The phrase "a disastrous run of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of events or occurrences that have gone very poorly or resulted in negative outcomes.
Example: "The team experienced a disastrous run of losses, leading to their elimination from the playoffs."
Alternatives: "a terrible streak of" or "a series of unfortunate events".
Two wasted starts and one fail: not brilliant, but hardly a disastrous run of form.
Paul Lambert has been sacked by Aston Villa after a disastrous run of results that has seen the club slip into the relegation zone.
And, as in the FA Cup, the luck of the draw, a dodgy refereeing decision and an opponent suffering a disastrous run of expenses scandals can all produce a freak winner – Wimbledon, Coventry City, Michael Gove.
But a disastrous run of one point in seven games meant hundreds of supporters were so upset after the latest reversal, a 3-1 home defeat against Mainz, that they swarmed on to the pitch after the final whistle.
Last year, they were well in contention in January before a disastrous run of two wins in 13 saw them lose touch with the top two and taste defeat in the play-offs once more.
A disastrous run of results at one stage made the play-off place look beyond them.
The nature of its competitive advantage globally (a disastrous run for oil has directly impacted the strength of the Canadian dollar).
In 1980, he worked for John Connally, the former governor of Texas, a magnetic but flawed candidate who spent $13 million in a disastrous run for the Republican presidential nomination.
We were sitting and eating pizza after a bit of a disastrous run through and two of the kids said they wrote a "roast" last night, of everyone, and wanted to read it.
It is perhaps somewhat akin to how I feel during a particularly disastrous run of results from the England football team during a World Cup: you're vaguely aware of an event going on that a lot of people consider to be momentously important and that everyone is really miserable about, yet for all the impact it actually has on my life it may as well have happened 50 years ago.
Two years ago they were 20th but a gradual rolling to a halt of an ageing squad under Craig Brown, plus Vogts's disastrous run of friendly defeats, have seen them plummet.
