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Lowest totals
Team Score Overs RR Inns Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
New Zealand 42 39.0 1.07 1 v Australia Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
England 52 42.1 1.23 1 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1948 Test # 303
New Zealand 54 32.2 1.67 3 v Australia Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
India 58 21.3x8 2.03 2 v Australia Brisbane 28 Nov 1947 Test # 290
India 67 24.2x8 2.07 3 v Australia Melbourne 6 Feb 1948 Test # 295
India 98 49.7x8 1.47 3 v Australia Brisbane 28 Nov 1947 Test # 290
Australia 107 46.2x8 1.73 2 v India Sydney 12 Dec 1947 Test # 291
England 111 50.2 2.20 2 v West Indies Georgetown 3 Mar 1948 Test # 297
India 125 25.7x8 3.62 4 v Australia Melbourne 1 Jan 1948 Test # 292
South Africa 137 56.2x8 1.82 2 v Australia Johannesburg 24 Dec 1949 Test # 318
England 141 61.5x8 1.71 2 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1946 Test # 279
India 144 63.3 2.26 3 v West Indies Chennai 27 Jan 1949 Test # 310
South Africa 161 53.5x8 2.25 1 v England Durban 16 Dec 1948 Test # 306
England 165 79.0 2.08 1 v Australia Nottingham 10 Jun 1948 Test # 299
India 170 82.0 2.07 2 v England Manchester 20 Jul 1946 Test # 277
England 172 43.7x8 2.94 3 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1946 Test # 279
South Africa 175 97.1 1.80 1 v England Leeds 26 Jul 1947 Test # 288
South Africa 184 80.0 2.30 3 v England Leeds 26 Jul 1947 Test # 288
England 186 60.4x8 2.30 3 v Australia Sydney 28 Feb 1947 Test # 283
England 186 78.1 2.37 4 v Australia Lord's 24 Jun 1948 Test # 300
England 188 105.3 1.78 3 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1948 Test # 303
India 188 70.0x8 2.01 1 v Australia Sydney 12 Dec 1947 Test # 291
South Africa 191 65.1x8 2.19 3 v Australia Johannesburg 24 Dec 1949 Test # 318
India 193 88.4 2.17 2 v West Indies Mumbai (BS) 4 Feb 1949 Test # 311
India 200 76.1 2.62 1 v England Lord's 22 Jun 1946 Test # 276
England 208 113.1 1.83 2 v South Africa Nottingham 7 Jun 1947 Test # 285
England 215 102.4 2.09 2 v Australia Lord's 24 Jun 1948 Test # 300
South Africa 219 89.3x8 1.83 3 v England Durban 16 Dec 1948 Test # 306
Australia 221 93.0 2.37 2 v England Manchester 8 Jul 1948 Test # 301
England 227 128.5 1.76 1 v West Indies Kingston 27 Mar 1948 Test # 298
India 245 99.0 2.47 2 v West Indies Chennai 27 Jan 1949 Test # 310
South Africa 252 127.2 1.97 3 v England Lord's 21 Jun 1947 Test # 286
England 253 99.4x8 1.90 2 v South Africa Durban 16 Dec 1948 Test # 306
England 253 110.2 2.29 2 v West Indies Bridgetown 21 Jan 1948 Test # 293
Australia 253 76.0x8 2.49 2 v England Sydney 28 Feb 1947 Test # 283
England 255 96.1x8 1.98 1 v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1946 Test # 280
England 263 106.4 2.46 3 v West Indies Georgetown 3 Mar 1948 Test # 297
West Indies 267 107.3 2.48 3 v India Mumbai (BS) 4 Feb 1949 Test # 311
South Africa 267 84.4 3.15 3 v England Manchester 5 Jul 1947 Test # 287
India 272 109.0 2.49 2 v West Indies Kolkata 31 Dec 1948 Test # 308
India 273 142.2 1.91 2 v West Indies Mumbai (BS) 9 Dec 1948 Test # 305
England 275 113.2 2.42 3 v West Indies Port of Spain 11 Feb 1948 Test # 296
India 275 81.1 3.38 3 v England Lord's 22 Jun 1946 Test # 276
India 277 92.5x8 2.24 3 v Australia Adelaide 23 Jan 1948 Test # 294
South Africa 278 75.4x8 2.76 2 v Australia Cape Town 31 Dec 1949 Test # 319
England 280 94.3x8 2.22 1 v Australia Sydney 28 Feb 1947 Test # 283
West Indies 286 104.2 2.74 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 4 Feb 1949 Test # 311
New Zealand 293 128.2 2.28 1 v England Manchester 23 Jul 1949 Test # 316
England 294 129.0 2.27 1 v India Manchester 20 Jul 1946 Test # 277
West Indies 296 124.0 2.38 1 v England Bridgetown 21 Jan 1948 Test # 293

Completed innings only.
Matches are credited to the decade they start in and no special account is taken of matches that may overlap decades

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]
England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]
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