| Team 1 | Team 2 | Total Runs | Venue | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia (153/10) | South Africa (36/10 & 45/10) | 234 | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 |
| England (53/10 & 62/10) | Australia (116/10 & 60/10) | 291 | Lord’s | 16 Jul 1888 |
| New Zealand (42/10 & 54/10) | Australia (199/8d) | 295 | Wellington | 29 Mar 1946 |
| West Indies (102/10 & 51/6d) | England (81/7d & 85/6) | 309 | Bridgetown | 8 Jan 1935 |
| England (172/10) | Australia (81/10 & 70/10) | 323 | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 |
| England (101/10 & 77/10) | Australia (63/10 & 122/10) | 363 | The Oval | 28 Aug 1882 |
| Australia (42/10 & 82/10) | England (113/10 & 137/10) | 374 | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 |
| England (176/10 & 14/0) | South Africa (95/10 & 93/10) | 378 | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| South Africa (47/10 & 43/10) | England (292/10) | 382 | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| India (145/10 & 49/0) | England (112/10 & 81/10) | 387 | Ahmedabad | 24 Feb 2021 |
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Key Insights
The 1932 Melbourne Test between Australia and South Africa recorded the lowest aggregate runs in Test match by both teams. Together, they scored a combined 234 runs.
81 of 234 runs came from South Africa, the lowest by a team in their two innings combined in a Test. They were all out for 36 in the first innings and 45 in the second.
South Africa are the only team to get all out below 50 in both innings of a Test twice. Their first instance came against England in the 1889 Newlands Test.
155 of the 374 runs scored between Australia and England in the 1888 Sydney Test are the lowest combined score in their first innings in a Test match.
England beat Australia by 126 runs in the above match, the largest win by runs in a Test with less than 400 aggregate runs.
England have also recorded the biggest victory by an innings in a sub-400 aggregate Test. They defeated South Africa by an innings and 202 runs in the 1889 Newlands Test.
England and India are the two teams to win a Test each by 10 wickets involving less than 400 aggregate runs. The English side was the first to do so against South Africa in 1912, while India inflicted the loss against the Englishmen in 2021.
There are 13 instances of Tests with less than 400 aggregate runs. And England feature in 11 of them, the most by a team.
The 1887 Sydney Test between Australia and England recorded a run rate of 1.70, the lowest in a match with less than 500 aggregate runs.
107 overs bowled in the 2024 Cape Town Test between South Africa and India are the lowest in a match with less than 600 aggregate runs. This is also the shortest Test match to have a result.
New Zealand’s 42 all out in Wellington vs Australia is one of the lowest team totals in Test history, and their second-lowest ever.
