15 instances of cheap Test totals since 2008
On the very first morning of the maiden day-night Test in New Zealand, Trent Boult blazed through the England batting line-up at the Eden Park in Auckland to skittle the visitors out for just 58, their lowest Test score since 1888. Only two batsmen got into double figures as Boult bagged career-best figures of 6/32 and new ball partner Tim Southee gave him perfect company with 4/25 of his own. For England, number nine Craig Overton top-scored with 33* in their sixth-lowest Test total.
Sportskeeda looks back on double-digit totals by the top eight teams since 2008, with Pakistan having suffered the fate as many as four times in the period.
#15 India: 76 vs South Africa, Ahmedabad 2008
Brief Scores: South Africa 494/7 dec (de Villiers 217*, Kallis 132; Harbhajan 4/135) beat India 76 (I Pathan 21*; Steyn 5/23, Ntini 3/18) and 328 (Ganguly 87, Dhoni 52; Ntini 3/44) by an innings and 90 runs
Following a dull draw at Chennai, India were stung by Dale Steyn on the first morning at Ahmedabad, where his 5/23 left the hosts skittled out for 76 even before lunch. The last six wickets fell for 23 runs, with three out of the first four belonging to Makhaya Ntini, who got 3/18. Steyn then got into action to remove Rahul Dravid and clean up the tail, with Irfan Pathan remaining not out on 21.
Expectedly, a massive first innings lead of 418 gave South Africa an innings win with AB de Villiers smashing 217*.