Shortest Test matches from the past

Indias sevenwicket win over South Africa in the SA vs IND 2nd Test at Cape Town on Thursday was the 25th instance when a Test match ended inside two days dating back to 1882Visiting India thus completed a remarkable comeback after losing the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah finished with excellent figures of 661 as India bowled South Africa out for 176 to set themselves a target of 79 after Aiden Markram had struck a magnificent counterattacking 106 off 103 balls before lunch The hosts completed the chase in the second session with skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer remaining not out on 17 and 4 respectivelyThe SA vs IND 2nd Test is the shortest Test match ever in terms of overs bowled bettering the previous best that involved Australia and South Africa at the MCG way back in 1932This was also the third time India were involved in a twoday Test with the other two being their match against Afghanistan in Bengaluru in 2018 and against England at Ahmedabad in 2021Heres the complete list of Tests that ended within two days previouslyEngland vs Australia Oval 1882It was the ninth Test match in history Australia were bundled out for 63 but managed to limit England to 101 in their first innings with Fred Demon Spofforth taking seven wickets The Aussies could only muster 122 with Hugh Massie scoring a 55England were again humbled by Demon despite WG Graces 32 Spofforth took seven for 44 as Englishmen were ousted for 77 and conceded a sevenrun defeatEngland vs Australia Lords 1888Australia made 116 and 60 in two innings and then shot out England for 53 and 62 at the Home of Cricket to achieve a 61run victoryEngland vs Australia Oval 1888This time England managed to turn the tables on Australia with an innings and 137run win inside two days Australia were bowled out for 80 and 100 while the hosts piled 317 in their lone inningsAlso ReadThank you WarnerEngland vs Australia Manchester 1888Batting first England made 172 with WG Grace topscoring with a 38 and Australia failed to touch 100 in both their innings getting dismissed for 81 and 70 to fall to an innings and 21run defeatSouth Africa vs England Port Elizabeth 1889Cricket finally reached a new shore apart from England and Australia At Port Elizabeth SA made 84 and 129 and England replied with 148 and 67 for 2 for an eightwicket victorySouth Africa vs England Cape Town 1889The second match of the series too ended inside two days England batted first and only once making 292 with Bobby Abel striking a 120 Johnny Briggs shattered Proteas with figures of 7 for 17 and 8 for 11 as the hosts were fired out for 47 and 43 in Englands innings and 202run winEngland vs Australia Oval 1890Aussies made 92 and 102 and England made 100 and 95 for eight to scrape home by two wickets in two daysSouth Africa vs England Port Elizabeth 1896England made 185 and 226 and then skittled out SA for 93 and 30 as fast bowler George Lohmann had astonishing figures of eight for seven off 94 overs England won by 288 runsSouth Africa vs England Cape Town 1896Arthur Hill made 124 as England replied to SAs first innings total of 115 with 265 The tourists then curtailed SAs second innings for 117 to celebrate an innings and 33run victoryAustralia vs South Africa Manchester 1912Australia made 448 in their lone innings during a match in the triangular Test series also involving England The Aussies then bundled out SA for 265 and 95 to win the match by and innings and 88 runsEngland vs South Africa Oval 1912In the next match of the triangular series SA were ousted for 95 in their first innings with Sidney Barnes and Frank Wooley taking five wickets apiece Legendary Jack Hobbs made 68 in Englands 176 Barnes took 8 for 29 as SA were dismissed for 93 and England made 14 for no loss to win the match by 10 wicketsEngland vs Australia Nottingham 1921England were shot out for 112 and 147 while the Australians made 232 and 30 for no loss to register a 10wicket winAustralia vs West Indies Melbourne 1931Sir Don Bradman made 152 as the Aussies replied to West Indies first innings 99 with 328 for 8 declared West Indies were dismissed for 107 in their second essay as the home side won by an innings and 122 runsSouth Africa vs Australia Johannesburg 1936SA were all out for 157 and the Aussies made 439 in their first innings with Jack Fingleton who later became a wellknown writer making 108 SA were bundled out for 98 as legspinner Clarrie Grimmett took 7 for 40 The visitors won by an innings and 184 runsNew Zealand vs Australia Wellington 1946The Kiwis were shot out for 42 and 54 and the Aussies made 199 for 8 declared to record an innings and 103run winEngland vs West Indies Leeds 2000England replied to West Indies first innings 172 with 272 of their own They then bundled out the Caribbeans for 61 as Andy Caddick and Darren Gough took nine wickets between them England won by an innings and 39 runsAustralia vs Pakistan Sharjah 2002Legendary Shane Warne took eight wickets in both the innings as Pakistan were all out for 59 and 53 Australia won by an innings and 198 runs as they made 319 in their lone innings with Matthew Hayden making 119South Africa vs Zimbabwe Cape Town 2005SA bowled out their neighbours for 54 and 265 while making 340 for three declared for an innings and 21run victoryZimbabwe vs New Zealand Harare 2005Hundreds by Brendon McCullum and Daniel Vettori spurred the Kiwis to 452 for 9 declared and then they bowled out the African side for 59 and 99 for an innings and 294run victorySouth Africa vs Zimbabwe Port Elizabeth 2017Batting first SA made 309 for 9 declared They then skittled Zimbabwe for 68 and 121 enough for an innings and 120run winIndia vs Afghanistan Bengaluru 2018India under Ajinkya Rahane made 474 with openers M Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan striking centuries Afghanistan made 109 and 103 to slide to an innings and 262run defeatIndia vs England Ahmedabad 2021England made 112 and 81 and India replied with 145 and 49 for no loss on a track that turned square from first ball to register a 10wicket winAfghanistan vs Zimbabwe Abu Dhabi 2021Zimbabwe bowled out the Afghans for 131 and 135 before making 250 and 17 for no loss of their own for a 10wicket victoryAustralia vs South Africa Brisbane 2022South Africa were humbled for 152 and 99 in two innings at the Gabba The Aussies made 218 and 35 for 4 for a sixwicket winWith agency inputs