In the recently held Test match against Australia on Tuesday (15 July), West Indies suffered a dramatic collapse, getting bowled out for just 27 runs. At first glance, this total might seem like the lowest in Test cricket history,

Mitchell Starc took six wickets for nine runs and Scott Boland claimed a hat-trick as Australia dismissed the West Indies for 27 — the second-lowest total ever in test cricket — to win the third test by 176 runs on Monday (July 14,

The lowest team total in test cricket in the 21st century came in a Day/Night test between the West Indies and Australia in Kingston in 2025. It was a low-scoring test with no batters scoring a fifty across four innings.