Lowest Test innings totals by each of the top 10 team

Some games in Cricket history have seen the ball take its toll on the bat

Cricket is often considered a game of glorious uncertainties and that makes the game even more interesting. Sometimes it’s the batsmen who are dominating the bowlers and sometimes it’s the other way round. There have been various occasions when a top Test team has been blown away by their opposition bowlers quite cheaply and they have succumbed to their lowest ever score.

Whether it was the pitch or the quality of the bowlers, some of the totals achieved by the top teams have been unexpected irrespective of everything. Now let us take a look at the lowest totals by each test teams:

#10 Sri Lanka (71 VS Pakistan at Kandy, 1994)

Waqar Younis was the destructor-in-chief

The lowest total by Sri Lanka came against the mighty Pakistanis in the 3rd Test of their home series in 1994. Pakistan won the toss and put the opposition in.

The Pakistani bowling was spearheaded by the indomitable duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis and they literally blew away the Sri Lankan top order. A hostile spell from Waqar and Wasim left the hosts reeling at 46/9 with the prospect of getting bowled out for less than 50. Eventually, a 24 run partnership for the last wicket took their score past 50.

Waqar Younis accounted for 6 Sri Lankan batsmen and the left arm great Wasim Akram backed it up with 4 scalps. The Sri Lankans were eventually bowled out for 71, their lowest Test total till date.

Inzamam-ul-Haq’s century in the first innings put the Pakistanis in a strong position and gave them a big lead. It was again Waqar Younis in the 2nd innings with a five wicket haul who did most of the damage and Mushtaq Ahmed chipped in with 3.

Pakistan won the match by an innings & 52 runs and took the series 2-0.