more matches than draws.