Lowest Team Score in ODI

Since starting, cricket has been ruled over by the batsmen and so it is called the batsmen game but there are some instances where bowlers got the chance to dominate batsmen. There are some ODI matches where the pitch or any other condition helped bowlers and they bowled out the opposition at their lowest total. There are 9 instances when a team could not even touch the 50 runs mark in the past record of ODI. Teams like Zimbabwe, U.S.A., Canada, Pakistan, India, and many more have bowled out at low total.

In the history, Zimbabwe was bowled out by Sri Lanka at the lowest team score in odi of 35 runs in just 18 overs at Harare on 25 Apr 2004. Chaminda Vaas took 4 wickets, Farveez Maharoof and Dilhara Fernando took 3 & 2 wickets in that match. The highest run scored in that match was 7 by Dion Ebrahim.

The 2nd lowest score in odi is again 35 runs when the USA was bowled out by Nepal at Kirtipur on 12 Feb 2020. Sandeep Lamichhane took 6 wickets of the USA in that match and demolished the entire squad at the lowest team score of 35 runs.

The 3rd lowest team score is 36 runs when Canada was demolished very badly by Sri Lanka and bowled out at 36 runs in just 18.4 overs at Paarl on 19 Feb 2003.

The 4th lowest ODI score is 38 runs in 15.4 overs scored by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC) on 8 Dec 2001. Chaminda Vaas was superb with the ball and played a major role in collapsing the Zimbabwe squad at 38 runs, he took 8 wickets of Zimbabwe in that match.

The 5th lowest team score is 43 runs scored by Sri Lanka against South Africa in the 2nd inning at Paarl on 11 Jan 2012. South Africa had put a total of 301/8 on the scoreboard due to Hashim Amla’s century, AB de Villiers’s 52 runs. Sri Lanka got a challenging target of 302 and needed a good start but everything was changed when South Africa took the ball in hand to open the attack. They tore down the entire Sri Lanka team at the lowest total of 43 runs only. The Lanka’s 4 players were dismissed for 0 runs in that match.

Lowest Score in ODI List

Here is a list of the Lowest Team Score in One Day International

For New Zealand, the lowest team score is 64 against Pakistan at Sharjah on 15 Apr 1986. South Africa struck its lowest total of 69 runs against Australia at Sydney on 14 Dec 1993. The lowest total of the Australian team is 70 runs against New Zealand at Adelaide on 27 Jan 1986. England was bowled out at 86 runs in the history of ODI against Australia in NatWest Series in 2001.