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Lowest totals
Team Score Overs RR Inns Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
India 42 17.0 2.47 3 v England Lord's 20 Jun 1974 Test # 740
England 64 27.3x8 1.75 4 v New Zealand Wellington 10 Feb 1978 Test # 817
New Zealand 65 37.6x8 1.29 1 v England Christchurch 25 Feb 1971 Test # 681
New Zealand 67 37.1 1.80 3 v England Lord's 24 Aug 1978 Test # 830
England 71 32.5 2.16 2 v West Indies Manchester 8 Jul 1976 Test # 779
India 81 26.3x8 2.30 3 v New Zealand Wellington 13 Feb 1976 Test # 772
India 83 38.5 2.13 4 v England Chennai 14 Jan 1977 Test # 793
Australia 90 35.1 2.55 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 3 Mar 1978 Test # 819
Australia 94 43.4 2.15 4 v West Indies Port of Spain 15 Apr 1978 Test # 823
England 95 34.3x8 2.07 2 v Australia Melbourne 12 Mar 1977 Test # 800
India 96 55.5 1.71 1 v England Lord's 2 Aug 1979 Test # 852
New Zealand 97 41.4 2.32 2 v England Nottingham 7 Jun 1973 Test # 722
India 97 26.2 3.68 3 v West Indies Kingston 21 Apr 1976 Test # 776
England 101 45.3 2.21 2 v Australia Birmingham 10 Jul 1975 Test # 760
England 101 45.1 2.23 3 v India The Oval 19 Aug 1971 Test # 692
Australia 103 31.3 3.26 2 v England Leeds 11 Aug 1977 Test # 807
New Zealand 105 27.0x8 2.91 4 v England Christchurch 24 Feb 1978 Test # 818
Pakistan 105 36.0 2.91 2 v England Lord's 15 Jun 1978 Test # 826
Pakistan 106 46.0x8 1.72 4 v Australia Sydney 6 Jan 1973 Test # 707
West Indies 109 52.3 2.07 3 v Australia Georgetown 6 Apr 1973 Test # 720
Australia 111 49.2x8 1.69 4 v England Sydney 6 Jan 1979 Test # 840
New Zealand 112 30.2x8 2.77 2 v Australia Auckland 22 Mar 1974 Test # 736
Australia 116 56.5x8 1.53 4 v England Sydney 9 Jan 1971 Test # 676
England 116 55.2 2.09 3 v Australia Lord's 22 Jun 1972 Test # 699
Australia 116 37.7x8 2.29 1 v England Brisbane 1 Dec 1978 Test # 834
India 118 42.5 2.75 4 v West Indies Bangalore 22 Nov 1974 Test # 745
New Zealand 120 69.4 1.72 2 v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1978 Test # 829
India 122 51.5 2.35 2 v England Delhi 17 Dec 1976 Test # 788
New Zealand 123 44.3x8 2.07 3 v England Wellington 10 Feb 1978 Test # 817
Australia 125 60.2 2.07 4 v India Kanpur 2 Oct 1979 Test # 857
England 126 63.5 1.97 4 v West Indies Manchester 8 Jul 1976 Test # 779
India 126 41.5 3.01 2 v Pakistan Delhi 4 Dec 1979 Test # 863
West Indies 128 39.3x8 2.43 3 v Australia Sydney 3 Jan 1976 Test # 767
Australia 131 49.4x8 1.98 1 v India Sydney 7 Jan 1978 Test # 814
England 131 55.0 2.38 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 2 Feb 1974 Test # 731
West Indies 133 49.3 2.68 1 v New Zealand Bridgetown 23 Mar 1972 Test # 695
Australia 135 76.5 1.75 2 v England Leeds 14 Aug 1975 Test # 762
Australia 136 56.1 2.42 3 v England Leeds 27 Jul 1972 Test # 701
Australia 138 43.6x8 2.36 1 v England Melbourne 12 Mar 1977 Test # 800
Pakistan 139 66.5 2.07 3 v England Lord's 15 Jun 1978 Test # 826
New Zealand 140 55.4 2.51 2 v India Chennai 26 Nov 1976 Test # 787
New Zealand 141 80.2 1.75 4 v India Mumbai 10 Nov 1976 Test # 785
New Zealand 142 70.3 2.01 3 v England Leeds 5 Jul 1973 Test # 724
Australia 142 58.0 2.44 2 v England Manchester 8 Jun 1972 Test # 698
England 143 63.6x8 1.68 2 v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1978 Test # 838
Australia 143 61.1x8 1.75 3 v England Sydney 10 Feb 1979 Test # 846
New Zealand 143 67.0 2.13 4 v India Chennai 26 Nov 1976 Test # 787
Australia 146 86.5 1.68 1 v England Leeds 27 Jul 1972 Test # 701
Pakistan 148 72.4 2.03 2 v England Lord's 17 Jun 1971 Test # 688

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:
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]
India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]
India v Pakistan at Mumbai, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]
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