Lowest ODI totals by each top 10 team

There was many a times in ODI matches, that one team get blown away too easily not able to compete against incredible performances by opposition bolwers. Whether it is because of the pitch or just the quality of the bowlers, some totals were simply unbelievable.Here let us take a look at the lowest team totals of the top 10 International teams. The lowest totals of the associate and affiliate member nations were not included in this list.

#10 86, England

The England side with 86 as the lowest stands at the 56th position in the list of lowest ODI scores. Surprising indeed.

Winning the toss at Old Trafford, Australia scored 208 in a rain affected match riding on Steve Waugh and Damien Martyn’s half-centuries. England were given a target of 212 in 44 overs to which they were dismissed for 86 in 32.4 overs, courtesy Australian bowlers.

Jason Gillespie picked up 3, while Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Andrew Symonds claimed 2 wickets each. The match was part of the 2001 NatWest series which also involved Pakistan.

#9 70, Australia

In a Triangular ODI tournament in 1986, New Zealand bowled out their neighbours for 70 after making 276 by winning the toss.

John Wright and Bruce Edgar top scored for the Kiwis with 61 after which the new ball pair of Richard Hadlee and Ewen Chatfield rattled the Aussies with a combined figures of 12 overs, 23 for 5.

Stu Gillespie and John Bracewell picked up 2 wickets each to help their team to a 206 run win.

#8 69, South Africa

In an ODI at Sydney 1993, Australia made 172 when the touring South African team won the toss and asked them to bat first.

South Africa could not capitalize on the good work of its bowlers as they succumbed to Paul Reiffel’s spell of 13 for 4 in 8 overs. Four Proteans were dismissed without scoring. Glenn McGrath and Steve Waugh picked up 2 wickets each.

#7 64, New Zealand

Pakistan chose to field at Sharjah in the 2nd semi-final of five-nation Australasia Cup in which after 35.5 overs, New Zealand made only 64.

Abdul Qadir, the leg-spinner picked up 4 wickets for 9 runs in his full 10 overs with an unbelievable economy rate of 0.90. Wasim Akram captured 3 after which Pakistan got home in 22.4 overs without a loss of wicket.

#6 58, Bangladesh

In a group stage match of the 2011 ICC World Cup at Mirpur, Sulieman Benn of West Indies picked up 4 wickets with his spin helping his team to bowl out the home team for just 58. Four Bangladeshi batsmen failed to score after Bangladesh chose to bat. Darren Sammy and Kemar Roach picked up 3 wickets each.

West Indies chased down the total in 12.2 overs for the loss of 1 wicket.

#5 54, West Indies

The first ODI match of the bilateral series in 2004 at Cape Town turned one-sided, when South Africa enjoyed a 209 run win after scoring 263. Jacques Kallis scored 109 off 94 balls before the Protean quicks snared the Carribean team.

Shaun Pollock opened the gates with his lonely wicket, allowing Makhaya Ntini and Lance Klusener to pick up 3 each. Andre Nel accounted for 2 batsmen. South Africa won the toss and also the match.

#4 54, India

In the year 2000, in the final of a tri-series tournament played at Sharjah, India were set a target of 300 by Sri Lanka after winning the toss.

Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan were the prime destroyers picking up 5 and 3 wickets to blew away India in 26.3 overs. Robin Singh top scored for India with 11 as the island nation won by 245 runs.

Sanath Jayasuriya scored his career best score of 189 in this match before being stumped

#3 43, Pakistan

In 1993, during the tri-nation series involving South Africa, West Indies put Pakistan into bat before ending their innings that had 6 batsmen dismissed for a duck. Courtney Walsh picked up 4 wickets in 9 overs conceding 16 runs.

West Indies won by 7 wickets with 225 balls remaining.

#2 43, Sri Lanka

In the 1st ODI of the bilateral series in 2012, batting first at Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa found the going easy as they smashed 301 runs in their allotted 50 overs. Amla reached his century, while Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers scored half centuries to help their team’s cause.

In reply, Sri Lanka were shot out for 43 in 20.1 overs by the Protean quicks. Morne Morkel bowled his heart out for his 4 wickets conceding just 10 runs in 6 overs. Lonwabo Tsotsobe picked up 3 wickets. Robin Peterson and Dale Steyn nailed the win. Nuwan Kulasekara was the highest scorer for Sri Lanka with 19.

#1 35, Zimbabwe

During the 3rd ODI of the bilateral series in 2004, the African nation stumbled at Harare to the accurate line and length of Chaminda Vass, Farvez Maharoof and Dilhara Fernando in just 18 overs. Vaas claimed his 300th ODI wicket in the process as he pocketed 4 wickets in the match. No Zimbabwean batsmen reached double figures.

Sri Lanka chose to field first after winning the toss and eventually won the match with 9 wickets in hand in 9.2 overs.

Zimbabwe have 3 of their totals in the top 10 lowest scores of ODI matches.