Test matches completed without a score of fifty plus runs in its four completed innings
The recently concluded third test between India and South Africa at Nagpur was won by India by a margin of 124 runs. The entire match – comprising of four innings did not witness a single score of fifty plus runs – the highest score being the 40 scored by M Vijay of India. This test provided the 14th occasion of a test match completed – won or lost or tied – containing no score of fifty plus runs in the four completed innings of the test. All such occasions are listed below.
| No | Team1 | Team2 | Ground | Start Date | HS | Team | Won | By | Runs/wkts | 
| 1 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 28 Jan 1887 | 33 | Eng | Won | By | 013 runs | 
| 2 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 25 Feb 1887 | 42* | Eng | Won | By | 071 runs | 
| 3 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 | 44 | Eng | Won | By | 128 runs | 
| 4 | Eng | Aus | Lord’s | 16 Jul 1888 | 24 | Aus | Won | By | 061 runs | 
| 5 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 | 38 | Eng | Won | By | Inns + 021 runs | 
| 6 | SAF | Eng | Port Elizabeth | 12 Mar 1889 | 46 | Eng | Won | By | 008 wkts | 
| 7 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 11 Aug 1890 | 39 | Eng | Won | By | 002 wkts | 
| 8 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 | 47 | Eng | Won | By | 066 runs | 
| 9 | NZl | Eng | Christchurch | 10 Jan 1930 | 49 | Eng | Won | By | 008 wkts | 
| 10 | Aus | SAF | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | 42 | Aus | Won | By | Inns + 072 runs | 
| 11 | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 08 Jan 1935 | 44 | Eng | Won | By | 004 wkts | 
| 12 | Eng | Aus | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 | 48 | Eng | Won | By | 021 runs | 
| 13 | NZl | Ind | Hamilton | 19 Dec 2002 | 39 | NZl | Won | By | 004 wkts | 
| 14 | Ind | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | 40 | Ind | Won | By | 124 runs | 
It also provides the third such test involving South Africa and also the first such test involving India and also the first occasion of such a test on Indian soil
| MATHCES INVOLVING SOUTH AFRICA | |||||||||
| No | Team1 | Team2 | Ground | Start Date | HS | Team | Won | By | Runs/wkts | 
| 1 | SAF | Eng | Port Elizabeth | 12 Mar 1889 | 46 | Eng | Won | By | 008 wkts | 
| 2 | Aus | SAF | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | 42 | Aus | Won | By | Inns + 072 runs | 
| 3 | Ind | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | 40 | Ind | Won | By | 124 runs | 
| MATCH INVOLVING INDIA | |||||||||
| 1 | Ind | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | 40 | Ind | Won | By | 124 runs |