A club cricket team in UK chasing 427 gets bowled out for 2 runs

In what can only be described as a complete cricketing collapse, UK's Richmond Cricket Club’s fourth XI were bowled out for just 2 runs — yes, two — on Saturday in a Middlesex County League match, chasing a target of 427 set by North London Cricket Club.

The game began like any ordinary fixture, with Richmond winning the toss and opting to field. But what followed was anything but ordinary. North London’s batters unleashed a relentless assault, smashing 426 for 6 in 45 overs and sending balls to every corner of the ground.

Then came the chase. Or, more accurately, the massacre.

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Richmond’s batters faced just 34 deliveries before the innings came to a shocking halt at 2. Not a single boundary was scored. Only one run came off the bat. The second was a wide. The rest was followed by eight ducks and then stunned silence.

Statisticians might file this under 'record lows', but for Richmond, it was a lesson in cricket’s cruel extremes. The club later tried to find humour in disaster, posting on X: "A lot of context but still not a result that we are proud of! Our 2's, 3's and 5's all won though."

A lot of context but still not a result that we are proud of! Our 2’s, 3’s and 5’s all won though!

— Richmond Cricket (@Richmondcricket) May 25, 2025

Still, this remains one of the most staggering batting collapses seen in amateur cricket — a reminder that in cricket, you’re never really in until you're in.