5 instances when cricket teams were bowled out for under 10 runs
Scoring runs in a match might be a challenge for some teams. There have been instances when teams have managed to score more than 1000 runs, when Victoria scored 1107 against a humiliated New South Wales.
They managed to score more than 1000 runs once again when they scored 1059 runs against Tasmania in a first class match. The highest total in an ICC certified match was when Sri Lanka scored a magnificent 952 against India in a Test match held in 1997.
Sri Lanka also hold the highest total, where they scored 443 runs against a miserable Netherlands side, showing how easy it can be to score when the team is in full form.
But there have been instances when teams have been bowled out for humiliating totals, showing how ruthless cricket can be. New Zealand hold the record for the worst score in an ICC certified test match when they scored a lowly 26 runs against England in 1955.
The lowest score in an ODI was when Zimbabwe scored a poor 35 runs against Sri Lanka in 2004. But, some teams have found it tough to score more than even that much runs in an innings, with them not even scoring 10 runs.
So below are the 5 instances when cricket teams were bowled out for under 10 runs:
5) China vs Afghanistan (China all out for 9)
China played Afghanistan in a U-16 match in the Asian Cricket Council’s U-16 Challenge Cup 2012. Afghanistan scored a mighty 349 runs for the Chinese to chase, but the Chinese faltered so badly that they would rather stop playing the sport completely.
The batsmen lasted for just 8.4 overs, scoring nine runs in the process. What’s surprising is that despite surviving 8.4 overs, they couldn’t breach the 10-run barrier, showing how shambolic their batting was.
The captain of the Chinese team, Gaofeng Hu made the highest runs for the whole Chinese team, when he scored a mighty two runs. Afghanistan’s fast bowler Naveen-ul-haq sent two batsmen in the treatment room after the two batsmen were retired hurt.