5 Lowest ODI team totals

#2. Canada vs Sri Lanka (19 February 2003)

Canada: 36 all out

Canada could not avert the SL juggernaut

The 18th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was contested between Canada and Sri Lanka at Paarl. Sri Lanka was one of the top contenders to qualify for the knockouts stage of the tournament while Canada had the daunting task of scoring a respectable total against the Lankan Lions.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first. Desmond Chumney opened the innings for Canada alongside John Davison. Unlike the first ball dismissal that had occurred on most of the previous instances of this list, the Canadian team registered a 10 ball 0 run first wicket partnership. Desmond Chumney’s 25 balls 9 came to an end soon after and pushed his side into a precarious looking 11/3.

3 further wickets fell without any addition to the team total of 12 runs in the form of Billcliff, NA de Groot and Maraj.

Ashish Bagai and Thuraisingam’s individual contributions of 6 runs each couldn’t do much to change the course of the game. The last wicket of Austin Codrington came on the fourth ball of the 19th over, signalling the end of dismal team performance.

For Sri Lanka, Prabath Nissanka returned with the best bowling figures of 4/12.

It was just a matter of time before Sri Lanka pounced on the inexperienced Canadian bowling attack to overhaul the target inside of 5 overs.