Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	27 runs	352	73.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
Australia	121 runs	370	93.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
West Indies	128 runs	233	49.0	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
Zimbabwe	183 runs	353	57.5	v Bangladesh	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
Australia	197 runs	352	45.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
England	329 runs	468	37.1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	4 wickets	230	72.4	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
South Africa	6 wickets	234	72.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
England	7 wickets	164	39.2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
Pakistan	7 wickets	274	74.5	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
England	7 wickets	99	15.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
Pakistan	8 wickets	161	40.1	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
England	8 wickets	93	20.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
Australia	9 wickets	172	29.1	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
Australia	9 wickets	95	22.2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
New Zealand	9 wickets	51	10.2	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Pakistan	9 wickets	40	7.0	v India	Lahore	5 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
South Africa	10 wickets	46	3.4	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
England	10 wickets	20	2.3	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687

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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:

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

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]