Team Largest Margins

Largest margins by South Africa in FC by Innings, runs & wickets

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	492 runs	0	612	46.4	0.0	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
South Africa	358 runs	0	531	51.0	0.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
South Africa	356 runs	0	456	45.5	0.0	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
South Africa	351 runs	0	569	75.2	0.0	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
South Africa	340 runs	0	474	44.2	0.0	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
South Africa	333 runs	0	424	32.4	0.0	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
South Africa	332 runs	0	413	23.3	0.0	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
South Africa	329 runs	0	467	53.3	0.0	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
South Africa	328 runs	0	395	34.1	0.0	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
South Africa	328 runs	0	537	66.2	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
South Africa	324 runs	0	490	69.3	0.0	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
South Africa	323 runs	0	570	90.3	0.0	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
South Africa	322 runs	0	430	39.4	0.0	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
South Africa	309 runs	0	632	82.5	0.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
South Africa	307 runs	0	486	77.5	0.0	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
South Africa	284 runs	0	391	35.1	0.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
South Africa	282 runs	0	427	66.2	0.0	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
South Africa	282 runs	0	507	62.0	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
South Africa	280 runs	0	382	34.4	0.0	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
Sth Africans	278 runs	0	505	60.5	0.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	10 Jun 1907	First-class
Sth Africans	276 runs	0	413	54.2	0.0	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	17 Jun 1907	First-class
Sth Africans	275 runs	0	396	45.4	0.0	v Hampshire	Southampton	20 Aug 1955	First-class
South Africa	259 runs	0	394	60.5	0.0	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
South Africa	243 runs	0	440	78.4	0.0	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
Sth Africans	235 runs	0	334	64.4	0.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	27 Aug 1955	First-class
South Africa	233 runs	0	495	117.5	0.0	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
South Africa	233 runs	0	516	79.4	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
South Africa	231 runs	0	448	73.4	0.0	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
Sth Africans	226 runs	0	392	79.0	0.0	v Glamorgan	Swansea	30 Jul 1955	First-class
South Africa	224 runs	0	481	142.1	0.0	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
South Africa	220 runs	0	274	19.0	0.0	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
South Africa	211 runs	0	480	100.4	0.0	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
South Africa	206 runs	0	488	96.3	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
South Africa	204 runs	0	400	58.2	0.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
South Africa	198 runs	0	426	93.5	0.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
South Africa	197 runs	0	454	96.3	0.0	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
South Africa	196 runs	0	501	123.4	0.0	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
Sth Africans	193 runs	0	372	60.4	0.0	v Yorkshire	Sheffield	2 Jul 1955	First-class
South Africa	191 runs	0	401	61.4	0.0	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
Sth Africans	189 runs	0	393	50.3	0.0	v England XI	Lord's	14 Jul 1904	First-class
South Africa	189 runs	0	378	51.0	0.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	178 runs	0	320	38.2	0.0	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
South Africa	177 runs	0	539	119.1	0.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
Sth Africans	175 runs	0	266	45.1x8	0.0x8	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	26 Mar 1953	First-class
South Africa	174 runs	0	354	55.1	0.0	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
South Africa	170 runs	0	451	129.1	0.0	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
South Africa	168 runs	0	387	100.0	0.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
South Africa	163 runs	0	457	80.3	0.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
South Africa	160 runs	0	424	84.5	0.0	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	158 runs	0	324	58.3	0.0	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
South Africa	157 runs	0	309	67.0	0.0	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
South Africa	153 runs	0	370	71.3	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
South Africa	149 runs	0	421	91.4	0.0	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
South Africa	135 runs	0	287	50.2	0.0	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
South Africa	132 runs	0	233	47.5x8	0.0x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
South Africa	128 runs	0	249	36.0	0.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
South Africa	109 runs	0	348	69.1	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	5 Dec 2024	Test # 2566
South Africa	107 runs	0	381	65.4	0.0	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
South Africa	107 runs	0	376	93.0	0.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
Sth Africans	101 runs	0	334	68.5	0.0	v Kent	Canterbury	7 Aug 2003	First-class
Sth Africans	98 runs	0	153	21.5	0.0	v Leics	Leicester	20 May 1907	First-class
South Africa	95 runs	0	348	82.4	0.0	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
South Africa	94 runs	0	319	98.0	0.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
Sth Africans	93 runs	0	283	78.4	0.0	v M.C.C.	Lord's	21 May 1955	First-class
South Africa	93 runs	0	275	55.5	0.0	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
South Africa	87 runs	0	247	41.0	0.0	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
Sth Africans	83 runs	0	202	60.2	0.0	v Northants	Northampton	6 Jun 1907	First-class
South Africa	82 runs	0	373	95.1x8	0.0x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
Sth Africans	82 runs	0	275	114.3	0.0	v Surrey	The Oval	16 Jul 1955	First-class
South Africa	82 runs	0	323	99.4	0.0	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
South Africa	72 runs	0	208	42.4	0.0	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
South Africa	71 runs	0	186	65.2	0.0	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
Sth Africans	70 runs	0	266	58.5	0.0	v Cambridge U	Cambridge	6 Jun 1904	First-class
South Africa	70 runs	0	377	95.3	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
South Africa	69 runs	0	232	80.1	0.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
South Africa	58 runs	0	189	58.3x8	0.0x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
South Africa	53 runs	0	146	37.3	0.0	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
South Africa	51 runs	0	346	82.5	0.0	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
South Africa	40 runs	0	263	66.2	0.0	v West Indies	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
Sth Africans	39 runs	0	191	51.0	0.0	v Sussex	Hove	4 Jul 1907	First-class
South Africa	38 runs	0	378	83.4	0.0	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
South Africa	30 runs	0	197	79.3	0.0	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
South Africa	28 runs	0	240	67.3	0.0	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
Sth Africans	24 runs	0	111	43.3	0.0	v Somerset	Taunton	1 Aug 1951	First-class
South Africa	19 runs	0	244	53.2	0.0	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
South Africa	17 runs	0	232	78.0x8	0.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	7 runs	0	177	50.1	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
South Africa	5 runs	0	117	56.3	0.0	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
Sth Africans	2 runs	0	104	34.3	0.0	v Kent	Catford Bridge	24 Jun 1907	First-class

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sth Africans	10 wickets	0	42	12.3	0.0	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	16 Jun 1904	First-class
Sth Africans	10 wickets	0	4	2.2	0.0	v London Count	Crystal Palace	23 Jun 1904	First-class
Sth Africans	10 wickets	0	90	21.4	0.0	v M.C.C.	Lord's	11 Aug 1904	First-class
South Africa	1 wicket	0	284	112.5	0.0	v England	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
South Africa	9 wickets	0	32	10.5	0.0	v England	Johannesburg	6 Mar 1906	Test # 89
Sth Africans	3 wickets	0	93	46.0	0.0	v M.C.C.	Lord's	27 May 1907	First-class
Sth Africans	5 wickets	0	116	35.2	0.0	v Yorkshire	Bradford	15 Jul 1907	First-class
South Africa	4 wickets	0	175	59.3	0.0	v England	Cape Town	7 Mar 1910	Test # 109
South Africa	4 wickets	0	153	49.2	0.0	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
South Africa	8 wickets	0	69	23.3	0.0	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
South Africa	8 wickets	0	148	41.2	0.0	v New Zealand	Wellington	4 Mar 1932	Test # 218
Sth Africans	8 wickets	0	82	21.1	0.0	v Derbyshire	Derby	18 Jul 1951	First-class
Sth Africans	6 wickets	0	167	32.1	0.0	v Leics	Leicester	21 Jul 1951	First-class
South Africa	6 wickets	0	295	95.5x8	0.0x8	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
South Africa	9 wickets	0	25	6.2x8	0.0x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
South Africa	5 wickets	0	212	47.3x8	0.0x8	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
Sth Africans	9 wickets	0	142	50.2	0.0	v Sussex	Hove	18 Jun 1955	First-class
South Africa	3 wickets	0	145	30.3	0.0	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
Sth Africans	10 wickets	0	8	1.1	0.0	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	3 Aug 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	8 wickets	0	23	7.2	0.0	v Kent	Canterbury	24 Aug 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	4 wickets	0	211	44.5	0.0	v Pearce's XI	Scarborough	7 Sep 1955	First-class
South Africa	10 wickets	0	82	17.0x8	0.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
South Africa	8 wickets	0	182	75.0	0.0	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
South Africa	7 wickets	0	176	61.1	0.0	v Australia	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
South Africa	8 wickets	0	34	11.4	0.0	v SAB Eng XI	Johannesburg	12 Mar 1982	First-class
South Africa	5 wickets	0	107	30.0	0.0	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	21 Jan 1983	First-class
South Africa	10 wickets	0	117	21.2	0.0	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
South Africa	7 wickets	0	76	24.1	0.0	v England XI	Johannesburg	8 Feb 1990	First-class
South Africa	9 wickets	0	153	51.1	0.0	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
South Africa	8 wickets	0	152	45.4	0.0	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
South Africa	7 wickets	0	88	31.2	0.0	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
South Africa	7 wickets	0	108	38.0	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
South Africa	10 wickets	0	67	15.4	0.0	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
South Africa	8 wickets	0	29	6.4	0.0	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
South Africa	6 wickets	0	226	62.5	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
South Africa	10 wickets	0	15	1.1	0.0	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
South Africa	4 wickets	0	164	62.4	0.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
South Africa	9 wickets	0	146	48.4	0.0	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
South Africa	8 wickets	0	16	8.1	0.0	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
South Africa	4 wickets	0	163	63.0	0.0	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
South Africa	5 wickets	0	101	26.3	0.0	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
South Africa	7 wickets	0	86	34.1	0.0	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
South Africa	9 wickets	0	78	15.2	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
South Africa	9 wickets	0	54	14.4	0.0	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
South Africa	5 wickets	0	335	104.5	0.0	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
South Africa	3 wickets	0	121	35.3	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
South Africa	10 wickets	0	44	9.0	0.0	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
South Africa	10 wickets	0	46	3.4	0.0	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
South Africa	6 wickets	0	234	72.2	0.0	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
South Africa	8 wickets	0	144	44.5	0.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
South Africa	4 wickets	0	217	47.3	0.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	5 May 2006	Test # 1801
South Africa	5 wickets	0	211	64.1	0.0	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
South Africa	7 wickets	0	199	60.5	0.0	v Pakistan	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
South Africa	5 wickets	0	161	64.0	0.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
South Africa	7 wickets	0	185	35.2	0.0	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
South Africa	5 wickets	0	205	67.5	0.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
South Africa	10 wickets	0	9	1.1	0.0	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
South Africa	5 wickets	0	281	80.0	0.0	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
South Africa	6 wickets	0	414	119.2	0.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
South Africa	9 wickets	0	183	48.0	0.0	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
South Africa	7 wickets	0	47	8.4	0.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010	Test # 1962
South Africa	8 wickets	0	236	50.2	0.0	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
South Africa	10 wickets	0	2	0.0	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
South Africa	9 wickets	0	101	19.5	0.0	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
South Africa	4 wickets	0	182	43.1	0.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
South Africa	10 wickets	0	58	11.4	0.0	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
South Africa	9 wickets	0	41	10.4	0.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
South Africa	8 wickets	0	124	37.4	0.0	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2015	Test # 2154
South Africa	8 wickets	0	81	24.3	0.0	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
South Africa	6 wickets	0	101	22.5	0.0	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
South Africa	6 wickets	0	149	50.4	0.0	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
South Africa	9 wickets	0	41	9.5	0.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
South Africa	10 wickets	0	67	13.2	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
South Africa	7 wickets	0	240	67.4	0.0	v India	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
South Africa	7 wickets	0	212	63.3	0.0	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
South Africa	7 wickets	0	106	22.0	0.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	21 Oct 2024	Test # 2556
South Africa	2 wickets	0	148	39.3	0.0	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
South Africa	10 wickets	0	58	7.1	0.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
South Africa	5 wickets	0	282	83.4	0.0	v Australia	Lord's	11 Jun 2025	Test # 2585

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs Australia at Cairns, South Africa in Australia 1st ODI, Aug 19, 2025 [ODI # 4895]

Sweden vs Norway at Oslo, Norway Tri-Nation T20I Series 1st Match, Aug 17, 2025 [T20I # 3408]

Sweden vs Hungary at Oslo, Norway Tri-Nation T20I Series 2nd Match, Aug 17, 2025 [T20I # 3409]