Winning every match in a series (whitewashes)
Team Mat Opposition Series
England 3 v Australia The Ashes (Australia in England), 1886
England 3 v South Africa England in South Africa Test Series, 1895/96
England 3 v South Africa South Africa in England Test Series, 1912
Australia 5 v England The Ashes (England in Australia), 1920/21
England 3 v West Indies West Indies in England Test Series, 1928
Australia 5 v South Africa South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1931/32
England 5 v India India in England Test Series, 1959
West Indies 5 v India India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62
England 3 v New Zealand England in New Zealand Test Series, 1962/63
England 3 v New Zealand New Zealand in England Test Series, 1965
England 3 v India India in England Test Series, 1967
Australia 4 v India India in Australia Test Series, 1967/68
South Africa 4 v Australia Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1969/70
Australia 3 v Pakistan Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1972/73
England 3 v India India in England Test Series, 1974
England 3 v New Zealand New Zealand in England Test Series, 1978
Australia 3 v England England in Australia Test Series, 1979/80
Pakistan 3 v Australia Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83
West Indies 5 v England The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1984
West Indies 5 v England The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1985/86
Pakistan 3 v New Zealand New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1990/91
India 3 v England England in India Test Series, 1992/93
India 3 v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1993/94
Australia 3 v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 1995/96
Pakistan 3 v West Indies West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1997/98
South Africa 5 v West Indies West Indies in South Africa Test Series, 1998/99
Australia 3 v Pakistan Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1999/00
Australia 3 v India Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 1999/00
Australia 3 v New Zealand Trans-Tasman Trophy (Australia in New Zealand), 1999/00
Australia 5 v West Indies The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 2000/01
Sri Lanka 3 v West Indies West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
Australia 3 v South Africa South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02
Sri Lanka 3 v Zimbabwe Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
Australia 3 v Pakistan Australia v Pakistan Test Series (in Sri Lanka/United Arab Emirates), 2002/03
Pakistan 3 v Bangladesh Bangladesh in Pakistan Test Series, 2003
Australia 3 v Sri Lanka Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
England 3 v New Zealand New Zealand in England Test Series, 2004
England 4 v West Indies The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2004
Australia 3 v Pakistan Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2004/05
Australia 3 v West Indies The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 2005/06
Australia 3 v South Africa Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2005/06
Australia 5 v England The Ashes (England in Australia), 2006/07
Sri Lanka 3 v Bangladesh Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007
Australia 3 v Pakistan Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2009/10
England 4 v India Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
Australia 4 v India Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 2011/12
Pakistan 3 v England Pakistan v England Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2011/12
Australia 3 v Sri Lanka Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia), 2012/13
South Africa 3 v Pakistan Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13
India 4 v Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India), 2012/13
Australia 5 v England The Ashes (England in Australia), 2013/14
Bangladesh 3 v Zimbabwe Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2014/15
Sri Lanka 3 v Australia Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016
India 3 v New Zealand New Zealand in India Test Series, 2016/17
Australia 3 v Pakistan Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2016/17
South Africa 3 v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2016/17
India 3 v Sri Lanka India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017
England 3 v Sri Lanka England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19
South Africa 3 v Pakistan Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19
India 3 v South Africa Freedom Trophy (South Africa in India), 2019/20
Australia 3 v New Zealand Trans-Tasman Trophy [New Zealand in Australia], 2019/20
England 3 v New Zealand New Zealand in England Test Series, 2022
England 3 v Pakistan England in Pakistan Test Series, 2022/23
Australia 3 v Pakistan Benaud-Qadir Trophy (Pakistan in Australia), 2023/24
England 3 v West Indies Botham-Richards Trophy (West Indies in England), 2024
New Zealand 3 v India New Zealand in India Test Series, 2024/25

Minimum of 3 matches in the series

Records include the following recent matches:
Zimbabwe v Ireland at Bulawayo, Only Test, Feb 6-10, 2025 [Test # 2581]
Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, 2nd Test, Feb 6-9, 2025 [Test # 2580]
Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, 1st Test, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2025 [Test # 2579]

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