Team Lowest Innings Totals

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Lowest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	30	18.4x5	1.91	4	v England	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
South Africa	30	12.3	2.40	2	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
South Africa	35	22.4x5	1.84	4	v England	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
South Africa	36	23.2	1.54	1	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
South Africa	43	28.2x4	2.26	3	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
South Africa	45	31.3	1.42	3	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
South Africa	47	47.1x4	1.49	2	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
South Africa	55	23.2	2.35	1	v India	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
South Africa	58	26.1	2.21	1	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
Sri Lanka	71	28.2	2.50	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
South Africa	72	50.1x8	1.07	4	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
South Africa	72	33.4x8	1.61	4	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
South Africa	73	28.5	2.53	4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
Sri Lanka	73	24.5	2.93	3	v Pakistan	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
South Africa	75	44.4	1.67	4	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
South Africa	79	33.1	2.38	2	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
South Africa	80	32.0	2.50	4	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
Sri Lanka	81	28.1	2.87	3	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Sri Lanka	82	51.5	1.58	2	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
Sri Lanka	82	24.4	3.32	3	v England	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
South Africa	83	49.3x5	2.00	3	v England	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
South Africa	83	33.1	2.50	3	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
South Africa	84	75.2x4	1.66	1	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
South Africa	84	25.1	3.33	2	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
South Africa	85	33.2	2.55	2	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
South Africa	85	22.0	3.86	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
South Africa	88	38.3	2.28	2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
South Africa	91	46.1	1.97	2	v England	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
Sri Lanka	91	36.4	2.48	2	v England	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
Sri Lanka	93	53.0	1.75	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
South Africa	93	32.4	2.84	3	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
South Africa	93	30.4x5	3.62	2	v England	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
South Africa	95	49.2	1.92	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
South Africa	95	42.3	2.23	1	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
Sri Lanka	95	38.4	2.45	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
South Africa	95	28.2	3.35	3	v Australia	Manchester	27 May 1912	Test # 121
Sri Lanka	96	26.0	3.69	3	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
South Africa	96	24.3	3.91	2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
South Africa	97	58.2x5	1.99	1	v England	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
Sri Lanka	97	41.5	2.31	2	v Australia	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Sri Lanka	97	27.3	3.52	4	v New Zealand	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
South Africa	98	43.5	2.23	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
South Africa	99	57.4x8	1.29	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
South Africa	99	77.1x5	1.53	4	v England	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
South Africa	99	46.2x8	1.60	3	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
South Africa	99	37.4	2.62	3	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
Sri Lanka	101	43.3	2.32	2	v England	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
Sri Lanka	101	43.0	2.34	3	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
South Africa	102	38.2	2.66	2	v Australia	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936	Test # 249
South Africa	103	45.5x8	1.69	2	v England	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
South Africa	103	38.5	2.65	2	v England	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
Sri Lanka	103	24.2	4.23	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012	Test # 2068
Sri Lanka	104	41.0	2.53	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
Sri Lanka	105	50.0	2.10	2	v Australia	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
South Africa	105	38.5	2.70	4	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
Sri Lanka	109	42.4	2.55	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
South Africa	109	39.5	2.73	4	v India	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
Sri Lanka	109	35.5	3.04	2	v India	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
Sri Lanka	110	43.0	2.55	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
South Africa	110	31.5	3.45	2	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
South Africa	111	57.4	1.92	4	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
South Africa	111	52.2	2.12	3	v England	Durban	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
South Africa	111	41.4	2.66	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
South Africa	112	65.0	1.72	2	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
South Africa	113	56.0	2.01	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
South Africa	113	53.0	2.13	3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
Sri Lanka	113	22.5	4.94	3	v Australia	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
South Africa	115	64.5	1.77	2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
South Africa	115	48.0x5	2.87	1	v England	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
South Africa	116	28.0	4.14	3	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
South Africa	117	60.1	1.94	3	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
South Africa	117	64.0x5	2.19	3	v England	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
Sri Lanka	117	34.2	3.40	1	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016	Test # 2209
South Africa	118	36.2	3.24	1	v England	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
Sri Lanka	119	63.5	1.86	1	v India	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
Sri Lanka	119	43.0	2.76	3	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
Sri Lanka	119	36.5	3.23	2	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
South Africa	119	36.4	3.24	4	v England	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Sri Lanka	119	35.3	3.35	3	v England	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
South Africa	121	55.5	2.16	3	v India	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
South Africa	121	51.4	2.34	3	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	121	49.3	2.44	2	v India	Delhi	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
Sri Lanka	122	70.2	1.73	3	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2356
Sri Lanka	122	41.3	2.93	3	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Sri Lanka	123	61.3	2.00	3	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
South Africa	124	40.0	3.10	1	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
South Africa	124	34.5	3.55	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
South Africa	126	54.3	2.31	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
South Africa	126	52.2	2.40	1	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
Sri Lanka	126	35.5	3.51	3	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
South Africa	128	67.0	1.91	4	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
South Africa	128	44.3	2.87	3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
South Africa	129	105.5	1.21	4	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
South Africa	129	90.1x4	2.14	3	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
South Africa	130	75.3	1.72	2	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
South Africa	130	69.0	1.88	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
South Africa	130	41.2	3.14	3	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
Sri Lanka	130	41.0	3.17	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
South Africa	131	56.2	2.32	4	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
Sri Lanka	131	45.4	2.86	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
South Africa	131	37.2	3.50	2	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
South Africa	132	48.2x8	2.05	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
South Africa	132	51.3	2.56	2	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
South Africa	133	50.0	2.66	3	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
South Africa	133	48.0	2.77	3	v India	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
South Africa	133	38.3	3.45	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
Sri Lanka	133	36.3	3.64	3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
South Africa	134	80.7x8	1.24	3	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
Sri Lanka	134	43.4	3.06	4	v India	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
South Africa	134	43.2x5	3.70	3	v England	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
Sri Lanka	135	46.1	2.92	1	v England	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
Sri Lanka	135	37.4	3.58	2	v India	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
Sri Lanka	136	47.3	2.86	4	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
South Africa	137	56.2x8	1.82	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
South Africa	137	57.0	2.40	3	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
Sri Lanka	138	66.5	2.06	3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
South Africa	138	59.5	2.30	3	v England	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
South Africa	138	57.3	2.40	2	v Australia	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
Sri Lanka	138	42.4	3.23	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
Sri Lanka	139	50.5	2.73	3	v Australia	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
South Africa	140	65.0	2.15	2	v England	Lord's	1 Jul 1907	Test # 93
South Africa	141	61.1	2.30	2	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
Sri Lanka	141	51.2	2.74	1	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
Sri Lanka	141	48.4	2.89	3	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
South Africa	142	60.0x8	1.77	3	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
Sri Lanka	142	59.0	2.40	3	v India	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
Sri Lanka	142	57.0	2.49	3	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
South Africa	143	143.1	0.99	4	v India	Delhi	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
South Africa	144	75.1x8	1.43	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
Sri Lanka	144	56.4	2.54	1	v Australia	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
Sri Lanka	144	53.3	2.69	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
South Africa	147	56.3	2.60	2	v England	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
South Africa	148	96.3	1.53	3	v England	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
South Africa	148	72.4	2.03	4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
South Africa	148	53.1x8	2.08	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
South Africa	148	55.4	2.65	1	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
South Africa	149	61.2	2.42	3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
Sri Lanka	149	51.0	2.92	4	v Australia	Canberra	1 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
Sri Lanka	149	47.1	3.15	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Sri Lanka	150	46.1	3.24	1	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
Sri Lanka	150	39.1	3.82	3	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
South Africa	151	87.4	1.72	4	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
South Africa	151	61.5	2.44	2	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1914	Test # 132
South Africa	151	53.2	2.83	1	v England	Manchester	25 Aug 2022	Test # 2475
South Africa	151	46.2x5	3.90	2	v England	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
South Africa	152	48.2	3.14	1	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
South Africa	152	43.3	3.49	2	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
Sri Lanka	152	35.0	4.34	3	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
South Africa	153	73.0	2.09	1	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
Sri Lanka	153	52.1	2.93	3	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
South Africa	154	75.5	2.03	3	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
South Africa	154	62.2	2.47	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
Sri Lanka	154	59.0	2.61	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
Sri Lanka	154	52.4	2.92	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	7 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
Sri Lanka	154	45.2	3.39	4	v Australia	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Sri Lanka	154	37.4	4.08	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
South Africa	155	74.5	2.07	2	v England	Durban	4 Dec 1964	Test # 571
South Africa	156	50.5	3.06	2	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
Sri Lanka	156	43.4	3.57	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012	Test # 2068
South Africa	157	63.4	2.46	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
South Africa	157	63.2	2.47	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
Sri Lanka	157	56.2	2.78	1	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
Sri Lanka	157	40.3	3.87	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
South Africa	158	84.3	1.86	1	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
South Africa	158	50.1x8	2.36	2	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
Sri Lanka	158	61.5	2.55	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
South Africa	159	58.2	2.72	4	v England	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
South Africa	159	48.0	3.31	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
South Africa	160	62.5	2.54	1	v England	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
South Africa	160	50.1	3.18	2	v Australia	Sydney	3 Mar 1911	Test # 115
South Africa	161	73.3	2.19	3	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
South Africa	161	53.5x8	2.25	1	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
Sri Lanka	162	76.5	2.10	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
South Africa	162	72.5	2.22	2	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
Sri Lanka	162	65.4	2.46	4	v Australia	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
South Africa	162	56.2	2.87	2	v India	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
Sri Lanka	162	52.5	3.06	1	v England	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
South Africa	162	51.4	3.13	2	v Australia	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
South Africa	164	87.0x8	1.41	1	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
South Africa	164	90.3	1.81	3	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
Sri Lanka	164	66.5	2.45	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Mar 2023	Test # 2500
Sri Lanka	164	51.1	3.20	4	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
Sri Lanka	165	51.0	3.23	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	2 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
Sri Lanka	166	49.3	3.35	3	v India	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017	Test # 2283
Sri Lanka	166	48.4	3.41	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
South Africa	167	55.2	3.01	2	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
South Africa	168	73.4	2.28	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
Sri Lanka	168	62.0	2.70	1	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
South Africa	168	54.4	3.07	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
South Africa	169	74.1	2.27	1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
Sri Lanka	169	69.4	2.42	1	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
South Africa	169	56.2	3.00	3	v England	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
South Africa	169	50.2	3.35	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
Sri Lanka	169	50.1	3.36	4	v South Africa	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
South Africa	170	138.1	1.23	2	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
South Africa	170	69.2	2.45	3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
South Africa	170	68.5	2.46	1	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
Sri Lanka	170	68.2	2.48	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
South Africa	170	60.3	2.80	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
Sri Lanka	170	53.1	3.19	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	7 Dec 2006	Test # 1820

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Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]