Team Smallest Margins By Runs

Cricket Records for New Zealand in Test matches

Smallest victories

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	1 run	258	74.2	v England	Wellington	24 Feb 2023	Test # 2494
New Zealand	4 runs	176	58.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018	Test # 2327
New Zealand	7 runs	241	63.4	v Australia	Hobart	9 Dec 2011	Test # 2021
New Zealand	27 runs	291	102.3	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
New Zealand	32 runs	251	76.0	v Pakistan	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
New Zealand	34 runs	366	108.1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
New Zealand	40 runs	314	144.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
New Zealand	40 runs	407	96.3	v India	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
New Zealand	44 runs	276	71.1	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
New Zealand	53 runs	308	82.2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2014	Test # 2127
New Zealand	62 runs	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
New Zealand	72 runs	408	142.2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
New Zealand	72 runs	137	27.3x8	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
New Zealand	78 runs	312	63.0	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
New Zealand	83 runs	246	56.1	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1999	Test # 1458
New Zealand	101 runs	373	123.3	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
New Zealand	120 runs	326	76.2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
New Zealand	121 runs	404	76.0	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010	Test # 1953
New Zealand	122 runs	405	95.2	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2192
New Zealand	123 runs	280	56.1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	3 Dec 2018	Test # 2332
New Zealand	136 runs	282	49.4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
New Zealand	137 runs	327	78.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
New Zealand	138 runs	369	92.1	v Pakistan	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016	Test # 2237
New Zealand	165 runs	263	27.3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
New Zealand	167 runs	277	55.5	v India	Nagpur	3 Oct 1969	Test # 660
New Zealand	167 runs	465	131.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
New Zealand	167 runs	363	85.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
New Zealand	177 runs	315	50.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Nov 1992	Test # 1199
New Zealand	186 runs	403	47.4	v West Indies	Kingston	8 Jun 2014	Test # 2123
New Zealand	189 runs	300	55.0	v England	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
New Zealand	190 runs	268	45.1	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
New Zealand	193 runs	390	72.4	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	3 Jan 2015	Test # 2155
New Zealand	199 runs	455	91.5	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
New Zealand	204 runs	474	83.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
New Zealand	240 runs	444	63.5	v West Indies	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
New Zealand	254 runs	387	68.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Aug 2016	Test # 2214
New Zealand	281 runs	529	80.0	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
New Zealand	423 runs	660	106.2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]