5 quickest Test match wins ever

England Captain Monty Bowden
England Captain Monty Bowden

#2 England beat West Indies, Bridgetown, 1935

English legend Wally Hammond
English legend Wally Hammond

This was one of those really low-scoring Test matches where none of the teams scored more than 102 runs in any of the four innings. In the first Test of the England tour of West Indies in 1985, England won the toss and elected to field first at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Batting first, West Indies were all out for 102 runs in 47 overs. England then declared their first innings at 81 for 7. West declared their second innings at 51 for 6 in 19 overs and set a target of 73 for England.

England chased the score in 16.3 overs to win the game and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Though four innings happened in the game, the test match lasted only 112 overs over the course of three days.

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