Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2018 in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	4 runs	176	58.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018	Test # 2327
England	31 runs	194	54.2	v India	Birmingham	1 Aug 2018	Test # 2314
India	31 runs	323	119.5	v Australia	Adelaide	6 Dec 2018	Test # 2333
England	42 runs	327	86.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
England	57 runs	301	74.0	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
England	60 runs	245	69.4	v India	Southampton	30 Aug 2018	Test # 2317
India	63 runs	241	73.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
Bangladesh	64 runs	204	35.2	v West Indies	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
Australia	118 runs	417	92.4	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
England	118 runs	464	94.3	v India	The Oval	7 Sep 2018	Test # 2318
New Zealand	123 runs	280	56.1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	3 Dec 2018	Test # 2332
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
India	137 runs	399	89.3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
Australia	146 runs	287	56.0	v India	Perth	14 Dec 2018	Test # 2334
Zimbabwe	151 runs	321	63.1	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	3 Nov 2018	Test # 2323
West Indies	166 runs	335	42.0	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
Sri Lanka	199 runs	490	86.5	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
India	203 runs	521	104.5	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
England	211 runs	462	85.1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
Sri Lanka	215 runs	339	29.3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
Bangladesh	218 runs	443	83.1	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	11 Nov 2018	Test # 2325
West Indies	226 runs	453	83.2	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
Sri Lanka	278 runs	352	28.5	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
Pakistan	373 runs	538	49.4	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018	Test # 2322
New Zealand	423 runs	660	106.2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	144	40.2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
Pakistan	5 wickets	160	45.0	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
South Africa	6 wickets	101	22.5	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
South Africa	6 wickets	149	50.4	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
Pakistan	9 wickets	64	12.4	v England	Lord's	24 May 2018	Test # 2304
India	10 wickets	72	16.1	v West Indies	Hyderabad	12 Oct 2018	Test # 2321

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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:

Australia v India at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 2018 [Test # 2337]

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2018 [Test # 2336]

South Africa v Pakistan at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2018 [Test # 2338]