BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | England seal record-breaking win: “England completed an unprecedented eighth successive Test victory with a seven-wicket win in the series-opener against South Africa.”
MOST SUCCESSIVE TEST WINS
16 – Australia
Oct 1999 to March 2001
11 – West Indies
April to Dec 1984
9 – South Africa
March 2002 to May 2003
9 – Sri Lanka
Sept 2001 to March 2002
8 – Australia
Dec 1920 to July 1921
8 – England
May to Dec 2004