Lowest innings totals in Test cricket history

Lowest innings totals in Test cricket history

India's 36 vs Australia in Adelaide has joined the list

Pat Cummins fells Mohammad Shami with a bouncer as India is dismissed for only 36 runs in the first Test in Adelaide. Credit: AFP Photo

The following is a list of the 10 lowest scores in a single innings in Test match cricket. India made the list after they were dismissed for 36 by Australia in the second innings of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar series on Saturday.

26 - New Zealand v England at Auckland, March 1955

30 - South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Feb 1896

30 - South Africa v England at Birmingham, June 1924

35 - South Africa v England at Cape Town, April 1899

36 - South Africa v Australia at Melbourne, Feb. 1932

36 - Australia v England at Birmingham, May 1902

36 - India v Australia at Adelaide, Dec. 2020

38 - Ireland v England at Lord's, July 2019

42 - New Zealand v Australia in Wellington, March 1946

42 - Australia v England in Sydney, Feb. 1888

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