Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	22 runs	286	81.3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016	Test # 2225
Australia	39 runs	490	145.0	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016	Test # 2240
Pakistan	56 runs	346	109.0	v West Indies	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016	Test # 2224
India	75 runs	188	35.4	v Australia	Bengaluru	4 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
Bangladesh	108 runs	273	45.3	v England	Mirpur	28 Oct 2016	Test # 2227
Pakistan	133 runs	456	108.0	v West Indies	Abu Dhabi	21 Oct 2016	Test # 2226
New Zealand	138 runs	369	92.1	v Pakistan	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016	Test # 2237
South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
India	178 runs	376	81.1	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	30 Sep 2016	Test # 2222
India	197 runs	434	87.3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016	Test # 2221
South Africa	206 runs	488	96.3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
India	208 runs	459	100.3	v Bangladesh	Hyderabad	9 Feb 2017	Test # 2249
Australia	220 runs	465	80.2	v Pakistan	Sydney	3 Jan 2017	Test # 2245
Sri Lanka	225 runs	412	90.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016	Test # 2228
India	246 runs	405	97.3	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2235
Sri Lanka	257 runs	491	58.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 Nov 2016	Test # 2231
Sri Lanka	259 runs	457	60.2	v Bangladesh	Galle	7 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
India	321 runs	475	44.5	v New Zealand	Indore	8 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
Australia	333 runs	441	33.5	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Bangladesh	4 wickets	191	57.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	15 Mar 2017	Test # 2254
West Indies	5 wickets	153	43.5	v Pakistan	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016	Test # 2229
Australia	7 wickets	127	40.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	Test # 2236
New Zealand	7 wickets	217	39.4	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2246
New Zealand	8 wickets	105	31.3	v Pakistan	Christchurch	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2234
India	8 wickets	103	20.2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016	Test # 2238
South Africa	8 wickets	81	24.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
India	8 wickets	106	23.5	v Australia	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2258
New Zealand	9 wickets	109	18.4	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	20 Jan 2017	Test # 2248

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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 England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2025 [Test # 2615 - Live]
>> 121/6 (39.5 ov, MG Neser 15*, C Green 15*, BA Stokes 1/25)

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]