Lowest score in Test cricket history: Full list of lowest team totals

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• New Zealand hold the record for the lowest innings total in Test cricket, scoring 26 against England in Auckland in 1955.
• West Indies are second after being dismissed for 27 against Australia in Kingston in 2025.
• India’s lowest Test total is 36 against Australia at Adelaide in 2020.
• Many of the lowest totals came during the pre-2000s era of Test cricket.

What are the lowest team totals in Test cricket?

New Zealand holds the record for the lowest total in Test cricket, having been dismissed for just 26 runs against England in Auckland in 1955.

West Indies currently have the second-lowest innings total of 27 runs against Australia in 2025. It was the first time in the 21st century that a team had been dismissed under 30 runs.

Lowest team scores in an inning in Test cricket history

Check out the top 10 list here:

RankTeamScoreOppositionGroundYear1New Zealand26EnglandAuckland19552West Indies27AustraliaKingston20253South Africa30EnglandGqeberha18963South Africa30EnglandBirmingham19245South Africa35EnglandCape Town18996India36AustraliaAdelaide20206Australia36EnglandBirmingham19026South Africa36AustraliaMelbourne19329Ireland38EnglandLord's201910Australia42EnglandSydney188810New Zealand42AustraliaWellington194610Sri Lanka42South AfricaDurban2024Lowest Test score in 21st century: West Indies, India hold lowest totals record since 2020

West Indies' 27 runs is the lowest total in Test cricket since 2000, followed by 36 runs by India against Australia at Adelaide in 2020.

Ireland also features in the top 10 overall list, following their 38 all-out against England at Lord's in 2019.

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