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:

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

Namibia vs Zimbabwe at Harare, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final Final, Oct 4, 2025 [T20I # 3503]

Uganda vs Nigeria at Harare, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final 5th place play-off, Oct 4, 2025 [T20I # 3502]