T20I Records: Lowest runs scored in a T20I match

Almost every year there are teams in T20 or T20Is breaking batting records for the highest totals. The T20 format is known to be a batter-dominated format. The hard-hitting batting has made it impossible to even think that a team can get bowled out for less than 70 runs. But do you know about a T20I match which only lasted 9 overs? Here is a look at the match with the lowest runs scored in a T20I match.

Lowest runs scored in a T20I match

The record for the lowest runs scored in a T20I match is 23 runs. It was a match between the Isle of Man and Spain. The match was held in February 2023 at the La Manga Club Bottom Ground when the Isle of Man toured Spain. 

1st innings- Isle of Man’s batting

Spain’s captain, Christian Munoz-Mills after winning the toss elected to bowl first. Left-arm medium pacer, Mohammad Kamran opened the bowling for the Spanish team. Kamran dismissed Isle of Man’s opener, Adam McAuley on the very first ball of the match. Left-arm pacer, Atif Mehmood from the other end dismissed the other opener, George Burrows in the following over. Kamran picked up a hat-trick on the first three balls of the over. He dismissed Luke Ward, Edward Beard and Christian Webster. Carl Hartman and Joseph Burrows were dismissed in the next over by Mehmood. 

After four overs, Isle of Man lost 7 wickets with just nine runs on board. Mehmood bowled a wicket-maiden in the 6th over. Kamran and Mehmood bowled two maidens in a row. Leg-spinner, Lorne Burns was the third bowler used by Spain. In his first over, he dismissed bowlers, Fraser Clarke and Kieran Cawte. Both were dismissed in a similar manner as the Spanish keeper Awais Ahmed stumped both the tail-enders. Burns is one of the five bowlers to have picked two or more wickets without conceding a single run in T20Is. Isle of Man was bowled out for just 10 runs in 8.4 overs.

2nd innings- Spain’s batting

Spain while chasing a total of 11 runs took just two balls. Joseph Burrows opened the bowling for the Isle of Man and bowled a no-ball on the very first delivery of the innings. Awais Ahmed on the next two deliveries smashed two sixes. 

With 23 runs scored in the game, the T20I match between the Isle of Man and Spain became the match with the lowest runs scored in T20Is. The match only lasted nine overs with an overall run rate of just 2.55 runs per over.