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Australia at Kolkata in 2001-just had to bat out most of the final day for the draw were well on their way with Slats & Hayden & ended up failing miserably.
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They dropped me for these bunch of hacks
Actually, if we consider the lowest Test scores as collapse, then it's very easy, Newzeland's 26 & there are few <50 scores in first 50 years of Test history.
To me collapse is to loose last 7-8 wickets to finish way below from what an innings promised. Not surprisingly there are many monumental collapse done by the 2Ws or Pak Fast bowlers with the Old ball in last 35-40 years. One of the best collapse I can remember was England in Leeds '92 vs Pakistan. In reply to <200 of Pak, I think Eng was 300/1 or so, then came the 2 Ws with 15 overs old ball. I think, England were all out for 321.
Sarfaraz took 7/1 to win the MCG Test in 78-79, when Aus lost 7/10 or so. Ambi took 7/1, to close Aus 120 or so, Sohaib took 5 in 9 or 10 balls to put Aus 89/7 from 74/0.. In Karachi '94, I think Aus were 170/1, leading by 250+, 2Ws cleaned last 9 for around 60 more from one end (Boon carried the bat) & Pak chased 320.
In '81 Ashes, @ Edbeston, Botham cleaned the last 6 Aussie wicket for 1 & chasing 150 or so, Aus lost by 29-30 runs. I think, in 82-83, Imran on the flattest of tracks, inflicted 2 or 3 monumental collapse in the Indian line up. In 98-99, At Port of Spain, I think, McGrath & Gillespe close WI for 51, from 30/1 or 2. Harmission took 7/12 at Bridgetown to close last 8-9 WI wickets for 20 or so runs. These are few in my memory I have seen live or recorded; there must be some similar collapses but the Leeds & MCG one 'll difficult to match.
Faisalabad 1997 - Pakistan vs South Africa.
Check out that 2nd innings - http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63768.html
Be careful talking about Karachi 1994.
This is the Test which Justice Qayyum found Salim Malik guilty of trying to fix. But the ending was so improbable that I have always been certain that it was fixed.
Apart from the ones already mentioned,
-) Australia's 4th innings (whole innings) collapse against India in Mumbai, 2004 was one of the worst.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/64102.html
-) SL vs Aus, Warne's first match-winning performance, he had a bowling average of 300+ before producing that match-winning spell
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63580.html
-) England vs Australia Adelaide 2006, from 69/1 to 129 all out
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/match/249223.html
-) England vs Australia, Melbourne 1990, from 113/1 to 150 all out
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63544.html
-) Lillee's 8/29 against World XI (full innings)
http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/A...ORLD-XI_IN_AUS/WORLD-XI_AUS_10-12DEC1971.html
-) Australia vs SA, Sydney 1994 (full innings)
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63629.html
@CT
Pakisthan's 52 all out and 59 all out in the same test at sharjah should be the worst batting collapse IMO.![]()
look at this scorecard
India 2nd innings R 4s 6s
SM Gavaskar c Julien b Holding 2 0 0
DB Vengsarkar lbw b Jumadeen 21 0
M Amarnath st †Murray b Jumadeen 60 7 3
S Madan Lal b Holding 8 0
S Venkataraghavan b Holding 0 0 0
SMH Kirmani† not out 0 0 0
AD Gaekwad absent hurt -
GR Viswanath absent hurt -
BP Patel absent hurt -
BS Bedi* absent hurt -
BS Chandrasekhar absent hurt -
Extras (nb 6) 6
Total (all out; 26.2 overs) 97
I think, we need to know a bit of history of that Kingston Test. It's more glory than shame for India if we know the actual story.
In '76, at PoSpain, against 3 WI spinners, India chased over 400, which made Loyd simply mad out of his normal composed personality, as he declared on 4th morning after assurance from his bowlers. He abused the 3 spinners after the match & literally shut down the path for WI spinners. During his captaincy, I don't think any spinner ever played Test for the next 9 years (I guess, Clide Butts played one, but replacing Loyd for injury).
The series was 1-1 & the last (4th) Test was at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica; notoriously famous for uneven bounce. WI went with 4 fast men & Holding at 23, was angry enough after the mouthful he got in last Test, for not getting a single wicket, defending 400+. WI Fast bowlers unsporting started to target Indian batsmen with 5/6 men on leg side & the local umpires kept silent. The worst was for Holding & Julien to bowl 5/6 bouncers in a over with the second new ball to the Indian tail. Indian Captain Bisen Bedi, the great character that he was, declared at 306/6 (I guess) to protect his bowlers.
WI took a 80+ lead & in 2nd Innings, & once India closed the deficit, WI became desperate; even beamers were thrown by local boy Holding (He is right, he was lucky not to play during Match Referee days) & the local umpires didn't have the balls to talk with Lyod. 3/4 Indian batsmen were hurt badly & Patel was hospitalized (I am the last person to be convinced that, Gavasker, Vengsarker, Amarnath & Vishwanath were sacred by the pace). In protest to this, Bedi waited till India avoided the innings defeat & declared with four of his bowlers not coming at all in either innings.
I think Bedi was criticized for not attending the podium later, but in his illustrious career, Loyd will never be able to talk eye-ball to eye-ball for that Jamaica Test. If this Jamaica Test is referred as a scared/fixed great collapse, than I have to say that Cricket pornography version (T20) has perverted our taste.
Good post.
As I read it the wicket got wet too, making the bounce even more steepling and unpredictable. What with WI quicks going collectively crazy and the umps not reigning them in, it was a wonder that no Indian got killed.
trouble because of me? lol
lowest innings scores by asian teams in test cricket
42 by india
53 by pakistan
62 by bangla
71 by lanka
right at the top
Afghanistan needed 9 runs off 142 balls with 5 wickets in hand.
Lost by 3 runs.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-afghanistan-2016-17/engine/match/1079248.html
England v Pakistan, the deciding third ODI in 1987.
Pakistan batted first and reached 168-3, then Javed Miandad got out.
Twenty minutes later they were 170-8, three overs after that they were 178-9.
That was well and truly in special needs territory!
I just found this post and wow this was a great read. Just wanted to give appreciation, this really showed me some context of those.older days.I think, we need to know a bit of history of that Kingston Test. It's more glory than shame for India if we know the actual story.
In '76, at PoSpain, against 3 WI spinners, India chased over 400, which made Loyd simply mad out of his normal composed personality, as he declared on 4th morning after assurance from his bowlers. He abused the 3 spinners after the match & literally shut down the path for WI spinners. During his captaincy, I don't think any spinner ever played Test for the next 9 years (I guess, Clide Butts played one, but replacing Loyd for injury).
The series was 1-1 & the last (4th) Test was at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica; notoriously famous for uneven bounce. WI went with 4 fast men & Holding at 23, was angry enough after the mouthful he got in last Test, for not getting a single wicket, defending 400+. WI Fast bowlers unsporting started to target Indian batsmen with 5/6 men on leg side & the local umpires kept silent. The worst was for Holding & Julien to bowl 5/6 bouncers in a over with the second new ball to the Indian tail. Indian Captain Bisen Bedi, the great character that he was, declared at 306/6 (I guess) to protect his bowlers.
WI took a 80+ lead & in 2nd Innings, & once India closed the deficit, WI became desperate; even beamers were thrown by local boy Holding (He is right, he was lucky not to play during Match Referee days) & the local umpires didn't have the balls to talk with Lyod. 3/4 Indian batsmen were hurt badly & Patel was hospitalized (I am the last person to be convinced that, Gavasker, Vengsarker, Amarnath & Vishwanath were sacred by the pace). In protest to this, Bedi waited till India avoided the innings defeat & declared with four of his bowlers not coming at all in either innings.
I think Bedi was criticized for not attending the podium later, but in his illustrious career, Loyd will never be able to talk eye-ball to eye-ball for that Jamaica Test. If this Jamaica Test is referred as a scared/fixed great collapse, than I have to say that Cricket pornography version (T20) has perverted our taste.
How come India's 36 AO is not mentioned here.
Is this thread only for collapse from commanding position?
@CT
Pakisthan's 52 all out and 59 all out in the same test at sharjah should be the worst batting collapse IMO.![]()