Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	25 runs	147	29.1	v India	Wankhede	1 Nov 2024	Test # 2560
Ireland	63 runs	292	86.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Feb 2025	Test # 2581
Afghanistan	72 runs	278	68.3	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2 Jan 2025	Test # 2574
Bangladesh	101 runs	287	50.0	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Nov 2024	Test # 2565
South Africa	109 runs	348	69.1	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	5 Dec 2024	Test # 2566
New Zealand	113 runs	359	60.2	v India	Pune	24 Oct 2024	Test # 2557
West Indies	120 runs	254	44.0	v Pakistan	Multan	25 Jan 2025	Test # 2578
Pakistan	127 runs	251	36.3	v West Indies	Multan	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
Pakistan	152 runs	297	33.3	v England	Multan	15 Oct 2024	Test # 2554
Australia	184 runs	340	79.1	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2571
West Indies	201 runs	334	38.0	v Bangladesh	North Sound	22 Nov 2024	Test # 2562
South Africa	233 runs	516	79.4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
India	280 runs	515	62.1	v Bangladesh	Chennai	19 Sep 2024	Test # 2550
India	295 runs	534	58.4	v Australia	Perth	22 Nov 2024	Test # 2561
England	323 runs	583	54.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Dec 2024	Test # 2567
New Zealand	423 runs	658	47.2	v England	Hamilton	14 Dec 2024	Test # 2569

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	2 wickets	148	39.3	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
Australia	6 wickets	162	27.0	v India	Sydney	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2575
India	7 wickets	95	17.2	v Bangladesh	Kanpur	27 Sep 2024	Test # 2552
South Africa	7 wickets	106	22.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	21 Oct 2024	Test # 2556
New Zealand	8 wickets	107	27.4	v India	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024	Test # 2555
England	8 wickets	104	12.4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Nov 2024	Test # 2564
Pakistan	9 wickets	36	3.1	v England	Rawalpindi	24 Oct 2024	Test # 2558
Australia	9 wickets	75	17.4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Feb 2025	Test # 2580
Australia	10 wickets	19	3.2	v India	Adelaide	6 Dec 2024	Test # 2568
South Africa	10 wickets	58	7.1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2576

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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]