Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	21 runs	136	47.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
India	63 runs	241	73.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
Sri Lanka	68 runs	317	90.2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
West Indies	117 runs	434	90.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
Australia	118 runs	417	92.4	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
Australia	120 runs	354	84.2	v England	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Sri Lanka	215 runs	339	29.3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
New Zealand	240 runs	444	63.5	v West Indies	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
South Africa	333 runs	424	32.4	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	6 wickets	101	22.5	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
Australia	10 wickets	170	50.0	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282

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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:

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]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]