Team Smallest Margins - South Africa

Smallest victories in 2010s in Tests - South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
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
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
South Africa	153 runs	370	71.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
South Africa	163 runs	457	80.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
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
South Africa	211 runs	480	100.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
South Africa	231 runs	448	73.4	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
South Africa	309 runs	632	82.5	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
South Africa	333 runs	424	32.4	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
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
South Africa	4 wickets	182	43.1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
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
South Africa	7 wickets	47	8.4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010	Test # 1962
South Africa	8 wickets	236	50.2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
South Africa	8 wickets	124	37.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2015	Test # 2154
South Africa	8 wickets	81	24.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
South Africa	9 wickets	101	19.5	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
South Africa	9 wickets	41	10.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
South Africa	9 wickets	41	9.5	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
South Africa	10 wickets	2	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
South Africa	10 wickets	58	11.4	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111

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Performances in matches that overlap decades 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:

Surrey vs Leicestershire at Guildford, One-Day Cup Group A, Aug 6, 2025 [List A]

Middlesex vs Somerset at Radlett, One-Day Cup Group B, Aug 6, 2025 [List A]

Manchester Originals (Men) vs Southern Brave (Men) at Manchester, The Hundred Men's Competition 2nd Match, Aug 6, 2025 [Twenty20 - Live]
>> 121/4 (19.0 ov, MS Chapman 13*, L Gregory 6*, TS Mills 3/22)