The dismissal of the entire team for 15 runs in any cricket match is a surprising incident and when this happens in a five-day match, the surprise increases.
If we add 6 more to the number of 9, then the total is 15. Today the issue of digits, especially 9 and 15, is happening because 117 years ago, on February 9, this day, one such incident came to the world of cricket, Which surprised the fans of this game. It was a case of a team getting piled up within just 15 runs. This historic moment came during a first class match played on 9 February 1904 between Victoria and MCC. This match once again told the world very well why cricket is called a game of great uncertainties. Come, let us tell you what happened suddenly in this match.
There was a need for exceptional performance and see the price…
Actually, in this match, the opportunity to bat first was given to the team of Victoria, who scored a score of 299 runs in the first innings. Now when the MCC team came out to play, the entire team was reduced to 248 runs. In this way, Victoria got a lead of 51 runs in the first innings. MCC now expected an extraordinary performance to return to the match. See luck, it happened. In front of MCC bowlers Rhodes and Arnold’s lethal bowling, Victoria’s entire team collapsed for just 15 runs in the second innings.
Harry Trott scored the most 9 runs in the second innings. At the same time, for MCC, Rhodes took 7 for 6 and Arnold took 4 wickets for 8 runs. MCC got a target of just 67 runs to win and lost the match by winning 2 wickets by 8 wickets. All the batsmen of Victoria had returned to the pavilion in just 45 minutes of play.
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Lowest score in all formats
If you talk about international cricket, in a test match in 1955, New Zealand team was all out for just 26 runs against England. In the year 2004, the team of Zimbabwe was reduced to 35 against Sri Lanka. The lowest score in T20 cricket is 39 runs, which was scored by the Netherlands against Sri Lanka. The lowest score of first class cricket is 6 runs. In the year 1810, the BS team was all out for 6 runs against England.
