Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	7 runs	241	63.4	v Australia	Hobart	9 Dec 2011	Test # 2021
New Zealand	34 runs	366	108.1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
Pakistan	71 runs	324	97.3	v England	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
Pakistan	72 runs	145	36.1	v England	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
Sri Lanka	75 runs	340	99.0	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Australia	75 runs	370	96.3	v West Indies	Roseau	23 Apr 2012	Test # 2042
Australia	122 runs	292	47.5	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2025
Sri Lanka	208 runs	450	87.3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
West Indies	229 runs	508	80.2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011	Test # 2012
Australia	298 runs	500	69.4	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	310	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
Australia	3 wickets	192	47.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
India	5 wickets	276	80.4	v West Indies	Delhi	6 Nov 2011	Test # 2015
Pakistan	7 wickets	103	20.5	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	17 Dec 2011	Test # 2024
South Africa	8 wickets	236	50.2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
England	8 wickets	94	19.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
Pakistan	9 wickets	94	24.1	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
Australia	9 wickets	19	2.2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	1 Dec 2011	Test # 2020
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
Pakistan	10 wickets	15	3.4	v England	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	Test # 2030

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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]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]