Team Smallest Margins - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	26 runs	0	78	25.1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Jan 2005	ODI # 2216
England	77 runs	0	325	59.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	7 wickets	0	142	40.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
India	8 wickets	0	117	39.4	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	8 wickets	0	117	39.4	0.0	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
England	7 wickets	0	142	40.4	0.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	England	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	2 Feb 2005	ODI # 2219

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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 Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613 - Live]
>> 326/8 (83.0 ov, MA Starc 33*, NM Lyon 0*, BA Stokes 0/53) - Stumps

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614 - Live]
>> 11/0 (7.6 ov, DP Conway 4*, TWM Latham 7*, JNT Seales 0/6)

Zambia vs Sierra Leone at Abuja, West Africa Trophy 3rd place play-off, Dec 14, 2025 [T20I # 3642]