Boldon, on the other hand, have made a great start with three successive wins.

Spies took six successive wins early in the 2006 season, and went on to win the title by 649 points to 641.

In 1903 and up until the third round of the 1904 season he played in 17 successive wins.

With this win, India extended its world record of successive wins while batting second to 16.

His last game came early in the 1899 season, despite having played in 13 successive wins.

Armstrong said: 'We thought that, after two successive wins, the talk would have died down.

The odds against two successive wins are 1296 to one.

Against three successive wins they are 46,656 to one.

However, the team rallied at the end of the season with five successive wins and its best finish in 50 years.

Tens years later her set a new record of successive wins, with 17.