Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	72 runs	413	86.5	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
Sri Lanka	88 runs	350	94.0	v England	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Australia	96 runs	507	104.3	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
England	121 runs	553	118.5	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
Sri Lanka	121 runs	437	106.2	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
Australia	122 runs	333	70.5	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
England	126 runs	438	100.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
West Indies	128 runs	389	74.5	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
New Zealand	189 runs	300	55.0	v England	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
Australia	337 runs	499	74.0	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	5 wickets	205	67.5	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
India	6 wickets	203	61.1	v Pakistan	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
West Indies	6 wickets	253	68.3	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
South Africa	7 wickets	185	35.2	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
India	8 wickets	62	13.1	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
New Zealand	9 wickets	35	8.1	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	4 Jan 2008	Test # 1859

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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 West Indies at Bridgetown, Australia in West Indies 1st Test, Jun 25-27, 2025 [Test # 2589]

England vs West Indies at Bridgetown, England tour of West Indies 2nd Test, Mar 16-20, 2022 [Test # 2457]

West Indies vs England at Bridgetown, England tour of WI 1st Test, Jan 23-26, 2019 [Test # 2342]