Lowest innings totals in test cricket

(Reuters) – Following is a list of the 10 lowest scores in a single innings in test match cricket after Ireland were bowled out for 38 in a 143-run defeat by England on Friday.

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

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

42 – India v England at Lord’s, June 1974