Team Lowest Innings Totals

Lowest totals by South Africa in Tests

Lowest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	27	14.3	1.86	4	v Australia	Kingston	lost	12 Jul 2025	Test # 2595
South Africa	30	18.4x5	1.91	4	v England	Gqeberha	lost	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
South Africa	30	12.3	2.40	2	v England	Birmingham	lost	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
South Africa	35	22.4x5	1.84	4	v England	Cape Town	lost	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
South Africa	36	23.2	1.54	1	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
South Africa	43	28.2x4	2.26	3	v England	Cape Town	lost	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
South Africa	45	31.3	1.42	3	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
South Africa	47	47.1x4	1.49	2	v England	Cape Town	lost	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
West Indies	47	25.3	1.84	3	v England	Kingston	lost	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
West Indies	51	19.1	2.66	4	v Australia	Port of Spain	lost	5 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
West Indies	53	25.3	2.07	4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	lost	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
West Indies	54	26.4	2.02	3	v England	Lord's	lost	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
South Africa	55	23.2	2.35	1	v India	Cape Town	lost	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
South Africa	58	26.1	2.21	1	v England	Lord's	lost	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
West Indies	61	26.2	2.31	3	v England	Leeds	lost	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
South Africa	72	50.1x8	1.07	4	v England	Cape Town	lost	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
South Africa	72	33.4x8	1.61	4	v England	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
South Africa	73	28.5	2.53	4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	lost	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
South Africa	75	44.4	1.67	4	v England	Leeds	lost	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
West Indies	76	36.3	2.08	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	lost	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
West Indies	77	45.1	1.70	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	lost	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
West Indies	77	40.5	1.88	4	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	8 Dec 2022	Test # 2479
West Indies	78	29.6x8	1.96	2	v Australia	Sydney	lost	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
South Africa	79	33.1	2.38	2	v India	Nagpur	lost	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
South Africa	80	32.0	2.50	4	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
West Indies	82	49.1	1.66	1	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
South Africa	83	49.3x5	2.00	3	v England	Cape Town	lost	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
South Africa	83	33.1	2.50	3	v England	Johannesburg	lost	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
South Africa	84	75.2x4	1.66	1	v England	Gqeberha	lost	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
South Africa	84	25.1	3.33	2	v India	Johannesburg	lost	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
South Africa	85	33.2	2.55	2	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
South Africa	85	22.0	3.86	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
West Indies	86	41.0	2.09	3	v England	The Oval	lost	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
South Africa	88	38.3	2.28	2	v England	Nottingham	lost	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
West Indies	89	56.4	1.57	2	v England	The Oval	lost	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
West Indies	90	30.3	2.95	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	1 Jan 1931	Test # 201
South Africa	91	46.1	1.97	2	v England	Johannesburg	won	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
West Indies	91	34.3	2.63	4	v England	Birmingham	lost	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
South Africa	93	32.4	2.84	3	v England	The Oval	lost	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
West Indies	93	31.2	2.96	3	v Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	lost	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
South Africa	93	30.4x5	3.62	2	v England	Gqeberha	lost	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
West Indies	94	42.1	2.22	3	v England	Bridgetown	lost	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
South Africa	95	49.2	1.92	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	lost	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
South Africa	95	42.3	2.23	1	v England	The Oval	lost	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
South Africa	95	28.2	3.35	3	v Australia	Manchester	lost	27 May 1912	Test # 121
South Africa	96	24.3	3.91	2	v Australia	Cape Town	won	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
West Indies	97	58.5	1.64	2	v England	Lord's	lost	24 Jun 1933	Test # 227
West Indies	97	53.5	1.80	3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	lost	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
South Africa	97	58.2x5	1.99	1	v England	Cape Town	lost	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
West Indies	97	40.5	2.37	1	v South Africa	Gros Islet	lost	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
South Africa	98	43.5	2.23	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
South Africa	99	57.4x8	1.29	3	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
South Africa	99	77.1x5	1.53	4	v England	Johannesburg	lost	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
South Africa	99	46.2x8	1.60	3	v Australia	Durban	lost	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
West Indies	99	50.0	1.98	1	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
South Africa	99	37.4	2.62	3	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
West Indies	100	36.3	2.73	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	lost	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
West Indies	100	29.5	3.35	2	v England	The Oval	lost	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
West Indies	100	26.5	3.72	4	v India	North Sound	lost	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
West Indies	102	47.1	2.16	2	v South Africa	Port of Spain	lost	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
West Indies	102	47.0	2.17	1	v England	Bridgetown	lost	8 Jan 1935	Test # 238
South Africa	102	38.2	2.66	2	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	1 Jan 1936	Test # 249
South Africa	103	45.5x8	1.69	2	v England	Durban	lost	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
South Africa	103	38.5	2.65	2	v England	Cape Town	lost	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
West Indies	103	33.3	3.07	2	v India	Kingston	lost	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
West Indies	103	31.5	3.23	3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	lost	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
South Africa	105	38.5	2.70	4	v India	Ahmedabad	lost	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
West Indies	105	24.5x8	3.19	2	v Australia	Adelaide	won	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
West Indies	106	35.1	3.01	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	lost	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
West Indies	107	50.1	2.13	2	v Australia	Sydney	lost	1 Jan 1931	Test # 201
West Indies	107	42.1	2.53	2	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	lost	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
West Indies	107	35.4	3.00	3	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
West Indies	108	47.3	2.27	4	v India	Gros Islet	lost	9 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
West Indies	109	52.3	2.07	3	v Australia	Georgetown	lost	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
West Indies	109	49.3	2.20	4	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
South Africa	109	39.5	2.73	4	v India	Mohali	lost	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
South Africa	110	31.5	3.45	2	v England	Leeds	lost	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
South Africa	111	57.4	1.92	4	v England	Lord's	lost	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
South Africa	111	52.2	2.12	3	v England	Durban	lost	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
South Africa	111	41.4	2.66	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	lost	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
West Indies	111	36.4	3.02	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	lost	30 Nov 2018	Test # 2331
West Indies	112	68.3	1.63	2	v England	Port of Spain	lost	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
South Africa	112	65.0	1.72	2	v England	The Oval	lost	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
West Indies	113	60.0	1.88	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	lost	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
South Africa	113	56.0	2.01	1	v England	Cape Town	lost	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
South Africa	113	53.0	2.13	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
West Indies	114	42.0	2.71	4	v Australia	Kingston	lost	11 Jun 2015	Test # 2166
South Africa	115	64.5	1.77	2	v England	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
West Indies	115	47.3	2.42	3	v England	Manchester	lost	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
South Africa	115	48.0x5	2.87	1	v England	Cape Town	lost	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
South Africa	116	28.0	4.14	3	v West Indies	Centurion	won	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
South Africa	117	60.1	1.94	3	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
South Africa	117	64.0x5	2.19	3	v England	Cape Town	lost	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
West Indies	117	52.5	2.21	3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	won	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
West Indies	117	47.1	2.48	2	v India	Kingston	lost	30 Aug 2019	Test # 2359
South Africa	118	36.2	3.24	1	v England	The Oval	lost	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
South Africa	119	36.4	3.24	4	v England	Lord's	lost	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
West Indies	120	35.2	3.39	3	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	17 Jan 2024	Test # 2523
South Africa	121	55.5	2.16	3	v India	Kanpur	lost	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
South Africa	121	51.4	2.34	3	v England	Nottingham	won	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	121	49.3	2.44	2	v India	Delhi	lost	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
West Indies	121	41.4	2.90	1	v England	Lord's	lost	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
West Indies	121	37.3	3.22	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	lost	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
West Indies	123	57.3	2.13	1	v England	Lord's	lost	7 Sep 2017	Test # 2274
West Indies	123	36.3	3.36	4	v Pakistan	Multan	lost	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
West Indies	124	58.0	2.13	3	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
South Africa	124	40.0	3.10	1	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	lost	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
South Africa	124	34.5	3.55	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	lost	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
West Indies	125	50.5	2.45	2	v England	The Oval	lost	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
South Africa	126	54.3	2.31	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	lost	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
South Africa	126	52.2	2.40	1	v England	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
West Indies	127	51.3	2.46	1	v England	Lord's	lost	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
West Indies	127	47.1	2.69	2	v India	Delhi	won	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
West Indies	127	46.1	2.75	3	v India	Hyderabad	lost	12 Oct 2018	Test # 2321
West Indies	127	38.2	3.31	1	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	won	16 Apr 1993	Test # 1220
South Africa	128	67.0	1.91	4	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
West Indies	128	52.4	2.43	3	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	won	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
West Indies	128	39.3x8	2.43	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	3 Jan 1976	Test # 767
South Africa	128	44.3	2.87	3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	lost	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
South Africa	129	105.5	1.21	4	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
South Africa	129	90.1x4	2.14	3	v England	Gqeberha	lost	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
West Indies	129	52.4	2.44	3	v England	The Oval	lost	11 Aug 1928	Test # 175
West Indies	129	49.0	2.63	4	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	3 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
West Indies	129	45.0	2.86	3	v Bangladesh	Kingston	won	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
West Indies	129	37.1	3.47	4	v England	Manchester	lost	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
South Africa	130	75.3	1.72	2	v England	Manchester	lost	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
South Africa	130	69.0	1.88	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
West Indies	130	50.3	2.57	3	v India	Roseau	lost	12 Jul 2023	Test # 2510
West Indies	130	47.5	2.71	1	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
South Africa	130	41.2	3.14	3	v India	Cape Town	won	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
West Indies	131	56.4	2.31	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
South Africa	131	56.2	2.32	4	v England	Nottingham	lost	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
West Indies	131	48.0	2.72	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	lost	14 May 1965	Test # 590
West Indies	131	42.3	3.08	3	v South Africa	Centurion	lost	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
South Africa	131	37.2	3.50	2	v India	Durban	lost	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
South Africa	132	48.2x8	2.05	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	lost	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
West Indies	132	56.1	2.35	4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	lost	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
South Africa	132	51.3	2.56	2	v England	Leeds	lost	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
West Indies	132	36.2	3.63	3	v England	Leeds	lost	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
South Africa	133	50.0	2.66	3	v England	Durban	lost	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
West Indies	133	49.3	2.68	1	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	draw	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
South Africa	133	48.0	2.77	3	v India	Ranchi	lost	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
West Indies	133	35.4x8	2.80	2	v England	Manchester	draw	22 Jul 1939	Test # 273
South Africa	133	38.3	3.45	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
South Africa	134	80.7x8	1.24	3	v England	Gqeberha	won	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
West Indies	134	57.2	2.33	3	v India	Wankhede	draw	22 Nov 2011	Test # 2019
West Indies	134	45.4	2.93	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
South Africa	134	43.2x5	3.70	3	v England	Johannesburg	lost	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
West Indies	136	59.5	2.27	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	21 Apr 1995	Test # 1296
West Indies	136	47.0	2.89	3	v England	Lord's	lost	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
South Africa	137	56.2x8	1.82	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
South Africa	137	57.0	2.40	3	v England	Lord's	lost	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
West Indies	137	45.4	3.00	3	v England	Birmingham	lost	17 Aug 2017	Test # 2270
West Indies	137	41.2	3.31	4	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	lost	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
West Indies	137	25.2	5.40	2	v Pakistan	Multan	lost	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
West Indies	138	64.0	2.15	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	lost	3 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
South Africa	138	59.5	2.30	3	v England	Cape Town	lost	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
South Africa	138	57.3	2.40	2	v Australia	Durban	lost	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
South Africa	138	57.1	2.41	2	v Australia	Lord's	won	11 Jun 2025	Test # 2585
West Indies	139	60.4	2.29	1	v England	Kingston	lost	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
West Indies	139	41.0	3.39	3	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	lost	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
West Indies	139	35.2	3.93	4	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	lost	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
West Indies	139	34.3	4.02	1	v South Africa	Durban	lost	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
West Indies	140	76.1	1.83	2	v South Africa	St John's	lost	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
West Indies	140	69.5	2.00	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	lost	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
South Africa	140	65.0	2.15	2	v England	Lord's	draw	1 Jul 1907	Test # 93
West Indies	140	45.0	3.11	3	v India	Bridgetown	won	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
South Africa	141	61.1	2.30	2	v West Indies	Kingston	lost	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
West Indies	141	51.5	2.72	3	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
West Indies	141	42.1	3.34	3	v England	Leeds	lost	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
West Indies	141	38.2	3.67	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	lost	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
West Indies	141	33.4	4.18	4	v Australia	Bridgetown	lost	25 Jun 2025	Test # 2589
West Indies	142	85.3	1.66	1	v England	Leeds	lost	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
South Africa	142	60.0x8	1.77	3	v England	Johannesburg	won	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	143	143.1	0.99	4	v India	Delhi	lost	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
West Indies	143	52.5	2.70	4	v Pakistan	Kingston	lost	3 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
West Indies	143	52.1	2.74	2	v Australia	Kingston	lost	12 Jul 2025	Test # 2595
West Indies	143	48.1	2.96	2	v England	Kingston	draw	8 Feb 1968	Test # 629
West Indies	143	36.1	3.95	4	v England	Nottingham	lost	18 Jul 2024	Test # 2539
West Indies	143	34.3	4.14	4	v Australia	St George's	lost	3 Jul 2025	Test # 2592
South Africa	144	75.1x8	1.43	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	lost	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
West Indies	144	78.3	1.83	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	lost	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
West Indies	144	47.1	3.05	2	v South Africa	Centurion	lost	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
West Indies	144	42.4	3.37	2	v South Africa	Providence	lost	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
West Indies	145	78.3	1.84	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	lost	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
West Indies	146	65.0	2.24	2	v Bangladesh	Kingston	lost	30 Nov 2024	Test # 2565
West Indies	146	60.0	2.43	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
West Indies	146	41.5	3.49	3	v Australia	Adelaide	won	23 Jan 1993	Test # 1210
West Indies	146	37.0	3.94	2	v England	Leeds	lost	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
West Indies	147	75.0	1.96	3	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	won	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
South Africa	147	56.3	2.60	2	v England	Leeds	lost	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
West Indies	147	48.0	3.06	2	v England	Manchester	lost	12 Jun 1969	Test # 653
West Indies	147	44.4	3.29	1	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	draw	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
South Africa	148	96.3	1.53	3	v England	Nottingham	lost	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
South Africa	148	72.4	2.03	4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
South Africa	148	53.1x8	2.08	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
West Indies	148	66.4	2.22	3	v Australia	Bridgetown	lost	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
West Indies	148	60.3	2.44	3	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	16 Jan 1931	Test # 203
West Indies	148	58.1	2.54	2	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	lost	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
South Africa	148	55.4	2.65	1	v England	Johannesburg	won	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148

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