Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

By an innings

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	inns & 280 runs	-	-	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023	Test # 2502
Sri Lanka	inns & 254 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
South Africa	inns & 254 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
Sri Lanka	inns & 248 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	27 Jan 2014	Test # 2116
Sri Lanka	inns & 240 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 May 2004	Test # 1698
Sri Lanka	inns & 239 runs	-	-	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
Sri Lanka	inns & 234 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
South Africa	inns & 229 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
South Africa	inns & 220 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
South Africa	inns & 219 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
Sri Lanka	inns & 215 runs	-	-	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
South Africa	inns & 208 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
South Africa	inns & 205 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
Sri Lanka	inns & 196 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
Sri Lanka	inns & 193 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
South Africa	inns & 193 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
South Africa	inns & 180 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
Sri Lanka	inns & 166 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
South Africa	inns & 160 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
Sri Lanka	inns & 153 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
South Africa	inns & 142 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
Sri Lanka	inns & 137 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
South Africa	inns & 120 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
South Africa	inns & 118 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
South Africa	inns & 107 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
South Africa	inns & 100 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
Sri Lanka	inns & 96 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
Sri Lanka	inns & 94 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
Sri Lanka	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	3 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
South Africa	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
South Africa	inns & 86 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
South Africa	inns & 81 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
South Africa	inns & 80 runs	-	-	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
Sri Lanka	inns & 77 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
Sri Lanka	inns & 77 runs	-	-	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
South Africa	inns & 74 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
South Africa	inns & 71 runs	-	-	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
Sri Lanka	inns & 69 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
South Africa	inns & 65 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
South Africa	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
South Africa	inns & 63 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
South Africa	inns & 62 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
South Africa	inns & 60 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
South Africa	inns & 59 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
South Africa	inns & 58 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
South Africa	inns & 51 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
South Africa	inns & 48 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
South Africa	inns & 45 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
Sri Lanka	inns & 39 runs	-	-	v Australia	Galle	8 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
South Africa	inns & 37 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
South Africa	inns & 32 runs	-	-	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
Sri Lanka	inns & 28 runs	-	-	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
South Africa	inns & 27 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
South Africa	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
South Africa	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
South Africa	inns & 16 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
Sri Lanka	inns & 16 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Galle	3 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
Sri Lanka	inns & 15 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
South Africa	inns & 13 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
Sri Lanka	inns & 10 runs	-	-	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
South Africa	inns & 7 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
South Africa	inns & 6 runs	-	-	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
Sri Lanka	inns & 6 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
Sri Lanka	465 runs	624	49.2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	3 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
South Africa	356 runs	456	45.5	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
South Africa	351 runs	569	75.2	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
South Africa	333 runs	424	32.4	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
South Africa	332 runs	413	23.3	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
South Africa	329 runs	467	53.3	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
South Africa	328 runs	395	34.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
Sri Lanka	328 runs	511	49.2	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	22 Mar 2024	Test # 2536
South Africa	324 runs	490	69.3	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
South Africa	323 runs	570	90.3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
Sri Lanka	315 runs	395	43.3	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Sri Lanka	313 runs	493	67.0	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
South Africa	309 runs	632	82.5	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
South Africa	307 runs	486	77.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
Sri Lanka	288 runs	473	60.4	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
South Africa	284 runs	391	35.1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
Sri Lanka	278 runs	352	28.5	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
South Africa	259 runs	394	60.5	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
Sri Lanka	259 runs	457	60.2	v Bangladesh	Galle	7 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
Sri Lanka	257 runs	491	58.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 Nov 2016	Test # 2231
Sri Lanka	246 runs	508	77.0	v Pakistan	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
South Africa	243 runs	440	78.4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
Sri Lanka	241 runs	427	84.4	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
Sri Lanka	240 runs	378	41.2	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
South Africa	233 runs	495	117.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
South Africa	231 runs	448	73.4	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
Sri Lanka	229 runs	413	50.1	v Australia	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
Sri Lanka	225 runs	412	90.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016	Test # 2228
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
South Africa	220 runs	274	19.0	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Sri Lanka	217 runs	504	85.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
Sri Lanka	215 runs	339	29.3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
South Africa	211 runs	480	100.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
Sri Lanka	209 runs	510	114.0	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
Sri Lanka	209 runs	437	71.0	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
Sri Lanka	208 runs	450	87.3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
South Africa	206 runs	488	96.3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
South Africa	204 runs	400	58.2	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
Sri Lanka	202 runs	413	71.5	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
Sri Lanka	201 runs	418	79.2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Sri Lanka	199 runs	490	86.5	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
South Africa	197 runs	454	96.3	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
Sri Lanka	192 runs	511	85.0	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	30 Mar 2024	Test # 2537
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
Sri Lanka	187 runs	348	79.0	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
South Africa	178 runs	320	38.2	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	Perth	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
South Africa	168 runs	387	100.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
Sri Lanka	164 runs	296	54.3	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
Sri Lanka	164 runs	297	56.1	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
South Africa	163 runs	457	80.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
Sri Lanka	163 runs	324	44.1	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	158 runs	324	58.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
South Africa	157 runs	309	67.0	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
South Africa	153 runs	370	71.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
Sri Lanka	149 runs	348	66.2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
South Africa	149 runs	421	91.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
Sri Lanka	144 runs	357	76.0	v Pakistan	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995	Test # 1306
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Sri Lanka	134 runs	325	68.5	v England	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
South Africa	132 runs	233	47.5x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
Sri Lanka	131 runs	322	83.5	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
Sri Lanka	121 runs	437	106.2	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
Sri Lanka	107 runs	521	126.2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
South Africa	107 runs	381	65.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
Sri Lanka	106 runs	268	88.3	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016	Test # 2209
Sri Lanka	105 runs	271	52.1	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
Sri Lanka	100 runs	350	116.5	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
Sri Lanka	96 runs	494	123.5	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
South Africa	95 runs	348	82.4	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
South Africa	94 runs	319	98.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
South Africa	93 runs	275	55.5	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
Sri Lanka	88 runs	350	94.0	v England	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
South Africa	87 runs	247	41.0	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
South Africa	82 runs	373	95.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
Sri Lanka	75 runs	340	99.0	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Sri Lanka	72 runs	244	65.5	v West Indies	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
Sri Lanka	68 runs	317	90.2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
Sri Lanka	63 runs	176	49.5	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
Sri Lanka	57 runs	294	70.1	v Pakistan	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
South Africa	53 runs	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
Sri Lanka	50 runs	168	44.3	v Pakistan	Galle	4 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
Sri Lanka	42 runs	252	72.1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995	Test # 1305
South Africa	38 runs	378	83.4	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
South Africa	30 runs	197	79.3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
South Africa	28 runs	240	67.3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
Sri Lanka	21 runs	136	47.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
South Africa	19 runs	244	53.2	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
South Africa	5 runs	117	56.3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]