Lowest scores, records rewritten, how they fell...
Thursday 22 March 2018 11:31, UK
After England collapse to 58 all out against New Zealand, we look at their worst Test performances to date...
45 v Australia, Sydney 1887
Australia won the toss and opted to field in the first Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with Charlie Turner (15 for six) and JJ Ferris (27 for four) working their way through the tourists in 35.3 four-ball overs. England went on to win the Test by 13 runs.
46 v West Indies, Port of Spain 1994
England needed 193 in their second innings to beat the Windies in the third Test, but Curtly Ambrose had other ideas. A 10-over spell yielded six England wickets for 24 runs, with Alec Stewart the only tourist to record double figures.
51 v West Indies, Kingston 2009
The Windies had a 74-run lead after the first innings in the First Test but skittled England to avoid having to bat again. Jerome Taylor took a five-for, costing only 11 runs. England found themselves on 26 for seven after 20 overs as Andrew Flintoff top scored with 24.
52 v Australia, The Oval 1948
The worst England innings score on home turf came in 1948 against Australia in a Test where Donald Bradman went for a duck which reduced his Test average to 99.94. Australia were 3-0 up in the Ashes going into the Oval Test but Leonard
Hutton stood strong while his team-mates fell one by one.
53 v Australia, Lord's 1888
The first Ashes Test in 1888 has three entries in the lowest 50 Test innings scores of all time, led by a first innings flop by the home side. Chasing a 116 set by Australia, England fell to 22 for six and 26 for seven before recovering as Johnny Briggs was the last man to fall on 17.
RECORDS REWRITTEN
- 58: The innings total - England recorded the joint 32nd lowest Test innings total of all time and their sixth lowest
- 124: The number of balls faced by England - the 16th shortest Test innings of all time
- 5: The number of ducks in the innings - only four Test innings have seen more
- 56.9: The percentage of England's runs scored by Craig Overton (33) - the 43rd highest in Test history
- 15: The number of Tests in which only two bowlers were needed to dismiss a side - Trent Boult had six and Tim Southee added four in 20.4 overs against England
HOW THE WICKETS FELL
4.2 overs - Alastair Cook pushes forward but is defeated by Trent Boult's away swing and edges to second slip. 6-1.
6.2 - Joe Root tries to break the shackles after five balls without scoring. Looking to drive, he is bowled through the gate by Boult. 6-2.
8.1 - Action replay of Cook's departure, but caught-behind this time, as Dawid Malan gets another beauty from Boult. 16-3.
9.4 - Mark Stoneman joins the collapse, and Tim Southee is in the mix with a very good delivery as another left-hander goes caught-behind. 18-4.
10.3 - Ben Stokes' Test return ends in a duck at the first attempt, another bowled through the gate by Boult. 18-5.
11.2 - Jonny Bairstow's hopes of a counter-attack fall at the first as he drives a return catch back to Southee. 18-6.
12.6 - Boult bowls another one, Chris Woakes on his way this time. 23-7.
13.4 - Moeen Ali is yorked by Southee. 23-8.
15.4 - Stuart Broad tries to return fire, but departs scoreless - the fifth duck of the innings - to an outstanding catch in the gully by Kane Williamson off Southee. 27-9.
20.4 - Craig Overton and James Anderson avoid England's all-time low at least, but it's all over when the number 11 lobs a simple catch to point to complete Boult's devastation. 58 all out.
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