Joe Root has been under immense pressure
Joe Root has been under immense pressure

New Zealand v England first Test: England's record low Test scores and statistics


Take a look at the numbers behind England's catastrophic 58 all out and where it ranks on the all-time hall of shame.

England were in real danger of posting their lowest ever Test match total in Auckland but for Craig Overton to drag them beyond that mark.

However, it was still a horrible day at the crease for England in their first day-night Test against New Zealand with a collapse of epic proportions.

Five key stats:

58: The innings total - England recorded the joint 32nd lowest Test innings total of all time and their sixth lowest

124: The number of balls faced by England - the 16th shortest Test innings of all time

5: The number of ducks in the innings - only four Test innings have seen more

56.9: The percentage of England's runs scored by Craig Overton (33) - the 43rd highest in Test history

15: The number of Tests in which only two bowlers were needed to dismiss a side - Trent Boult had six and Tim Southee added four in 20.4 overs against England

England eclipsed their worst-ever performance, but only just - here are the worst ever England Test performances to date.

45 v Australia, Sydney 1887

Australia won the toss and opted to field in the first Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with Charlie Turner (15 for six) and JJ Ferris (27 for four) working their way through the tourists in 35.3 four-ball overs. England went on to win the Test by 13 runs.

46 v West Indies, Port of Spain 1994

England needed 193 in their second innings to beat the Windies in the third Test, but Curtly Ambrose had other ideas. A 10-over spell yielded six England wickets for 24 runs, with Alec Stewart the only tourist to record double figures.

51 v West Indies, Kingston 2009

The Windies had a 74-run lead after the first innings in the First Test but skittled England to avoid having to bat again. Jerome Taylor took a five-for, costing only 11 runs. England found themselves on 26 for seven after 20 overs as Andrew Flintoff top scored with 24.

52 v Australia, The Oval 1948

The worst England innings score on home turf came in 1948 against Australia in a Test where Donald Bradman went for a duck which reduced his Test average to 99.94. Australia were 3-0 up in the Ashes going into the Oval Test but Leonard Hutton stood strong while his team-mates fell one by one.

53 v Australia, Lord's 1888

The first Ashes Test in 1888 has three entries in the lowest 50 Test innings scores of all time, led by a first innings flop by the home side. Chasing a 116 set by Australia, England fell to 22 for six and 26 for seven before recovering as Johnny Briggs was the last man to fall on 17.

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