Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	22 runs	198	52.4	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
New Zealand	27 runs	291	102.3	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
Australia	112 runs	410	99.5	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
Australia	184 runs	366	74.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
India	188 runs	436	91.2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Australia	210 runs	355	50.0	v ICC World XI	Sydney	14 Oct 2005	Test # 1768
England	212 runs	313	48.2	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
India	259 runs	509	92.3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Pakistan	341 runs	607	58.4	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
Australia	379 runs	509	49.0	v West Indies	Brisbane	3 Nov 2005	Test # 1769

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	292	91.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
Australia	3 wickets	307	107.0	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
South Africa	4 wickets	217	47.3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	5 May 2006	Test # 1801
Australia	7 wickets	182	58.0	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
Australia	7 wickets	95	27.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
Australia	8 wickets	287	60.3	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	163	37.0	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
Pakistan	8 wickets	183	43.2	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Australia	9 wickets	78	26.1	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
India	9 wickets	144	33.0	v England	Mohali	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	120	28.0	v Bangladesh	Bogra	8 Mar 2006	Test # 1786
New Zealand	10 wickets	36	8.1	v West Indies	Wellington	17 Mar 2006	Test # 1790

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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:

Pakistan vs South Africa at Lahore, South Africa in Pakistan 1st Test, Oct 12-15, 2025 [Test # 2602]

India vs West Indies at Delhi, West Indies in India 2nd Test, Oct 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2601]

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