Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	1 run	0	175	50.0	v New Zealand	Hobart	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1258
Zimbabwe	1 run	0	229	50.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	4 Mar 1998	ODI # 1294
South Africa	2 runs	0	301	50.0	v New Zealand	Brisbane	9 Jan 1998	ODI # 1270
New Zealand	2 runs	0	232	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	8 Mar 1998	ODI # 1296
South Africa	6 runs	0	242	49.5	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Jan 1998	ODI # 1283
England	7 runs	0	251	49.3	v India	Sharjah	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1259
England	8 runs	0	216	49.0	v Pakistan	Sharjah	15 Dec 1997	ODI # 1263
South Africa	9 runs	0	272	50.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Nov 1997	ODI # 1248
Australia	13 runs	0	253	49.5	v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1302
India	13 runs	0	275	48.3	v Zimbabwe	Vadodara	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1305
Australia	14 runs	0	248	48.1	v South Africa	Sydney	27 Jan 1998	ODI # 1287
India	15 runs	0	221	47.5	v New Zealand	Sharjah	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1319
England	16 runs	0	294	46.5	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 1998	ODI # 1299
Australia	16 runs	0	295	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	11 Apr 1998	ODI # 1313
India	18 runs	0	246	37.0	v Pakistan	Dhaka	11 Jan 1998	ODI # 1273
Australia	26 runs	0	276	46.0	v India	Sharjah	22 Apr 1998	ODI # 1325
Pakistan	29 runs	0	255	88.2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
New Zealand	30 runs	0	224	49.1	v Australia	Auckland	14 Feb 1998	ODI # 1293
India	32 runs	0	302	48.4	v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1311
New Zealand	40 runs	0	249	48.2	v Zimbabwe	Hamilton	4 Feb 1998	ODI # 1288
West Indies	41 runs	0	230	42.2	v India	Sharjah	16 Dec 1997	ODI # 1264
India	41 runs	0	310	45.5	v Australia	Kochi	1 Apr 1998	ODI # 1300
West Indies	43 runs	0	276	46.0	v Pakistan	Sharjah	12 Dec 1997	ODI # 1260
South Africa	45 runs	0	171	39.1	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
New Zealand	47 runs	0	225	47.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	6 Dec 1997	ODI # 1255
Zimbabwe	48 runs	0	306	47.1	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Gym)	11 Oct 1997	ODI # 1240
South Africa	52 runs	0	281	47.4	v Pakistan	Durban	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1303
South Africa	53 runs	0	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
South Africa	57 runs	0	267	46.3	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
West Indies	57 runs	0	303	45.5	v England	Port of Spain	8 Apr 1998	ODI # 1310
Australia	58 runs	0	265	44.0	v India	Sharjah	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1322
South Africa	66 runs	0	312	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	6 Nov 1997	ODI # 1252
Australia	66 runs	0	298	47.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1998	ODI # 1291
South Africa	67 runs	0	201	38.0	v Australia	Sydney	4 Dec 1997	ODI # 1254
South Africa	67 runs	0	234	45.1	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 1998	ODI # 1278
South Africa	70 runs	0	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Zimbabwe	82 runs	0	273	46.1	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	19 Oct 1997	ODI # 1246
New Zealand	83 runs	0	295	44.1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	5 Oct 1997	ODI # 1238
Zimbabwe	83 runs	0	255	40.0	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	18 Oct 1997	ODI # 1245
Pakistan	110 runs	0	250	34.2	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
Sri Lanka	115 runs	0	289	39.2	v Pakistan	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
Australia	131 runs	0	251	33.1	v New Zealand	Sydney	14 Jan 1998	ODI # 1275
Kenya	150 runs	0	348	43.4	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 1997	ODI # 1239
India	179 runs	0	348	67.5	v Australia	Chennai	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1405
Australia	186 runs	0	319	62.0	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Zimbabwe	192 runs	0	285	32.3	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	14 Oct 1997	ODI # 1242
West Indies	242 runs	0	380	62.1	v England	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998	Test # 1404
South Africa	259 runs	0	394	60.5	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	1 wicket	1	267	49.5	v England	Bridgetown	1 Apr 1998	ODI # 1301
Zimbabwe	3 wickets	10	186	48.2	v New Zealand	Harare	4 Oct 1997	ODI # 1237
Australia	3 wickets	2	261	49.4	v New Zealand	Adelaide	7 Dec 1997	ODI # 1256
England	3 wickets	11	236	48.1	v West Indies	Sharjah	19 Dec 1997	ODI # 1266
India	3 wickets	1	315	47.5	v Pakistan	Dhaka	18 Jan 1998	ODI # 1279
West Indies	3 wickets	0	282	98.2	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
England	3 wickets	0	225	108.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
Pakistan	3 wickets	0	192	53.5	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
South Africa	3 wickets	22	251	46.2	v Pakistan	East London	11 Apr 1998	ODI # 1314
India	4 wickets	3	266	46.3	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Sep 1997	ODI # 1234
South Africa	4 wickets	56	210	40.4	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	8 Nov 1997	ODI # 1253
England	4 wickets	25	198	45.5	v West Indies	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997	ODI # 1261
Pakistan	4 wickets	16	240	47.2	v India	Sharjah	14 Dec 1997	ODI # 1262
India	4 wickets	10	191	46.2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Jan 1998	ODI # 1271
New Zealand	4 wickets	5	252	49.1	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1998	ODI # 1281
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	6	282	49.0	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jan 1998	ODI # 1286
Pakistan	4 wickets	14	237	47.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	28 Mar 1998	ODI # 1297
Pakistan	4 wickets	20	273	46.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Mar 1998	ODI # 1298
West Indies	4 wickets	74	150	37.4	v England	Kingstown	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1307
Pakistan	4 wickets	6	296	48.0	v Sri Lanka	Kimberley	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1309
Australia	4 wickets	8	228	48.4	v India	Delhi	14 Apr 1998	ODI # 1316
New Zealand	4 wickets	6	182	49.0	v India	Sharjah	20 Apr 1998	ODI # 1323
Pakistan	5 wickets	33	171	44.3	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	28 Sep 1997	ODI # 1233
South Africa	5 wickets	11	294	48.1	v West Indies	Lahore	3 Nov 1997	ODI # 1249
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	10	229	48.2	v India	Margao	28 Dec 1997	ODI # 1269
South Africa	5 wickets	15	236	47.3	v Australia	Brisbane	11 Jan 1998	ODI # 1272
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	0	326	113.5	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	28	208	45.2	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jan 1998	ODI # 1282
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	10	213	48.2	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	24 Jan 1998	ODI # 1284
West Indies	5 wickets	11	210	48.1	v England	Kingstown	4 Apr 1998	ODI # 1304
South Africa	5 wickets	141	106	26.3	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
Australia	5 wickets	13	260	47.5	v New Zealand	Sharjah	21 Apr 1998	ODI # 1324
Zimbabwe	6 wickets	3	244	46.3	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	12 Oct 1997	ODI # 1241
Australia	6 wickets	67	142	38.5	v New Zealand	Melbourne	17 Dec 1997	ODI # 1265
Pakistan	6 wickets	111	190	31.3	v India	Dhaka	16 Jan 1998	ODI # 1277
South Africa	6 wickets	0	226	62.5	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
India	6 wickets	33	223	44.3	v Australia	Kanpur	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1308
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	20	232	46.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Apr 1998	ODI # 1315
Australia	6 wickets	79	160	36.5	v New Zealand	Sharjah	18 Apr 1998	ODI # 1320
India	6 wickets	9	273	48.3	v Australia	Sharjah	24 Apr 1998	ODI # 1327
Zimbabwe	7 wickets	52	208	41.2	v Kenya	Nairobi (Aga)	16 Oct 1997	ODI # 1244
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	62	238	39.4	v West Indies	Lahore	1 Nov 1997	ODI # 1247
India	7 wickets	31	173	37.5	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	22 Dec 1997	ODI # 1267
South Africa	7 wickets	130	166	28.2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	18 Jan 1998	ODI # 1280
Australia	7 wickets	49	229	41.5	v South Africa	Sydney	26 Jan 1998	ODI # 1285
Australia	7 wickets	70	213	38.2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Feb 1998	ODI # 1290
New Zealand	7 wickets	10	237	48.2	v Australia	Napier	12 Feb 1998	ODI # 1292
South Africa	7 wickets	87	146	35.3	v Pakistan	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
Kenya	8 wickets	174	101	17.0	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	15 Oct 1997	ODI # 1243
Pakistan	8 wickets	56	216	40.4	v West Indies	Lahore	4 Nov 1997	ODI # 1250
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	60	281	40.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	5 Nov 1997	ODI # 1251
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	0	10	1.5	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
India	8 wickets	53	213	37.1	v Pakistan	Dhaka	14 Jan 1998	ODI # 1276
New Zealand	8 wickets	130	139	28.2	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	6 Feb 1998	ODI # 1289
Australia	8 wickets	0	194	58.0	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
Pakistan	9 wickets	136	217	26.2	v India	Lahore	2 Oct 1997	ODI # 1236
Pakistan	9 wickets	100	135	24.2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	12 Jan 1998	ODI # 1274
New Zealand	9 wickets	26	208	45.4	v Zimbabwe	Napier	6 Mar 1998	ODI # 1295
South Africa	9 wickets	134	115	27.4	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
Pakistan	10 wickets	0	12	5.0	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
New Zealand	10 wickets	0	20	3.5	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	10 wickets	0	12	5.0	0.0	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	0	10	1.5	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	0	326	113.5	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
West Indies	3 wickets	0	282	98.2	0.0	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
England	3 wickets	0	225	108.0	0.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
New Zealand	10 wickets	0	20	3.5	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
Pakistan	3 wickets	0	192	53.5	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
Australia	8 wickets	0	194	58.0	0.0	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
South Africa	6 wickets	0	226	62.5	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
India	3 wickets	1	315	47.5	48.0	v Pakistan	Dhaka	18 Jan 1998	ODI # 1279
West Indies	1 wicket	1	267	49.5	50.0	v England	Bridgetown	1 Apr 1998	ODI # 1301
Australia	3 wickets	2	261	49.4	50.0	v New Zealand	Adelaide	7 Dec 1997	ODI # 1256
India	4 wickets	3	266	46.3	47.0	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Sep 1997	ODI # 1234
Zimbabwe	6 wickets	3	244	46.3	47.0	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	12 Oct 1997	ODI # 1241
New Zealand	4 wickets	5	252	49.1	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1998	ODI # 1281
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	6	282	49.0	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jan 1998	ODI # 1286
Pakistan	4 wickets	6	296	48.0	49.0	v Sri Lanka	Kimberley	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1309
New Zealand	4 wickets	6	182	49.0	50.0	v India	Sharjah	20 Apr 1998	ODI # 1323
Australia	4 wickets	8	228	48.4	50.0	v India	Delhi	14 Apr 1998	ODI # 1316
India	6 wickets	9	273	48.3	50.0	v Australia	Sharjah	24 Apr 1998	ODI # 1327
Zimbabwe	3 wickets	10	186	48.2	50.0	v New Zealand	Harare	4 Oct 1997	ODI # 1237
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	10	229	48.2	50.0	v India	Margao	28 Dec 1997	ODI # 1269
India	4 wickets	10	191	46.2	48.0	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Jan 1998	ODI # 1271
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	10	213	48.2	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	24 Jan 1998	ODI # 1284
New Zealand	7 wickets	10	237	48.2	50.0	v Australia	Napier	12 Feb 1998	ODI # 1292
South Africa	5 wickets	11	294	48.1	50.0	v West Indies	Lahore	3 Nov 1997	ODI # 1249
England	3 wickets	11	236	48.1	50.0	v West Indies	Sharjah	19 Dec 1997	ODI # 1266
West Indies	5 wickets	11	210	48.1	50.0	v England	Kingstown	4 Apr 1998	ODI # 1304
Australia	5 wickets	13	260	47.5	50.0	v New Zealand	Sharjah	21 Apr 1998	ODI # 1324
Pakistan	4 wickets	14	237	47.4	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	28 Mar 1998	ODI # 1297
South Africa	5 wickets	15	236	47.3	50.0	v Australia	Brisbane	11 Jan 1998	ODI # 1272
Pakistan	4 wickets	16	240	47.2	50.0	v India	Sharjah	14 Dec 1997	ODI # 1262
Pakistan	4 wickets	20	273	46.4	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Mar 1998	ODI # 1298
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	20	232	46.4	50.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Apr 1998	ODI # 1315
South Africa	3 wickets	22	251	46.2	50.0	v Pakistan	East London	11 Apr 1998	ODI # 1314
England	4 wickets	25	198	45.5	50.0	v West Indies	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997	ODI # 1261
New Zealand	9 wickets	26	208	45.4	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Napier	6 Mar 1998	ODI # 1295
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	28	208	45.2	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jan 1998	ODI # 1282
India	7 wickets	31	173	37.5	43.0	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	22 Dec 1997	ODI # 1267
Pakistan	5 wickets	33	171	44.3	50.0	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	28 Sep 1997	ODI # 1233
India	6 wickets	33	223	44.3	50.0	v Australia	Kanpur	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1308
Australia	7 wickets	49	229	41.5	50.0	v South Africa	Sydney	26 Jan 1998	ODI # 1285
Zimbabwe	7 wickets	52	208	41.2	50.0	v Kenya	Nairobi (Aga)	16 Oct 1997	ODI # 1244
India	8 wickets	53	213	37.1	46.0	v Pakistan	Dhaka	14 Jan 1998	ODI # 1276
Pakistan	8 wickets	56	216	40.4	50.0	v West Indies	Lahore	4 Nov 1997	ODI # 1250
South Africa	4 wickets	56	210	40.4	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	8 Nov 1997	ODI # 1253
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	60	281	40.0	50.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	5 Nov 1997	ODI # 1251
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	62	238	39.4	50.0	v West Indies	Lahore	1 Nov 1997	ODI # 1247
Australia	6 wickets	67	142	38.5	50.0	v New Zealand	Melbourne	17 Dec 1997	ODI # 1265
Australia	7 wickets	70	213	38.2	50.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Feb 1998	ODI # 1290
West Indies	4 wickets	74	150	37.4	50.0	v England	Kingstown	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1307
Australia	6 wickets	79	160	36.5	50.0	v New Zealand	Sharjah	18 Apr 1998	ODI # 1320
South Africa	7 wickets	87	146	35.3	50.0	v Pakistan	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
Pakistan	9 wickets	100	135	24.2	41.0	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	12 Jan 1998	ODI # 1274
Pakistan	6 wickets	111	190	31.3	50.0	v India	Dhaka	16 Jan 1998	ODI # 1277
South Africa	7 wickets	130	166	28.2	50.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	18 Jan 1998	ODI # 1280
New Zealand	8 wickets	130	139	28.2	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	6 Feb 1998	ODI # 1289
South Africa	9 wickets	134	115	27.4	50.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
Pakistan	9 wickets	136	217	26.2	49.0	v India	Lahore	2 Oct 1997	ODI # 1236
South Africa	5 wickets	141	106	26.3	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
Kenya	8 wickets	174	101	17.0	46.0	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	15 Oct 1997	ODI # 1243

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	1 Oct 1997	ODI # 1235

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies vs India at Ahmedabad, West Indies in India 1st Test, Oct 2-4, 2025 [Test # 2600]

Namibia vs Zimbabwe at Harare, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final Final, Oct 4, 2025 [T20I # 3503]

Uganda vs Nigeria at Harare, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final 5th place play-off, Oct 4, 2025 [T20I # 3502]