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Shortest completed innings (by balls)

Team	Score	Overs	Balls	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	30	12.3	75	2.40	2	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
South Africa	30	18.4x5	94	1.91	4	v England	Port Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
England	61	15.4	94	3.89	2	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
Australia	58	12.3x8	99	3.51	4	v England	Brisbane	4 Dec 1936	Test # 255
India	42	17.0	102	2.47	3	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Australia	53	22.3x5	113	2.81	1	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
South Africa	43	28.2x4	114	2.26	3	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
South Africa	35	22.4x5	114	1.84	4	v England	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
England	46	19.1	115	2.40	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
West Indies	51	19.1	115	2.66	4	v Australia	Port of Spain	5 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
Australia	60	29.2x4	118	3.05	3	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
India	76	20.0	120	3.80	1	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
Australia	70	31.1x4	125	3.36	3	v England	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
Pakistan	62	21.2	128	2.90	2	v Australia	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Australia	44	26.0x5	130	2.03	4	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
India	58	21.4	130	2.67	2	v England	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
South Africa	85	22.0	132	3.86	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
Australia	65	22.4	136	2.86	4	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
England	101	22.5	137	4.42	4	v Australia	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
Australia	36	23.0	138	1.56	2	v England	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
South Africa	36	23.2	140	1.54	1	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
England	45	35.3x4	143	1.88	1	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
Pakistan	53	24.5	149	2.13	3	v Australia	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
Sri Lanka	73	24.5	149	2.93	3	v Pakistan	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Australia	42	37.3x4	151	1.66	2	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
South Africa	84	25.1	151	3.33	2	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Bangladesh	62	25.2	152	2.44	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
Australia	66	25.3	153	2.58	4	v England	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
West Indies	53	25.3	153	2.07	4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
West Indies	47	25.3	153	1.84	3	v England	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
South Africa	93	30.4x5	154	3.62	2	v England	Port Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
England	77	39.1x4	157	2.94	3	v Australia	Sydney	14 Mar 1885	Test # 20
South Africa	58	26.1	157	2.21	1	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
India	97	26.2	158	3.68	3	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
England	102	26.2	158	3.87	4	v India	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
West Indies	61	26.2	158	2.31	3	v England	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
West Indies	54	26.4	160	2.02	3	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
Bangladesh	124	26.4	160	4.65	3	v India	Chittagong (MAA)	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
Pakistan	104	26.5	161	3.87	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
New Zealand	26	27.0	162	0.96	3	v England	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
India	83	27.0	162	3.07	1	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
Sri Lanka	97	27.3	165	3.52	4	v New Zealand	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Bangladesh	86	27.4	166	3.10	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
Sri Lanka	81	28.1	169	2.87	3	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
South Africa	95	28.2	170	3.35	3	v Australia	Manchester	27 May 1912	Test # 121
Sri Lanka	71	28.2	170	2.50	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
England	79	28.2	170	2.78	4	v Australia	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
India	58	21.3x8	171	2.03	2	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
England	103	28.5	173	3.57	3	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
England	72	29.1	175	2.46	3	v Australia	Sydney	1 Feb 1895	Test # 45
Australia	111	29.4	178	3.74	4	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
Zimbabwe	59	29.4	178	1.98	2	v New Zealand	Harare	7 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
West Indies	100	29.5	179	3.35	2	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
India	90	30.0	180	3.00	3	v West Indies	Kolkata	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
England	89	30.0	180	2.96	3	v West Indies	Birmingham	6 Jul 1995	Test # 1300

Completed innings only

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), 3rd Test, Aug 8-11, 2008 [Test # 1886]
England v South Africa at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 7-11, 2008 [Test # 1885]
Sri Lanka v India at Galle, 2nd Test, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008 [Test # 1884]

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