In Test cricket, 137 years ago, in the year 1888, Australia and England together set such a record, which has not been broken till date. The Ashes series was going on between the two teams. Australia was on a tour of England. This match was going on at Lord’s. 13 wickets fell on the first day. Australia was all out. At the same time, England also lost three wickets by the end of the first day’s play. After this, the second day that happened, which became history.

27 wickets fell in a single day, Test match ended in two days

This historic match between Australia and England was played in the year 1888. When Australia went to England for the three -match Ashes series. This match between the two teams ended in just two days. The bowlers of both the teams bowled deadly that no batsman was able to score runs.

In this match, Australia decided to bat first. Australia was dismissed for just 116 runs on the first day of the match in the first innings. Bobby Peel took the most four wickets for England. England’s batting came on the first day. But his batsmen could not do anything special. By the end of the first day’s play, England lost three wickets for just 18 runs.

Then came the second day of the match, which became history. On the second day, England’s first innings was reduced to just 53 runs. Australian bowler Charlie Turner took the maximum five wickets. After this, Australia started their second innings. Australia’s second innings was all out for just 60 runs. England had a target of 124 runs. But the entire team of England was reduced to 62 runs. In this way, Australia won this historic match by 61 runs in just two days.

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