Test
c icket
is
ofte
ega ded
as
the
toughest
fo mat
fo
batte s,
dema di g
patie ce,
discipli e
a d
st o g
tech ique
ove
lo g
pe iods.
Yet
eve
the
best
teams
have
suffe ed
d amatic
batti g
collapses,
with
some
bei g
dismissed
fo
ema kably
low
totals.
Seve al
sides
have
failed
to
c oss
eve
the
50- u
ma k
i
a
Test
i i gs,
with
New
Zeala d
holdi g
the
u wa ted
eco d
fo
the
lowest
total.
New
Zeala d
Hold
U wa ted
Reco d
New
Zeala d
have
the
lowest
i i gs
total
eve
eco ded
i
Test
c icket.
Faci g
E gla d
i
Auckla d
o
Ma ch
25,
1955,
the
hosts
we e
completely
disma tled
a d
bowled
out
fo
just
26
u s.
The
New
Zeala d
batti g
li eup
had
o
a swe
to
E gla d& squo;s
attack
a d
was
dismissed
i
o ly
27
ove s.
Mo e
tha
seve
decades
late ,
the
26- u
total
emai s
the
lowest
i
Test
histo y.
West
I dies
Close
Behi d
West
I dies
Close
Behi d
West
I dies
occupy
the
seco d
spot
o
the
list
afte
bei g
dismissed
fo
27
u s
agai st
Aust alia
i
Ki gsto
i
July
1955.
The
collapse
came
i
thei
seco d
i i gs,
as
the
Aust alia
bowle s
a
th ough
the
West
I dies
batti g
o de .
Seve al
batte s
failed
to
make
it
i to
double
figu es
as
the
hosts
we e
skittled
out
fo
just
o e
u
mo e
tha
New
Zeala d& squo;s
eco d-low
total.
South
Af ica& squo;s
Multiple
E t ies
South
Af ica& squo;s
Multiple
E t ies
South
Af ica
featu e
p omi e tly
amo g
the
teams
with
the
lowest
Test
totals.
Thei
lowest
sco e
is
30,
eco ded
agai st
E gla d
i
Gqebe ha
i
1896.
They
also
egiste ed
a othe
total
of
30
agai st
E gla d
i
Bi mi gham
i
1924.
Thei
othe
otable
collapses
i clude
sco es
of
35
agai st
E gla d
i
Cape
Tow
i
1899
a d
36
agai st
Aust alia
i
Melbou e
i
1932.
I dia& squo;s
Lowest
Test
Total
I dia& squo;s
Lowest
Test
Total
I dia& squo;s
lowest
sco e
i
Test
c icket
came
du i g
the
fi st
i i gs
of
the
2020
pi k-ball
Test
agai st
Aust alia
i
Adelaide.
The
I dia
batti g
li eup
collapsed
d amatically
a d
was
bowled
out
fo
just
36
u s.
That
emai s
I dia& squo;s
lowest-eve
Test
total.
Befo e
that,
I dia
had
eco ded
a
total
of
42
agai st
E gla d
at
Lo d& squo;s
i
1974.
Lowest
Team
Sco es
i
Test
C icket
Lowest
Team
Sco es
i
Test
C icket
New
Zeala d
& dash;
26
vs
E gla d,
1955West
I dies
& dash;
27
vs
Aust alia,
1955South
Af ica
& dash;
30
vs
E gla d,
1896South
Af ica
& dash;
30
vs
E gla d,
1924South
Af ica
& dash;
35
vs
E gla d,
1899South
Af ica
& dash;
36
vs
Aust alia,
1932I dia
& dash;
36
vs
Aust alia,
2020
