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Pedmore out for three - Five worst cricket fails

Following Pedmore Cricket Club's third-team being bowled out for just three at the weekend, we take a look at the worst innings of all time.

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Skipper Paul Maley was left in total shock after witnessing his side's disastrous 251-run defeat against Harborne fourths.

Openers Andrew Smith and Paul Newey both had the ignominy of being Pedmore's top scorers, with one run each!

Nathan Judah takes a look into more disastrous innings in cricket history.

1. New Zealand 26 all out vs England, 1955

New Zealand's 26 all out in the second innings of the second test against England remains the lowest ever total in Test Match history.

Len Hutton captained the England side who bowled New Zealand out for 26

After being bowled out for 200 in the first innings, the Kiwi's came back strongly dismissing Len Hutton's England for 246.

But any hope of a fightback were quickly dashed in spectacular fashion as Bob Appleyard (4-7) and Brian Statham (3-9) tore through the team at will.

Only opener Bert Sutcliffe reached double figures with a miserable 11 runs.

2. Wirral CC 3 all out vs Hasslington, 2014

That's right, Wirral CC equalled and arguably bettered Pedmore's incredible feat with only the last man to the crease, escaping the dreaded duck.

No 11 Connor Hodson scored the only run off the bat in entire inning, with the other two runs coming courtesy of two leg byes.

Hasslington bowler Ben Istead finished up with the incredible figures of (6-1) in just five overs.

Wirral followed up the performance by appealing to Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff, Phil Tufnell and David Lloyd for extra coaching.

3. Zimbabwe 35 all out vs Sri Lanka, 2004

The lowest One Day International on record was Zimbabwe's dismal effort against a far superior Sri Lanka team.

Sri Lankan bowler Chaminda Vaas, center, celebrates with his teammates

Whether Zimbabwe should be allowed to play the world elite on a consistent basis is open to debate, but you can only beat what's put in front of you.

And left-arm superstar Chaminda Vaas (4-11) did just that as Tatenda Taibu's men succumbed to an all-out pace attack.

Not one Zimbabwe batsmen reached double figures, with extras equalling Dion Ebrahim's top score of seven.

4. Australia 47 all out vs South Africa, 2011

It always brings a smile to the face and warmth in the heart when Australia have a cricket disaster.

After dominating international cricket for so long, the Auzzies went through a rebuilding period that resulted in some heavy defeats, non more so than this Springbok pounding.

The tourists had at one point looked like they would fall short of the lowest-ever Test total.

They only avoided that unenviable record with their last pair at the crease, when Peter Siddle edged Vernon Philander to the third man rope.

5. Langport 0 all out vs Glastonbury 1913

Yes, the ultimate fail does exist! It may be over 100 years ago, but Langport CC's entire team were bowled out for zero.

Chasing just 80, the players may have been quietly confident of knocking off the extremely modest total.

But what was to follow has been confirmed by Wisden and the Guinness Book of World Records as the very worst of all time.

Club archivist Toby Strang unearthed the scorecard which now hangs proudly in the Langport clubhouse to this very day.

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