Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	78 runs	312	63.0	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
England	98 runs	550	93.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
Sri Lanka	131 runs	322	83.5	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
Pakistan	170 runs	342	62.5	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
Pakistan	244 runs	434	61.0	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
Australia	246 runs	375	67.0	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Sri Lanka	315 runs	395	43.3	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	4 wickets	122	45.5	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Australia	4 wickets	331	79.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
South Africa	5 wickets	335	104.5	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
Zimbabwe	8 wickets	11	2.4	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	32	6.2	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
South Africa	9 wickets	78	15.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
South Africa	9 wickets	54	14.4	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
Australia	9 wickets	10	3.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	3	0.4	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	26	5.3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
India	10 wickets	5	0.2	v England	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
Australia	10 wickets	53	10.1	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582

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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 Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

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