Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2016 in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	22 runs	286	81.3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016	Test # 2225
Australia	39 runs	490	145.0	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016	Test # 2240
Pakistan	56 runs	346	109.0	v West Indies	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016	Test # 2224
Pakistan	75 runs	283	75.5	v England	Lord's	14 Jul 2016	Test # 2206
Sri Lanka	106 runs	268	88.3	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016	Test # 2209
Bangladesh	108 runs	273	45.3	v England	Mirpur	28 Oct 2016	Test # 2227
Pakistan	133 runs	456	108.0	v West Indies	Abu Dhabi	21 Oct 2016	Test # 2226
New Zealand	138 runs	369	92.1	v Pakistan	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016	Test # 2237
England	141 runs	343	70.5	v Pakistan	Birmingham	3 Aug 2016	Test # 2212
Sri Lanka	163 runs	324	44.1	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	Perth	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
India	178 runs	376	81.1	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	30 Sep 2016	Test # 2222
India	197 runs	434	87.3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016	Test # 2221
South Africa	204 runs	400	58.2	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
South Africa	206 runs	488	96.3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
Sri Lanka	225 runs	412	90.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016	Test # 2228
Sri Lanka	229 runs	413	50.1	v Australia	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
India	237 runs	346	47.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	9 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
India	246 runs	405	97.3	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2235
New Zealand	254 runs	387	68.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Aug 2016	Test # 2214
Sri Lanka	257 runs	491	58.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 Nov 2016	Test # 2231
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
India	321 runs	475	44.5	v New Zealand	Indore	8 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
England	330 runs	565	70.3	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	5 wickets	153	43.5	v Pakistan	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016	Test # 2229
England	7 wickets	74	22.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
Australia	7 wickets	201	54.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016	Test # 2202
Australia	7 wickets	127	40.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	Test # 2236
New Zealand	8 wickets	105	31.3	v Pakistan	Christchurch	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2234
India	8 wickets	103	20.2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016	Test # 2238
England	9 wickets	79	23.2	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
Pakistan	10 wickets	40	13.1	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 2016	Test # 2216

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Sri Lanka at Gqeberha, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2016 [Test # 2243]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2016 [Test # 2242]

India v England at Chennai, 5th Test, Dec 16-20, 2016 [Test # 2241]