All Time Lowest Total In World Cup

Last Modified Jul 1, 2019 16:11 IST

Very high scoring matches are definitely a showcase of batsmen’s power-hitting capabilities. But the World Cup has seen its share of matches with low totals. The lowest team total in World Cup is 36 runs, posted by Canada against Sri Lanka at Paarl in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. This is also the lowest ever total in a One Day International match.

Lowest Totals In Cricket World Cup

PositionTeamScoreOppositionVenueMatch Date
1Canada36v Sri LankaPaarl19 Feb 2003
2Canada45v EnglandManchester13 Jun 1979
3Namibia45v AustraliaPotchefstroom27 Feb 2003
4Bangladesh58v West IndiesDhaka4 Mar 2011
5Scotland68v West IndiesLeicester27 May 1999
6Kenya69v New ZealandChennai20 Feb 2011
7Pakistan74v EnglandAdelaide1 Mar 1992
8Ireland77v Sri LankaSt George's18 Apr 2007
9Bangladesh78v South AfricaDhaka19 Mar 2011
10Bermuda78v Sri LankaPort of Spain15 Mar 2007

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to ball first. Chaminda Vaas opened the bowling with a maiden over. Prabath Nissanka started the bowling from the other end. He got Jm Davison out for a duck. In the fifth over of the innings, Vaas got AF Sattur out. At this point, Canada was at 6 runs at the loss of two wickets.

Five overs later, more than half of the Canadian team was back in the pavilion with Vaas and Nissanka taking three wickets each. In those same five overs, Canada had added only six more runs to their scorecard.

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JV Harris hit Vaas for two back to back boundaries before getting out to Nissanka in the following over. He along with DR Chumney was the highest run-getter for their side with 9 runs each. At this stage, Canada’s score was 22 runs for 7 wickets. The tailenders tried to fend off the danger but weren’t able to hold the ground for too long. Canadian innings ended in the nineteenth over at 36 runs, the lowest team total in World Cup.

The remaining three wickets were shared between Fernando and Muralitharan, the former taking two wickets. Sri Lanka chased the target in less than five overs at the loss of one wicket.

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