Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 42 against South Africa in the on-going test at Durban to provide the 25^th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a score of less than 50 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below in the ascending order of the team total

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	New Zealand	26	27.0	3	v England	Auckland	25 Mar 1955
2	South Africa	30	18.4×5	4	v England	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896
3	South Africa	30	12.3	2	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
4	South Africa	35	22.4×5	4	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899
5	Australia	36	23.0	2	v England	Birmingham	29 May 1902
6	South Africa	36	23.2	1	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
7	India	36	21.2	3	v Australia	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
8	Ireland	38	15.4	4	v England	Lord’s	24 Jul 2019
9	Australia	42	37.3×4	2	v England	Sydney	10 Feb 1888
10	New Zealand	42	39.0	1	v Australia	Wellington	29 Mar 1946
11	India	42	17.0	3	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
12	Sri Lanka	42	13.5	2	v South Africa	Durban	27 Nov 2024
13	South Africa	43	28.2×4	3	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
14	Bangladesh	43	18.4	1	v West Indies	North Sound	04 Jul 2018
15	Australia	44	26.0×5	4	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
16	England	45	35.3×4	1	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
17	South Africa	45	31.3	3	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
18	New Zealand	45	19.2	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
19	England	46	19.1	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994
20	India	46	31.2	1	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024
21	South Africa	47	47.1×4	2	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
22	New Zealand	47	32.3	2	v England	Lord’s	19 Jun 1958
23	West Indies	47	25.3	3	v England	Kingston	11 Mar 2004
24	Australia	47	18.0	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
25	Pakistan	49	29.1	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 42 against South Africa in the on-going test at Durban to provide the fourth occasion of a team dismissed all out for a score of less than 50 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against South Africa.   All such occasions are tabulated below in the ascending order of the team total

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Sri Lanka	42	13.5	2	v South Africa	Durban	27 Nov 2024
2	New Zealand	45	19.2	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
3	Australia	47	18.0	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
4	Pakistan	49	29.1	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013

Sri Lanka’s 42 in this represent the lowest total ever registered in a test innings against  South Africa. Previous lowest was 45 by New Zealand at Cape Town in Jan 2013. Sri Lanksa’s 42 also represents its first team total of less than 50 runs in a test innings.