Top 5 lowest totals by Test playing nations in World Cup

Top 5 lowest totals by Test playing nations in World Cup: The ICC world cup has seen its share of low scores. Most of them are by the minnow teams who are participating in the tournament for the first time or teams who do not play test cricket. Here are 5 of the lowest scores by the teams who are or became test playing nations later. 5. England 93 vs. Australia Leeds, 1975 Australia won the semi-final with 4 wickets in hand. (Photo Source : Getty Images) The very first semi-final of the very first World cup in 1975 turned out to be a nail-biting affair. Australia bowled England out for 93 runs when they batted first with Gary Gilmour’s 6 wickets for 14 runs. In reply Australia kept losing their wickets at regular intervals to collapse to 6 for 39. In walked Gary Gilmour to take Australia to victory with unbeaten 28 off 28 balls with 5 boundaries. Australia won the semi-final with 4 wickets in hand. 4. Sri Lanka 86 vs. West Indies Manchester, 1975 West Indies met minnows Sri Lanka, who were yet to play a test than, in a group match in the inaugural Prudential World cup in 1975. Sri Lanka batted first after being put in by West Indies and was dismissed for a paltry 86 runs. Spinner Somchandra de Silva made the highest 21 runs. Pace bowler Bernard Julien took 4 for 20 runs. West Indies easily overhauled the total for the loss of 1 wicket in 20 overs. 3. Bangladesh 78 vs. South Africa Dhaka, 2011 Bangladesh was bowled out for just 78 runs with South African spinner Robin Peterson taking 4 wickets for 12 runs. (Photo Source: Associated Press) Bangladesh makes their first appearance in the list. This was a group match against South Africa who batted first after winning the toss. They made 284 runs with half centuries from Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis and Jacques Kallis. Bangladesh was bowled out for just 78 runs with South African spinner Robin Peterson taking 4 wickets for 12 runs. Captain Shakib Al Hasan scored 30 but no other Bangladeshi batsmen crossed double figures. This was Bangladesh’s second score below 100 in the World cup 2011. Bangladesh lost the match by 206 runs. 2. Pakistan 74 vs. England Adelaide, 1992 Pakistan came back into the tournament like cornered tigers retaliating and defeated England in the final to lift the 1992 World Cup. (Photo Source: Getty Images) This match was the turning point for Pakistan in their journey for triumph in the 1992 World cup. England won the toss in this important encounter and put Pakistan to bat under overcast conditions. The English fast bowlers soon destroyed the Pakistani top and middle order and Pakistan were soon bowled out for just 74 runs in 40 overs. Saleem Malik and Mushtaq Ahmed top scored with 17 each. England began their chase steadily with 24 runs off 8 overs and was sure to win the match, but the weather decided to play spoil sport and it rained for the entire day. The match had to be called off and both teams shared the points. Pakistan came back into the tournament like cornered tigers retaliating and defeated England in the final to lift the 1992 World Cup. 1. Bangladesh 58 vs. West Indies, Dhaka, 2011 West Indies easily chased the runs with Gayle scoring 37 runs. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Bangladesh top the list with their worst ever performance in World cups. They played West Indies in a group match in Dhaka and batted first after winning the toss. But soon they staring at the bottom of the barrel with score on 7 for 56 and were soon dismissed for 58 runs. West Indian spinner Suleiman Benn took 4 wickets for just 18 runs. West Indies easily chased the runs with Gayle scoring 37 runs and West Indies scored the runs in just 12 overs. Later the Bangladeshi fans stoned the West Indies team bus after mistaking it for the Bangladeshi team bus. The 58 runs that Bangladesh scored remains the lowest score by a test nation in World Cup cricket. *All stats updated till 14th February 2015.