Team Smallest Margins - South Africa

Smallest victories in 2020s in Tests - South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	40 runs	263	66.2	v West Indies	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
South Africa	87 runs	247	41.0	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
South Africa	109 runs	348	69.1	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	5 Dec 2024	Test # 2566
South Africa	158 runs	324	58.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
South Africa	220 runs	274	19.0	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
South Africa	233 runs	516	79.4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
South Africa	284 runs	391	35.1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
South Africa	328 runs	537	66.2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
South Africa	332 runs	413	23.3	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	2 wickets	148	39.3	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
South Africa	5 wickets	282	83.4	v Australia	Lord's	11 Jun 2025	Test # 2585
South Africa	7 wickets	240	67.4	v India	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
South Africa	7 wickets	212	63.3	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
South Africa	7 wickets	106	22.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	21 Oct 2024	Test # 2556
South Africa	8 wickets	68	12.3	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	20 Oct 2025	Test # 2603
South Africa	10 wickets	67	13.2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
South Africa	10 wickets	58	7.1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2576

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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:

Ireland vs Bangladesh at Sylhet, Ireland in Bangladesh 1st Test, Nov 11-15, 2025 [Test # 2605 - Live]
>> 338/1 (85.0 ov, Mahmudul Hasan Joy 169*, Mominul Haque 80*, AR McBrine 0/93) - Stumps

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe at Harare, Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Only Test, Oct 20-22, 2025 [Test # 2604]