Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	4 runs	176	58.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018	Test # 2327
India	31 runs	323	119.5	v Australia	Adelaide	6 Dec 2018	Test # 2333
England	42 runs	327	86.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
England	57 runs	301	74.0	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
Bangladesh	64 runs	204	35.2	v West Indies	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
South Africa	107 runs	381	65.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
New Zealand	123 runs	280	56.1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	3 Dec 2018	Test # 2332
India	137 runs	399	89.3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
Australia	146 runs	287	56.0	v India	Perth	14 Dec 2018	Test # 2334
Zimbabwe	151 runs	321	63.1	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	3 Nov 2018	Test # 2323
England	211 runs	462	85.1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
Bangladesh	218 runs	443	83.1	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	11 Nov 2018	Test # 2325
England	232 runs	485	69.5	v West Indies	Gros Islet	9 Feb 2019	Test # 2346
Australia	366 runs	516	51.0	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	1 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
Pakistan	373 runs	538	49.4	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018	Test # 2322
West Indies	381 runs	628	80.4	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
New Zealand	423 runs	660	106.2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	304	85.3	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
South Africa	6 wickets	149	50.4	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
Afghanistan	7 wickets	147	47.5	v Ireland	Dehradun	15 Mar 2019	Test # 2351
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	197	45.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
South Africa	9 wickets	41	9.5	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
India	10 wickets	72	16.1	v West Indies	Hyderabad	12 Oct 2018	Test # 2321
West Indies	10 wickets	14	2.1	v England	North Sound	31 Jan 2019	Test # 2344

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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 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

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]