AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground Records

Test+ODI+T20I Matches Records

Team Largest Margins - South Africa

Largest margins in Tests+ODIs+T20Is by Innings, runs & wickets at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground - South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	82 runs	0	373	95.1x8	0.0x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	45 runs	0	171	39.1	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
South Africa	28 runs	0	231	48.5	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1994	ODI # 876
South Africa	6 runs	0	242	49.5	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Jan 1998	ODI # 1283

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	8 wickets	29	191	45.1	50.0	v New Zealand	Melbourne	6 Feb 2002	ODI # 1804

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	8 wickets	29	191	45.1	50.0	v New Zealand	Melbourne	6 Feb 2002	ODI # 1804
South Africa	4 wickets	9	199	48.3	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Jan 2002	ODI # 1784
South Africa	7 wickets	8	190	48.4	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Dec 1993	ODI # 860
South Africa	3 wickets	3	272	49.3	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	16 Jan 2009	ODI # 2795
South Africa	6 wickets	0	295	95.5x8	0.0x8	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
South Africa	9 wickets	0	183	48.0	0.0	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs Australia at Mackay, South Africa in Australia 2nd ODI, Aug 22, 2025 [ODI # 4896]

South Africa vs Australia at Cairns, South Africa in Australia 1st ODI, Aug 19, 2025 [ODI # 4895]

West Indies vs Pakistan at Tarouba, Pakistan tour of West Indies 3rd ODI, Aug 12, 2025 [ODI # 4894]