Team Largest Margins - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	182 runs	336	29.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Dec 2002	ODI # 1916
India	10 runs	262	50.0	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002	ODI # 1886
West Indies	3 runs	279	49.0	v South Africa	Cape Town	9 Feb 2003	ODI # 1942

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	9 wickets	226	36.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003	ODI # 1955
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	254	41.4	v South Africa	Benoni	1 Dec 2002	ODI # 1908

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	50	254	41.4	50.0	v South Africa	Benoni	1 Dec 2002	ODI # 1908
New Zealand	9 wickets	13	226	36.5	39.0	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003	ODI # 1955

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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
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:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]