Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	16 runs	0	221	93.5	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
SAf XI	49 runs	0	295	95.1	v Aust XI	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1986	First-class
Australia	55 runs	0	320	114.0	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
	57 runs	0	108	20.0	v	Cape Town	14 Nov 1987	First-class
EPR (SACB)	72 runs	0	261	63.5	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	27 Dec 1986	First-class
South Aust	85 runs	0	347	106.4	v NSW	Adelaide	9 Jan 1987	First-class
Victoria	117 runs	0	357	95.0	v South Aust	Adelaide	28 Nov 1986	First-class
EPR (SACB)	142 runs	0	245	47.2	v Natal (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	31 Dec 1986	First-class
TVL (SACB)	181 runs	0	283	36.4	v Natal (SACB)	Johannesburg	22 Nov 1986	First-class
Pakistan	186 runs	0	240	25.3	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
NSW	1 wicket	0	254	69.0	v Victoria	Sydney	6 Mar 1987	First-class
EPR (SACB)	2 wickets	0	107	38.0	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	24 Jan 1987	First-class
SABP XI	3 wickets	0	261	58.5	v Aust XI	Virginia	27 Nov 1986	First-class
Queensland	3 wickets	0	289	66.1	v NSW	Brisbane	5 Dec 1986	First-class
Victoria	4 wickets	0	126	30.3	v NSW	Melbourne	5 Nov 1986	First-class
Queensland	5 wickets	0	164	50.3	v England XI	Brisbane	24 Oct 1986	First-class
South Zone	5 wickets	0	273	74.4	v North Zone	Wankhede	25 Oct 1986	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	168	53.2	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	184	45.1	v Victoria	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
New Zealand	5 wickets	0	33	10.1	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
Natal (SACB)	5 wickets	0	89	29.4	v EPR (SACB)	Durban	14 Mar 1987	First-class
West Aust	6 wickets	0	220	62.4	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Dec 1986	First-class
Natal	6 wickets	0	232	50.0	v Aust XI	Durban	19 Dec 1986	First-class
Victoria	6 wickets	0	195	39.0	v Tasmania	Melbourne	23 Jan 1987	First-class
West Aust	6 wickets	0	194	57.1	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	6 Mar 1987	First-class
England	7 wickets	0	75	22.3	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
West Aust	7 wickets	0	94	15.1	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	27 Feb 1987	First-class
West Aust	8 wickets	0	137	41.5	v South Aust	W.A.C.A	23 Oct 1986	First-class
NSW	8 wickets	0	99	48.1	v England XI	Newcastle	21 Nov 1986	First-class
West Aust	8 wickets	0	16	4.5	v South Aust	Adelaide	20 Feb 1987	First-class
West Aust	10 wickets	0	48	11.5	v Tasmania	Devonport	21 Nov 1986	First-class
WPR (SACB)	10 wickets	0	103	29.5	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	22 Nov 1986	First-class
WPR (SACB)	10 wickets	0	34	5.5	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1986	First-class
West Indies	10 wickets	0	13	1.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Aust	8 wickets	0	137	41.5	0.0	v South Aust	W.A.C.A	23 Oct 1986	First-class
Queensland	5 wickets	0	164	50.3	0.0	v England XI	Brisbane	24 Oct 1986	First-class
South Zone	5 wickets	0	273	74.4	0.0	v North Zone	Wankhede	25 Oct 1986	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	168	53.2	0.0	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
Victoria	4 wickets	0	126	30.3	0.0	v NSW	Melbourne	5 Nov 1986	First-class
England	7 wickets	0	75	22.3	0.0	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
West Aust	10 wickets	0	48	11.5	0.0	v Tasmania	Devonport	21 Nov 1986	First-class
NSW	8 wickets	0	99	48.1	0.0	v England XI	Newcastle	21 Nov 1986	First-class
WPR (SACB)	10 wickets	0	103	29.5	0.0	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	22 Nov 1986	First-class
SABP XI	3 wickets	0	261	58.5	0.0	v Aust XI	Virginia	27 Nov 1986	First-class
Queensland	3 wickets	0	289	66.1	0.0	v NSW	Brisbane	5 Dec 1986	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	184	45.1	0.0	v Victoria	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
West Aust	6 wickets	0	220	62.4	0.0	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Dec 1986	First-class
Natal	6 wickets	0	232	50.0	0.0	v Aust XI	Durban	19 Dec 1986	First-class
WPR (SACB)	10 wickets	0	34	5.5	0.0	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1986	First-class
Victoria	6 wickets	0	195	39.0	0.0	v Tasmania	Melbourne	23 Jan 1987	First-class
EPR (SACB)	2 wickets	0	107	38.0	0.0	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	24 Jan 1987	First-class
West Aust	8 wickets	0	16	4.5	0.0	v South Aust	Adelaide	20 Feb 1987	First-class
West Indies	10 wickets	0	13	1.3	0.0	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
West Aust	7 wickets	0	94	15.1	0.0	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	27 Feb 1987	First-class
NSW	1 wicket	0	254	69.0	0.0	v Victoria	Sydney	6 Mar 1987	First-class
West Aust	6 wickets	0	194	57.1	0.0	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	6 Mar 1987	First-class
New Zealand	5 wickets	0	33	10.1	0.0	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
Natal (SACB)	5 wickets	0	89	29.4	0.0	v EPR (SACB)	Durban	14 Mar 1987	First-class

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	Australia	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052

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