The Australian team today equalled the second-best winning streak in Test cricket history.
Longest Test streaks (wins only, streaks broken by draws):
11 -- West Indies 1983-84 to 1984-85; 8+ -- Australia 1999-2000; 8 -- Australia 1920-21 to 1921; 7 -- England 1884-85 to 1887-88; 7 -- England 1928 to 1928-29; 7-- West Indies 1984-85 to 1985-86; 7 -- West Indies 1988 to 1988-89; 6 -- England 1888 to 1890; 6 -- England 1957 to 1958; 6 -- West Indies 1961-62 to 1963. (+ streak unbroken).
Beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets, Harare, Oct 1999; Beat Pakistan by 10 wickets, Brisbane, Nov 1999; Beat Pakistan by four wickets, Hobart, Nov 1999; Beat Pakistan by an innings and 20 runs, Perth, Nov 1999; Beat India by 285 runs, Adelaide, Dec 1999; Beat India by 180 runs, Melbourne, Dec 1999; Beat India by innings and 141 runs, Sydney, Jan 2000; Beat New Zealand by 62 runs, Auckland, March 2000.