Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in SA: Newlands, Cape Town in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
New Zealand	72 runs	408	142.2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
England	87 runs	312	101.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
South Africa	149 runs	421	91.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
England	189 runs	438	137.4	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
England	210 runs	246	22.4x5	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
Australia	245 runs	511	134.3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
England	312 runs	385	50.1x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	1 wicket	173	88.3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
England	4 wickets	159	59.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
South Africa	4 wickets	175	59.3	v England	Cape Town	7 Mar 1910	Test # 109
Australia	4 wickets	331	79.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
South Africa	4 wickets	182	43.1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
South Africa	5 wickets	211	64.1	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
South Africa	5 wickets	161	64.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
Australia	6 wickets	179	65.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
South Africa	7 wickets	88	31.2	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
Australia	7 wickets	95	27.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
South Africa	7 wickets	185	35.2	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
South Africa	7 wickets	212	63.3	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
India	7 wickets	79	12.0	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
Australia	8 wickets	86	20.0x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
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
England	9 wickets	14	4.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
Australia	9 wickets	91	25.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
South Africa	9 wickets	41	9.5	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Australia	10 wickets	59	9.5	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
Australia	10 wickets	1	0.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
South Africa	10 wickets	67	15.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
South Africa	10 wickets	2	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 11-14, 2022 [Test # 2448]

South Africa v England at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Jan 3-7, 2020 [Test # 2379]