Team Smallest Margins By Runs

Cricket Records for South Africa in ODI matches

Smallest victories

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	1 run	175	50.0	v New Zealand	Hobart	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1258
South Africa	1 run	205	50.0	v England	Cape Town	26 Jan 2000	ODI # 1549
South Africa	1 run	285	49.5	v West Indies	Bridgetown	11 May 2005	ODI # 2243
South Africa	1 run	184	46.3	v Pakistan	Sharjah	30 Oct 2013	ODI # 3425
South Africa	2 runs	301	50.0	v New Zealand	Brisbane	9 Jan 1998	ODI # 1270
South Africa	2 runs	229	50.0	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	2 Nov 2010	ODI # 3064
South Africa	4 runs	141	47.0	v West Indies	Cape Town	17 Feb 1993	ODI # 804
South Africa	4 runs	176	34.0	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	17 Jan 2012	ODI # 3227
South Africa	4 runs	288	49.2	v India	Cape Town	23 Jan 2022	ODI # 4349
South Africa	5 runs	233	50.0	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1994	ODI # 882
South Africa	5 runs	304	50.0	v India	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015	ODI # 3689
South Africa	6 runs	212	49.5	v England	Cape Town	9 Jan 1996	ODI # 1033
South Africa	6 runs	242	49.5	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Jan 1998	ODI # 1283
South Africa	7 runs	312	50.0	v England	East London	9 Feb 2005	ODI # 2224
South Africa	8 runs	207	48.0	v Australia	Melbourne (Docklands)	20 Aug 2000	ODI # 1622
South Africa	8 runs	197	48.3	v Pakistan	Tangier	18 Aug 2002	ODI # 1864
South Africa	9 runs	272	50.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Nov 1997	ODI # 1248
South Africa	9 runs	264	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	24 Jan 2006	ODI # 2318
South Africa	9 runs	250	40.0	v India	Lucknow	6 Oct 2022	ODI # 4470
South Africa	10 runs	321	48.5	v India	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000	ODI # 1576
South Africa	10 runs	326	49.5	v Australia	Manchester	6 Jul 2019	ODI # 4188
South Africa	13 runs	209	45.0	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Oct 2003	ODI # 2048
South Africa	13 runs	175	33.0	v Pakistan	Centurion	25 Jan 2019	ODI # 4084
South Africa	14 runs	224	50.0	v India	Hamilton	18 Feb 1995	ODI # 977
South Africa	14 runs	130	43.4	v England	East London	19 Jan 1996	ODI # 1042
South Africa	14 runs	245	48.5	v England	Birmingham	18 Aug 1998	ODI # 1347
South Africa	14 runs	234	46.3	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Oct 2007	ODI # 2642
South Africa	16 runs	180	42.4	v West Indies	Gqeberha	28 Jan 2004	ODI # 2090
South Africa	17 runs	251	39.2	v India	Durban	13 Feb 1997	ODI # 1177
South Africa	17 runs	301	48.1	v West Indies	North Sound	24 May 2010	ODI # 2980
South Africa	17 runs	342	50.0	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	4 Apr 2021	ODI # 4286
South Africa	18 runs	242	50.0	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	8 Jul 2000	ODI # 1606
South Africa	18 runs	271	50.0	v India	Rajkot	18 Oct 2015	ODI # 3695
South Africa	19 runs	202	47.5	v New Zealand	Cape Town	28 Oct 2005	ODI # 2288
South Africa	20 runs	194	36.0	v Pakistan	Brisbane	8 Mar 1992	ODI # 735
South Africa	20 runs	305	48.1	v New Zealand	Centurion	19 Aug 2015	ODI # 3676
South Africa	24 runs	221	48.1	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	30 Sep 1999	ODI # 1507
South Africa	25 runs	290	50.0	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Apr 2009	ODI # 2839
South Africa	26 runs	228	49.1	v Australia	Gqeberha	4 Apr 1994	ODI # 901
South Africa	26 runs	236	47.3	v India	Nairobi (Gym)	3 Oct 1999	ODI # 1509
South Africa	26 runs	258	50.0	v New Zealand	Hobart	15 Jan 2002	ODI # 1785
South Africa	27 runs	250	50.0	v India	Jaipur	23 Oct 1996	ODI # 1130
South Africa	27 runs	299	44.2	v England	Bloemfontein	27 Jan 2023	ODI # 4512
South Africa	28 runs	231	48.5	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1994	ODI # 876
South Africa	28 runs	324	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Aug 2007	ODI # 2615
South Africa	28 runs	267	49.2	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	8 Nov 2013	ODI # 3431
South Africa	31 runs	328	48.2	v Australia	Cape Town	12 Oct 2016	ODI # 3795
South Africa	31 runs	297	50.0	v India	Paarl	19 Jan 2022	ODI # 4344
South Africa	32 runs	227	46.4	v England	Manchester	23 May 1998	ODI # 1332
South Africa	33 runs	268	40.2	v India	Centurion	23 Jan 2011	ODI # 3087
South Africa	34 runs	266	47.4	v Pakistan	Cape Town	18 Dec 2002	ODI # 1923
South Africa	34 runs	344	48.1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	17 Mar 2013	ODI # 3347
South Africa	37 runs	216	42.5	v Pakistan	Cape Town	10 Jan 1995	ODI # 970
South Africa	38 runs	288	50.0	v India	Sharjah	19 Apr 1996	ODI # 1101
South Africa	38 runs	150	38.0	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 2000	ODI # 1560
South Africa	39 runs	217	47.5	v India	Durban	17 Dec 1992	ODI # 783
South Africa	39 runs	271	47.4	v India	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997	ODI # 1167
South Africa	39 runs	289	49.0	v Australia	Perth	30 Jan 2009	ODI # 2808
South Africa	40 runs	368	48.1	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	7 Feb 2017	ODI # 3833
South Africa	40 runs	321	50.0	v Australia	Hobart	11 Nov 2018	ODI # 4069
South Africa	41 runs	181	37.0	v West Indies	Brabourne	14 Nov 1993	ODI # 849
South Africa	41 runs	95	28.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	16 Mar 2019	ODI # 4115
South Africa	42 runs	174	30.5	v Ireland	Belfast	24 Jun 2007	ODI # 2591
South Africa	44 runs	184	34.0	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Dec 1994	ODI # 967
South Africa	45 runs	171	39.1	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
South Africa	45 runs	295	46.3	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Oct 2007	ODI # 2633
South Africa	45 runs	296	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Benoni	8 Nov 2009	ODI # 2926
South Africa	46 runs	246	44.5	v Australia	Cape Town	2 Apr 1997	ODI # 1188
South Africa	46 runs	283	44.4	v India	East London	19 Oct 2001	ODI # 1762
South Africa	46 runs	273	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Canterbury	29 Jun 2003	ODI # 2030
South Africa	47 runs	262	46.3	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	17 Oct 1996	ODI # 1127
South Africa	47 runs	190	34.2	v Australia	Providence	7 Jun 2016	ODI # 3741
South Africa	48 runs	191	32.5	v India	Gqeberha	21 Jan 2011	ODI # 3084
South Africa	50 runs	227	44.5	v West Indies	Centurion	7 Feb 1999	ODI # 1404
South Africa	52 runs	281	47.4	v Pakistan	Durban	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1303
South Africa	53 runs	205	46.0	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	6 Feb 2000	ODI # 1558
South Africa	53 runs	191	47.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	12 May 2001	ODI # 1717
South Africa	54 runs	284	43.2	v Pakistan	Tangier	12 Aug 2002	ODI # 1860
South Africa	55 runs	275	43.1	v West Indies	Durban	27 Jan 1999	ODI # 1395
South Africa	56 runs	266	42.4	v Australia	Centurion	20 Feb 1994	ODI # 884
South Africa	56 runs	224	43.2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	26 Jul 2013	ODI # 3398
South Africa	57 runs	267	46.3	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
South Africa	57 runs	318	44.5	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	8 Nov 2010	ODI # 3069
South Africa	61 runs	284	44.2	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	7 Nov 2008	ODI # 2771
South Africa	61 runs	318	45.5	v Australia	Gqeberha	13 Apr 2009	ODI # 2840
South Africa	61 runs	258	49.1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Aug 2014	ODI # 3508
South Africa	61 runs	232	38.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Aug 2014	ODI # 3518
South Africa	61 runs	226	28.2	v West Indies	Durban	16 Jan 2015	ODI # 3579
South Africa	62 runs	322	42.3	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	29 Sep 1996	ODI # 1121
South Africa	62 runs	183	36.2	v Pakistan	East London	13 Dec 2002	ODI # 1918
South Africa	62 runs	340	48.2	v Zimbabwe	Hamilton	15 Feb 2015	ODI # 3601
South Africa	62 runs	284	49.2	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Aug 2015	ODI # 3678
South Africa	62 runs	334	46.5	v England	Chester-le-Street	19 Jul 2022	ODI # 4434
South Africa	63 runs	272	47.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Sep 2014	ODI # 3524
South Africa	64 runs	201	38.4	v West Indies	Christchurch	5 Mar 1992	ODI # 730
South Africa	64 runs	219	46.1	v England	Gqeberha	21 Jan 1996	ODI # 1044
South Africa	64 runs	352	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	15 Oct 2010	ODI # 3057
South Africa	65 runs	251	32.3	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Apr 2002	ODI # 1827
South Africa	66 runs	312	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	6 Nov 1997	ODI # 1252
South Africa	66 runs	282	44.1	v West Indies	North Sound	22 May 2010	ODI # 2979
South Africa	67 runs	201	38.0	v Australia	Sydney	4 Dec 1997	ODI # 1254
South Africa	67 runs	234	45.1	v New Zealand	Perth	16 Jan 1998	ODI # 1278
South Africa	67 runs	271	50.0	v New Zealand	Perth	1 Feb 2002	ODI # 1801
South Africa	67 runs	357	50.0	v West Indies	St George's	10 Apr 2007	ODI # 2567
South Africa	67 runs	225	38.0	v West Indies	Roseau	28 May 2010	ODI # 2982
South Africa	67 runs	235	45.0	v Pakistan	Birmingham	10 Jun 2013	ODI # 3367
South Africa	67 runs	265	36.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	4 Sep 2021	ODI # 4315
South Africa	68 runs	260	44.3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	6 Nov 2013	ODI # 3430
South Africa	69 runs	204	39.5	v New Zealand	Cape Town	6 Dec 1994	ODI # 956
South Africa	70 runs	347	47.1	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	16 Jul 2021	ODI # 4305
South Africa	71 runs	193	24.0	v Sri Lanka	Durban	10 Mar 2019	ODI # 4112
South Africa	72 runs	283	46.3	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	24 Oct 2014	ODI # 3537
South Africa	74 runs	288	50.0	v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 1999	ODI # 1478
South Africa	74 runs	292	45.1	v Australia	Paarl	29 Feb 2020	ODI # 4248
South Africa	75 runs	305	40.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	6 Jul 2014	ODI # 3500
South Africa	78 runs	215	40.1	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	19 Nov 1993	ODI # 853
South Africa	78 runs	231	44.3	v England	Rawalpindi	25 Feb 1996	ODI # 1060
South Africa	78 runs	220	39.1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	24 Oct 2006	ODI # 2435
South Africa	78 runs	364	45.2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	5 Aug 2018	ODI # 4029
South Africa	80 runs	289	50.0	v India	Sharjah	14 Apr 1996	ODI # 1097
South Africa	80 runs	244	38.1	v India	Gqeberha	29 Nov 2006	ODI # 2452
South Africa	80 runs	304	50.0	v Australia	Gqeberha	23 Oct 2011	ODI # 3208
South Africa	80 runs	288	40.4	v England	Southampton	28 Aug 2012	ODI # 3298
South Africa	81 runs	315	40.3	v New Zealand	Centurion	11 Dec 1994	ODI # 960
South Africa	82 runs	209	41.0	v Australia	Perth	16 Jan 1994	ODI # 874
South Africa	82 runs	340	44.3	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	12 Jul 2014	ODI # 3502
South Africa	83 runs	295	49.3	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Apr 2003	ODI # 2003
South Africa	83 runs	342	50.0	v Netherlands	Amstelveen	31 May 2013	ODI # 3359
South Africa	86 runs	256	48.2	v West Indies	Cape Town	25 Jan 2008	ODI # 2664
South Africa	88 runs	385	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	10 Feb 2017	ODI # 3834
South Africa	89 runs	222	42.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Feb 1999	ODI # 1399
South Africa	89 runs	200	35.2	v Sri Lanka	Northampton	19 May 1999	ODI # 1451
South Africa	90 runs	366	44.3	v India	Ahmedabad	27 Feb 2010	ODI # 2963
South Africa	92 runs	224	23.4	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	30 Oct 1998	ODI # 1362
South Africa	93 runs	215	28.1	v Pakistan	Singapore	27 Aug 2000	ODI # 1626
South Africa	93 runs	254	45.2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Jan 2002	ODI # 1797
South Africa	93 runs	262	49.0	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	17 Apr 2003	ODI # 2005
South Africa	93 runs	310	49.5	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	17 Aug 2014	ODI # 3507
South Africa	95 runs	303	50.0	v Sri Lanka	East London	17 Dec 2000	ODI # 1662
South Africa	96 runs	300	41.3	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	3 Jun 2017	ODI # 3877
South Africa	99 runs	279	41.3	v West Indies	Gqeberha	30 Jan 1999	ODI # 1397
South Africa	99 runs	291	42.2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1668
South Africa	102 runs	429	44.5	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	7 Oct 2023	ODI # 4661
South Africa	104 runs	354	47.5	v Bangladesh	Paarl	18 Oct 2017	ODI # 3925
South Africa	106 runs	275	41.3	v India	Cape Town	26 Nov 2006	ODI # 2449
South Africa	108 runs	292	41.2	v England	Cape Town	6 Feb 2005	ODI # 2223
South Africa	109 runs	311	37.0	v Australia	Bloemfontein	13 Apr 1997	ODI # 1199
South Africa	111 runs	339	34.3	v Australia	Potchefstroom	12 Sep 2023	ODI # 4642
South Africa	112 runs	240	42.5	v Zimbabwe	Harare	22 Oct 1995	ODI # 1014
South Africa	112 runs	355	41.3	v England	Cape Town	27 Nov 2009	ODI # 2930

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Paarl, 3rd ODI, Dec 21, 2023 [ODI # 4716]

South Africa v India at Gqeberha, 2nd ODI, Dec 19, 2023 [ODI # 4714]

South Africa v India at Johannesburg, 1st ODI, Dec 17, 2023 [ODI # 4713]