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CALCUTTA, May 10: In an incident unprecedented in the annals of cricket, a team here lost all its wickets even before opening its account. The batsmen of Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission Cricket Coaching Centre wilted in the face of hostile bowling by Bournvita Cricket Coaching Centre to be all out for no score in the Cricket Association of Bengal under-13 Tournament yesterday.

The 18-minute innings lasted four overs. According to Wisden 8212; regarded as the Bible of cricket 8212; the earlier lowest scoring innings was recorded in 1877 when the Oxford University team were all out for 12 against the MCC. The match at the Greer Ground was completed in 30 minutes with the winning runs coming off the second ball of Bournvita8217;s innings.