Smallest margin of victory (by wickets)

Records for Test Matches

Smallest victories

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	1 wicket	0	263	66.5	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
South Africa	1 wicket	0	284	112.5	v England	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
England	1 wicket	0	282	121.4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908	Test # 97
England	1 wicket	0	173	88.3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
Australia	1 wicket	0	260	97.0x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
New Zealand	1 wicket	0	104	50.0	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
Pakistan	1 wicket	0	314	106.1	v Australia	Karachi	28 Sep 1994	Test # 1268
West Indies	1 wicket	0	308	120.1	v Australia	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999	Test # 1453
West Indies	1 wicket	0	216	91.0	v Pakistan	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
Pakistan	1 wicket	0	261	91.0	v Bangladesh	Multan	3 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	0	352	113.3	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
India	1 wicket	0	216	58.4	v Australia	Mohali	1 Oct 2010	Test # 1972
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	0	304	85.3	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
England	1 wicket	0	359	125.4	v Australia	Leeds	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2357
West Indies	1 wicket	0	168	56.5	v Pakistan	Kingston	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2430
England	2 wickets	0	95	51.0x5	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1890	Test # 34
Australia	2 wickets	0	274	98.3	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1907	Test # 96
England	2 wickets	0	128	28.0x8	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
Australia	2 wickets	0	258	111.7x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
India	2 wickets	0	254	128.4	v Australia	Brabourne	10 Oct 1964	Test # 567
Australia	2 wickets	0	339	87.2x8	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
West Indies	2 wickets	0	208	68.4	v England	Nottingham	5 Jun 1980	Test # 880
New Zealand	2 wickets	0	278	99.4	v Pakistan	Dunedin	9 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
West Indies	2 wickets	0	266	77.0	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
Pakistan	2 wickets	0	138	45.1	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1992	Test # 1190
Australia	2 wickets	0	270	93.3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
England	2 wickets	0	249	75.1	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
Sri Lanka	2 wickets	0	220	83.5	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
England	2 wickets	0	188	69.5	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
India	2 wickets	0	155	41.1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
Australia	2 wickets	0	292	91.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
Australia	2 wickets	0	310	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
New Zealand	2 wickets	0	285	70.0	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
Australia	3 wickets	0	125	84.3x5	v England	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
England	3 wickets	0	221	58.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 1910	Test # 108
England	3 wickets	0	332	159.5	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
England	3 wickets	0	172	23.7x8	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
Australia	3 wickets	0	236	85.7x8	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Nov 1951	Test # 340
South Africa	3 wickets	0	145	30.3	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
Australia	3 wickets	0	359	101.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
India	3 wickets	0	125	46.2	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
England	3 wickets	0	219	80.2	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
Pakistan	3 wickets	0	65	30.3	v England	Karachi	2 Mar 1984	Test # 978
Pakistan	3 wickets	0	185	70.5	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
West Indies	3 wickets	0	282	98.2	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
England	3 wickets	0	225	108.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
Pakistan	3 wickets	0	192	53.5	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
England	3 wickets	0	161	71.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
South Africa	3 wickets	0	121	35.3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
West Indies	3 wickets	0	418	128.5	v Australia	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
England	3 wickets	0	129	31.5	v Australia	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
Australia	3 wickets	0	307	107.0	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
New Zealand	3 wickets	0	317	137.5	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
Pakistan	3 wickets	0	180	50.4	v Australia	Leeds	21 Jul 2010	Test # 1965
Australia	3 wickets	0	192	47.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
Bangladesh	3 wickets	0	101	33.3	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	25 Oct 2014	Test # 2141
Australia	3 wickets	0	187	51.0	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Nov 2015	Test # 2190
England	3 wickets	0	277	82.1	v Pakistan	Manchester	5 Aug 2020	Test # 2391
India	3 wickets	0	328	97.0	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
West Indies	3 wickets	0	395	127.3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	3 Feb 2021	Test # 2407
India	3 wickets	0	145	47.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Dec 2022	Test # 2484

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Ireland at Lord's, Only Test, Jun 1-3, 2023 [Test # 2504]

Sri Lanka v Ireland at Galle, 2nd Test, Apr 24-28, 2023 [Test # 2503]

Sri Lanka v Ireland at Galle, 1st Test, Apr 16-18, 2023 [Test # 2502]