Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	6 runs	222	50.0	v India	Colombo (RPS)	22 Jul 2001	ODI # 1737
Sri Lanka	16 runs	221	49.0	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 2001	ODI # 1735
India	46 runs	228	45.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	1 Aug 2001	ODI # 1742
New Zealand	67 runs	201	39.4	v India	Colombo (RPS)	26 Jul 2001	ODI # 1739
New Zealand	84 runs	212	41.1	v India	Colombo (RPS)	20 Jul 2001	ODI # 1736
Sri Lanka	106 runs	222	36.0	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	31 Jul 2001	ODI # 1741
Sri Lanka	121 runs	296	47.2	v India	Colombo (RPS)	5 Aug 2001	ODI # 1744

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	237	48.3	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	25 Jul 2001	ODI # 1738
India	7 wickets	184	45.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	28 Jul 2001	ODI # 1740
India	7 wickets	265	45.4	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	2 Aug 2001	ODI # 1743

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	9	237	48.3	50.0	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	25 Jul 2001	ODI # 1738
India	7 wickets	26	184	45.4	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	28 Jul 2001	ODI # 1740
India	7 wickets	26	265	45.4	50.0	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	2 Aug 2001	ODI # 1743

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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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 - Live]
>> 92/2 (22.6 ov, JG Bethell 21*, JE Root 37*, KIC Asalanka 0/4)

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]