Top 10 Lowest Totals in One Day International cricket

10.West Indies 54 vs. South Africa Cape Town, 2004 Main wicket takers were Lance Klusener and Makhaya Ntini with 3 wickets each. (Photo Source: Associated Press) South Africa batted first in this first match of the 5 match series in 2004. With the help of an unbeaten 109 from Jacques Kallis and half centuries from Captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Rudolph, South Africa made a more than good 263 for loss of 4 wickets. West Indies began their reply on a sad note with cheap wickets of Chris Gayle, Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan. None of the West Indian players apart from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ricardo Powell reached double figures and West Indies were shot out for 54 runs in just 23.2 overs. Main wicket takers were Lance Klusener and Makhaya Ntini with 3 wickets each. 09. India 54 vs. Sri Lanka Sharjah, 2000 India slipped to 30 for 5 with chief demolisher being Chaminda Vaas. (Photo Source: ESPNcricinfo Ltd ) India met Sri Lanka in the final of the 2000 Coca Cola trophy held in Sharjah. Every one anticipated an exciting match, but Sanath Jayasuriya blasted a career best 189 and with the help of Russell Arnold helped Sri Lanka to 299 for loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. India slipped to 30 for 5 with chief demolisher being Chaminda Vaas. Only Robin Singh managed to reach double figures, but India were dismissed for 54 runs, lowest score in tournament final. 08. Namibia 45 vs. Australia Potchefstroom, ICC World cup 2003 Australia finished with 301 thanks to Matthew Hayden’s 88 runs. (Photo Source: Reuters) Eventual winners Australia met the minnows Namibia in the 2003 World cup encounter and won the toss and decided to bat first. Australia finished with 301 thanks to Matthew Hayden’s 88 runs. Namibia’s batting proved to be no match to Australian pace bowling attack. Glen Mcgrath took 7 for 15, which are the best bowling figures in World Cup history and the highest score for Namibia were the 15 extras that Australia conceded. 07. Canada 45 vs. England Manchester, Prudential World Cup 1979 Another World cup entry in our list. This time it is the minnows Canada who played their first World cup in 1979. This match was against the hosts England and batting first, Canada collapsed for just 45 runs. It was a world record until the number one entry in this list broke it. 06. Zimbabwe 44 vs. Bangladesh Chittagong, 2009-10 Shakib Al Hasan returned figures of 3 wickets for 8 runs. Bangladesh won the game easily by 6 wickets. (Photo Source: Bangladesh Cricket Board) Zimbabwe is a team that used to punch above their weight limit, but in recent times, it is struggling to regain the glory of past times, where it used to give a strong fight to teams like Australia, India, England in ODI arena. This was a battle of minnows and Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for just 44 runs inside 25 overs. The highest contribution came from Malcolm Waller who scored 13 runs. Shakib Al Hasan returned figures of 3 wickets for 8 runs. Bangladesh won the game easily by 6 wickets. 05. Pakistan 43 vs. West Indies Cape Town, 1992-93 West Indies won easily by 7 wickets. (Photo Source: ESPNcricinfo Ltd) Pakistan was dismissed for just 43 runs, which was a world record lowest ODI score by a test side for years. Pakistani batting just crumbled under some good pressure applied from the West Indian pace attack. Aided by a bouncy pitch and swinging conditions, West Indies demolished Pakistan with Courtney Walsh taking 4 wickets for 16 runs and Zahid Fazal scored the highest 21 runs. West Indies won easily by 7 wickets. 04. Sri Lanka 43 vs. South Africa Paarl, 2011-12 South Africa easily won the game by 258 runs. (Photo Source: Associated Press) A recent occurrence, Sri Lanka were playing South Africa in a 5 match ODI series and South Africa batted first and scored 301 runs with the help of 112 from Hashim Amla and 72 from veteran Jacques Kallis. Sri Lankan innings just crumbled from the beginning itself in front of South African attack comprising of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Lonwabo Tsotsobe. Sri Lanka was bowled out for an astonishing 43 with just Nuwan Kulasekara reaching 19 runs. Both the openers returned to the pavilion for ducks. South Africa easily won the game by 258 runs. 03. Zimbabwe 38 vs. Sri Lanka Colombo, 2001-02 Sri Lanka chased down the total in just 4.2 overs and won the match by 9 wickets to spare. (Photo Source: AFP) Srilanka is going to feature in all the top 3 entries in this list as the team to dismiss their opposition for the top 3 lowest scores in ODIs. Zimbabwe toured Sri Lanka in 2001-02 with a pretty strong team and played the first match of the triseries against Sri Lanka. But their match ended as soon as it began, with Sri Lanka dismissing them for just 38 runs in 15 overs. Chaminda Vaas returned the world record best figures in ODI of 8 wickets for 19 runs. Sri Lanka chased down the total in just 4.2 overs and won the match by 9 wickets to spare. 02. Canada 36 vs. Sri Lanka Paarl, ICC World Cup 2003 Canada’s total of 36 runs is the lowest total in a World Cup match. (Photo Source: Reuters) Canada met Sri Lanka in a group B encounter in the 2003 edition of the ICC world cup in Paarl. Canada were put into bat by Sri Lanka under heavy weather conditions and their decision to do so was proved to be correct when Canada were shot out for 36 runs. Prabhat Nissanka took 4 wickets for 12 runs. Sri Lanka won the match in 4.4 overs and won by 9 wickets. Canada’s total of 36 runs is the lowest total in a World Cup match. 01. Zimbabwe 35 vs. Sri Lanka Harare, 2004 Sri Lanka chased down the total in 4 overs and won by 9 wickets to spare. (Photo Source: AFP) Zimbabwe managed to wrest back the lowest total and ODI record from Canada in this dismal performance on their home ground. Sri Lanka asked Zimbabwe to bat first after winning the toss and the demolition job began, with no batsman reaching double figures and just 3 boundaries hit in the world record lowest total of 35 runs. Chaminda Vaas took 4 wickets for just 11 runs. Sri Lanka chased down the total in 4 overs and won by 9 wickets to spare.

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