Lowest aggregate in Test history for a complete match

Regarded as the truest format of the sport, Test cricket pushes the cricketers to perform at their very best. Players keep high resilience, perseverance and patience in order to play out a good innings either with the bat or with the ball; sometimes both. The longest format has witnessed many scintillating clashes over the years since its inception. In this piece, we take a look at the top three Lowest aggregate in Test history for a complete match:

3. New Zealand and Australia – 295 runs

Australia and the Kiwis met in 1946 in the only Test. The Aussies outfoxed the rival side for a paltry 42 runs and followed it with 199 runs by declaring. What followed was equally dramatic as the Blackcaps were dished out for just 54 runs. The two sides aggregated merely 295 in the entire contest.

2. England and Australia – 291 runs

England and Australia recorded one of the lowest totals in red-ball cricket in 1888. This is only contest among the list of three that a total of four innings were played. England managed a paltry 53 in response to Australia’s 116 in the first innings. However, both the sides displayed dismal innings as they registered scores of 60 and 62 runs respectively, with the Aussies winning by 61 runs eventually as the two rivals managed to get only 291 runs combined in the complete game.

1. Australia and South Africa – 234 runs

In 1932, South Africa and Australia made history, recording the lowest aggregate in Test cricket in a record that stand to date. In the fifth Test match when the Proteas toured Down Under, the side skittled out for mere 36 runs in the first innings courtesy for a five wicket haul by Bert Ironmonger. While the Aussies responded the meagre total with 153 runs, the Proteas bundled out yet again for just 45 runs to hand a historic win to the home side by an innings and 72 runs. This meant that the two teams aggregated just 234 runs, which is the lowest-ever total in a complete Test match.