Team Smallest Margins - South Africa

Players - South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
No records found

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	8 wickets	-	236	50.2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
South Africa	9 wickets	-	101	19.5	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
South Africa	10 wickets	-	2	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	8 wickets	-	236	50.2	0.0	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
South Africa	10 wickets	-	2	0.0	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
South Africa	9 wickets	-	101	19.5	0.0	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
No records found

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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:

South Western Districts vs Northern Cape at Kimberley, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 14th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 181/3 (58.4 ov, N Yikha 62*, R Herrmann 87*, L Alder 0/38) - Stumps

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Police Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 9-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 130/6 (37.0 ov, A Wanninayake 21*, DS Thilakaratne 2/48) - Stumps

Border vs Mpumalanga at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 13th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps