5 lowest scores of England in 4th innings in test cricket

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India have bundled out England at mere 92 runs in the ongoing test at Rajkot in 4th innings.

While its painful for the captain and coach to see all the playing 11 sitting beside him and the cumulative score still has to surpass 3 figure mark, such incidents are not that rare in cricket and happens from time to time.

Here we look at the 5 lowest 4th innings total by England in test cricket :-

1) Against West Indies, 1994, Port of Spain – 46 is what English squad managed to score in the 4th innings of the test played at port of spain.

England have no answer to the fiery spell of sir Curtly Ambrose and Courtny Walsh as both shared the 9 wickets in the 4th innings, with 1 batsman decided to not fall to any fast bowler, but to run out.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-west-indies-1993-94-61748/west-indies-vs-england-3rd-test-63639/full-scorecard

2) Against Australia, Lords 1888 – England needed mere 113 runs but they fell short by a signficant margin as they only managed 62 runs in the final innings.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1888-61333/england-vs-australia-1st-test-62423/full-scorecard

3) Against New zealand, Wellington 1978 – Once again England lost out on low scoring 4th innings thriller as they were bundled up on 64 runs and New zealand winning by a significant margin of 72 runs.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1977-78-61774/new-zealand-vs-england-1st-test-63203/full-scorecard

4) Against Pakistan, Abu Dhabi 2011 – It was only a matter of time when we are talking about lowest total and Pakistan is not the team they are against at, as Pakistan is known for their bowling.

Abdur Rehman 6 wickets completely dismantled England in their fourth innings as they were bundled on mere 72 runs.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-united-arab-emirates-2011-12-531615/england-vs-pakistan-2nd-test-531629/full-scorecard

5) Against Australia, 1882 – Once again England only managed 72 runs in their fourth innings.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1882-61352/england-vs-australia-only-test-62404/full-scorecard

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