Team Smallest Margins

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By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
West Indies	130 runs	386	110.0	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
India	171 runs	384	68.3	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Pakistan	299 runs	431	59.4	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
Australia	352 runs	462	49.3	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	2 wickets	155	41.1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
England	3 wickets	161	71.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
England	4 wickets	74	24.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
South Africa	5 wickets	101	26.3	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
Australia	5 wickets	130	43.0	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
England	6 wickets	176	41.3	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
Australia	6 wickets	173	44.5	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
New Zealand	7 wickets	132	45.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
India	7 wickets	190	37.3	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
South Africa	7 wickets	86	34.1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
New Zealand	8 wickets	72	15.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
Zimbabwe	8 wickets	100	24.3	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
India	9 wickets	63	15.0	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
Australia	10 wickets	47	7.0	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531

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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:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2025 [Test # 2615 - Live]
>> 51/4 (19.2 ov, UT Khawaja 9*, JC Tongue 3/11)

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]