After winning the First Test by an innings after being controversially sent in by Hutton, Australia lost its way and England took a hat-trick of victories to win the series 3 – 1.

After narrowly winning the Second Test at Lord's, dubbed " The Battle of the Ridge " because of a protrusion on the pitch that caused erratic bounce, Australia mounted a comeback on the final day of the Fourth Test at Old Trafford and sealed the series after a heavy collapse during the English runchase.

After winning over the Sanhaja Berber tribe, they quickly took control of the entire desert trade route, seizing Sijilmasa at the northern end in 1054, and Aoudaghost at the southern end in 1055.

After winning at Eurymedon in 468 BC, Cimon and Themistocles ordered the reconstruction of its southern and northern walls, and Pericles entrusted the building of the Parthenon to Ictinus and Callicrates, under the general direction of Phidias.

After winning the opening game of the season on March 31 on the road against the Cincinnati Reds, the Diamondbacks found themselves with the best record in Major League Baseball, 20 – 8, by the start of May.

After winning the Dutch Mixing Championships ( DMC ) in 1988, he was invited for The World Mix Championships in the London Royal Hall and won third place in a fierce competition.

After several efforts, Spanish troops from Peru took advantage of the internecine strife to reconquer Chile in 1814, when they reasserted control by winning the Battle of Rancagua on October 12.

After winning a seat in the Senate representing the mining north in 1915, he earned the sobriquet " Lion of Tarapacá.

After losing the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, the Cubs finished with winning seasons the next two years, but those teams did not enter post-season play.

After losing a dismal 103 games in 1966, the Cubs brought home consecutive winning records in ' 67 and ' 68, marking the first time a Cub team had accomplished that feat in over two decades.

After a down-to-the-wire Wild Card chase with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago and San Francisco ended the regular season tied, and thus squared off in a one game playoff at Wrigley Field in which third baseman Gary Gaetti hit the eventual game winning homer.

After a rough start, which included a brawl between Michael Barrett and Carlos Zambrano, the Cubs overcame the Milwaukee Brewers, who had led the division for most of the season, with winning streaks in June and July, coupled with a pair of dramatic, late-inning wins against the Reds, and ultimately clinched the NL Central with a record of 85 – 77.

After World War II, the club reached the FA Cup Final twice, losing in 1946 and winning in 1947.

After winning Miss Pacific Coast in 1981, she gave up pageant life.

After winning the 2003 World Series, the Marlins entered 2004 with high hopes and a retooled roster.

After winning the United Kingdom general election, 1979, Margaret Thatcher appointed Keith Joseph, the director of the Hayekian Centre for Policy Studies, as her secretary of state for industry in an effort to redirect parliament's economic strategies.

After performances in the youth and A teams gained him promotion to the reserves, Banks was posted to Germany with the Royal Signals on National service, winning the Rhine Cup with his regimental team.

After winning the Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Lineker was signed by Barcelona for £ 2, 800, 000.

After the year's previous success, King had Brown sign a new recording contract and in June 1965, released " Papa's Got a Brand New Bag ", which became his breakthrough hit single, becoming his first # 1 single on the R & B chart since " Try Me " and his first Top 10 pop single winning Brown his first Grammy.

After going through a summer filled with mostly ties and losses, a four game winning streak at the end of August helped get them back in the playoff race.

After narrowly winning the primary, he lost the general election.

After the massacre and subsequent violence, Gandhi began to focus on winning complete self-government and control of all Indian government institutions, maturing soon into Swaraj or complete individual, spiritual, political independence.

After winning the division again in 1970, the team entered an eight-year dry spell, finishing around the. 500 mark.

After a winning season in 1992, the Twins fell into a years-long stretch of mediocrity, posting a losing record each year for the next eight years: 71 – 91 in 1993, 50 – 63 in 1994, 56 – 88 in 1995, 78 – 84 in 1996, 68 – 94 in 1997, 70 – 92 in 1998, 63 – 97 in 1999 and 69 – 93 in 2000.

After an arduous recovery, Doohan returned to racing for the final two races but could not prevent Yamaha rider Wayne Rainey from winning his third consecutive title ( by 4 points from Doohan ).

After beginning the season at 1 – 3, head coach Dan Reeves and quarterback Michael Vick led the Falcons to an NFL-best eight-game unbeaten streak ( 7 – 0 – 1 ).

After winning their first game, against the Seattle Seahawks, two weeks later, the team went on a four-game winning streak to bring their record to an even 4 – 4.

After starting 5 – 0 in the 2009 season, New York lost to the likewise undefeated New Orleans Saints at the Superdome 48 – 27, beginning a four game losing streak, in which they lost to the Arizona Cardinals 24 – 17, the San Diego Chargers 21 – 20 and the Philadelphia Eagles 40 – 17.

After a loss against the Seattle Seahawks, they had a second three game winning streak.

After two very strong opening wins, the club went on a 7-matches-long losing streak, where not a single goal was scored.

After building a reputation around the Eastern coast and a streak of wins over people like Roberto Elizondo ( KO in 10 ), his first title try came on June 7, 1987 in Providence, where he outpointed Greg Haugen over 15 rounds to become the IBF's world lightweight champion.

After that, he managed another winning streak against some obscure boxers, but by 1958 it was clear his best days in boxing were long over.

After splitting two fights with Jerry Pellegrini and drawing in four rounds with Ricky Ortiz, Backus embarked on another winning streak, including an eight round knockout over Ortiz in a rematch.

After that last streak, Backus was ranked among the top ten Welterweight challengers of the world at number 10.

After defeating Manuel Arnal by a disqualification in six, he set off on another knockout win streak, this one reaching 21 in a row.

After a 16-game hitting streak, four consecutive games with home runs and three grand slams, Hunter was recalled by the Twins on July 28.

After losing to Phoenix in a 112 – 105 contest at Target Center on July 13, the Lynx went on a nine-game winning streak, at the time a franchise record and the longest in the league for 2011.

After Kansas City broke the Rapids ’ MLS record 16 game home undefeated streak on June 9, the Black & Blue reeled off 11 more undefeated home games.

After a slow start at home against Boston and Buffalo, Philadelphia ended January on a 3 game winning streak, taking two games from Colorado, and blowing out Boston on the road.

After beginning his career 12-1-1, Carrasco had a streak on which he went 92-0-1.

After the streak ended, Lalime cooled off for the rest of the season and finished off with a 21 – 12 – 2 record, 2. 94 GAA and a save percentage of. 913.

After stumbling early on, Barry enjoyed a 21-match unbeaten streak and finished the season in a credible third.

After pitching into the tenth inning of the July 4 game against the Cubs, Gibson was removed from a game without finishing an inning for the first time in more than 60 consecutive starts, a streak spanning two years.

After ending Federer's 26-match winning streak over top-10 players, Safin described the match as " a brain fight.

After eight more wins in a row ( which raised his winning streak to a total of thirteen wins in a row ), he was given a shot at the European Bantamweight title by Andre Valignat on October 29 of the same year, and he defeated Valignat by a fifth round disqualification.

After an exposé reveals his killing streak, Russia dumps him.

After a losing streak, Jagger finally recalled that a scratch he had noted on the biased wheel wasn't present.

After that loss, he built a streak of thirteen wins in a row, including wins over former world title challengers James Busceme and Gaetan Hart, as well as top ten ranked fighters like Jerome Artis and Rafael Williams.