Smallest victories by England in FC
By runs
By wickets
By balls remaining in the second innings
Winner | Margin | Balls Rem | Target | Overs | Max | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
2 wickets | 0 | 101 | - | 0.0x4 | v Hampshire XI | Bishopsbourne | 19 Aug 1772 | First-class # 3 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 100 | - | 0.0x4 | v Hampshire XI | London | 2 Jul 1773 | First-class # 6 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 28 | - | 0.0x4 | v Hampshire XI | Hambledon | 4 Aug 1773 | First-class # 8 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 64 | - | 0.0x4 | v Hampshire XI | Sevenoaks | 1 Jun 1784 | First-class # 62 | |
1 wicket | 0 | 117 | - | 0.0x4 | v Hampshire XI | Sevenoaks | 6 Jul 1791 | First-class # 123 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 87 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Burley-on-the-Hill | 5 Aug 1793 | First-class # 163 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 65 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent XI | Maidstone | 31 Aug 1795 | First-class # 197 | |
3 wickets | 0 | 131 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey-Kent | Alresford | 28 Jun 1796 | First-class # 204 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 109 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Margate | 24 Aug 1796 | First-class # 207 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 46 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's (Old) | 6 Jun 1797 | First-class # 210 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 68 | - | 0.0x4 | v M.C.C. | Lord's (Old) | 28 Aug 1797 | First-class # 219 | |
13 wickets | 0 | 4 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's (Old) | 16 Jun 1800 | First-class # 235 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 3 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's (Old) | 24 Jun 1805 | First-class # 252 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 86 | - | 0.0x4 | v Hampshire XI | Lord's (Old) | 15 Jul 1805 | First-class # 255 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 58 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Moulsey Hurst | 14 Jul 1806 | First-class # 261 | |
3 wickets | 0 | 189 | - | 0.0x4 | v M.C.C. | Lord's (Old) | 13 Jun 1809 | First-class # 279 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 74 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Dartford | 22 Aug 1809 | First-class # 283 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 38 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's (Old) | 5 Sep 1809 | First-class # 284 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 44 | - | 0.0x4 | v The Bs | Lord's (Old) | 12 Jun 1810 | First-class # 287 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 107 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's (Old) | 19 Jun 1810 | First-class # 288 | |
1 wicket | 0 | 67 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's | 12 Jul 1815 | First-class # 302 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 22 | - | 0.0x4 | v The Bs | Lord's | 3 Jul 1816 | First-class # 309 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 147 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's | 10 Jun 1817 | First-class # 316 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 60 | - | 0.0x4 | v Hampshire XI | Lord's | 29 Jun 1819 | First-class # 328 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 10 | - | 0.0x4 | v Sussex XI | Lord's | 7 Jul 1828 | First-class # 397 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 31 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey XI | Lord's | 20 Jun 1831 | First-class # 433 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 70 | - | 0.0x4 | v Sussex XI | Lord's | 25 Jun 1832 | First-class # 444 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 33 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent XI | Lord's | 7 Jul 1834 | First-class # 471 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 33 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent XI | Chislehurst | 12 Aug 1834 | First-class # 475 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 31 | - | 0.0x4 | v Sussex | Brighton | 16 Sep 1839 | First-class # 559 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 76 | - | 0.0x4 | v Sussex | Brighton | 10 Aug 1840 | First-class # 574 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 57 | 40.2x4 | 0.0x4 | v Kent XI | Canterbury | 1 Aug 1842 | First-class # 616 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 5 | - | 0.0x4 | v Notts | Nottingham | 22 Aug 1842 | First-class # 620 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 7 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Bromley | 25 Aug 1842 | First-class # 621 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 9 | 1.0x4 | 0.0x4 | v M.C.C. | Lord's | 17 Jul 1843 | First-class # 638 | |
1 wicket | 0 | 87 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Lord's | 6 Jul 1846 | First-class # 719 | |
2 wickets | 0 | 98 | - | 0.0x4 | v Surrey | Lord's | 18 Jun 1849 | First-class # 795 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 58 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Lord's | 9 Jul 1849 | First-class # 802 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 81 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Lord's | 8 Jul 1850 | First-class # 829 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 38 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Lord's | 7 Jul 1851 | First-class # 858 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 59 | - | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Canterbury | 11 Aug 1851 | First-class # 871 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 156 | 90.3x4 | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Lord's | 5 Jul 1852 | First-class # 892 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 79 | 53.0x4 | 0.0x4 | v Kent | Canterbury | 14 Aug 1854 | First-class # 956 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 111 | 50.0x4 | 0.0x4 | v Notts | Nottingham | 16 Aug 1855 | First-class # 985 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 121 | 52.1x4 | 0.0x4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Mar 1877 | Test # 2 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 165 | 102.0x4 | 0.0x4 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | 3 May 1877 | First-class | |
5 wickets | 0 | 57 | 33.3x4 | 0.0x4 | v Australia | The Oval | 6 Sep 1880 | Test # 4 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 66 | 31.0x4 | 0.0x4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1884 | Test # 17 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 5 | 1.1x4 | 0.0x4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1885 | Test # 18 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 106 | 77.2x4 | 0.0x4 | v Australia | Manchester | 5 Jul 1886 | Test # 22 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 66 | 21.1x4 | 0.0x4 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 136 | 75.0x5 | 0.0x5 | v Australia | Lord's | 21 Jul 1890 | Test # 33 | |
2 wickets | 0 | 95 | 51.0x5 | 0.0x5 | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1890 | Test # 34 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 297 | 88.1 | 0.0 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Mar 1895 | Test # 46 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 109 | 47.1x5 | 0.0x5 | v Australia | Lord's | 22 Jun 1896 | Test # 50 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 95 | 28.0 | 0.0 | v Australia | Sydney | 13 Dec 1897 | Test # 53 | |
1 wicket | 0 | 263 | 66.5 | 0.0 | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 | Test # 74 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 194 | 95.5 | 0.0 | v Australia | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 | Test # 78 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 159 | 59.1 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
1 wicket | 0 | 282 | 121.4 | 0.0 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1908 | Test # 97 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 105 | 32.2 | 0.0 | v Australia | Birmingham | 27 May 1909 | Test # 101 | |
3 wickets | 0 | 221 | 58.4 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 1910 | Test # 108 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 14 | 4.1 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 219 | 67.1 | 0.0 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1911 | Test # 117 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 109 | 42.2 | 0.0 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Jan 1912 | Test # 118 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 0.0 | v South Africa | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | Test # 128 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 11 | 2.1 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 27 Feb 1914 | Test # 134 | |
1 wicket | 0 | 173 | 88.3 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 60 | 22.2 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Leeds | 12 Jul 1924 | Test # 155 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 54 | 21.0 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 15 | 7.0 | 0.0 | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Dec 1928 | Test # 177 | |
3 wickets | 0 | 332 | 159.5 | 0.0 | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 184 | 52.4 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 63 | 18.5 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 10 Jan 1930 | Test # 186 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Dec 1932 | Test # 220 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 160 | 79.4 | 0.0 | v Australia | Brisbane | 10 Feb 1933 | Test # 223 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 164 | 71.2 | 0.0 | v Australia | Sydney | 23 Feb 1933 | Test # 224 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 40 | 7.2 | 0.0 | v India | Mumbai | 15 Dec 1933 | Test # 230 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 73 | 16.3 | 0.0 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 8 Jan 1935 | Test # 238 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 107 | 39.3 | 0.0 | v India | Lord's | 27 Jun 1936 | Test # 252 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 64 | 13.0 | 0.0 | v India | The Oval | 15 Aug 1936 | Test # 254 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 99 | 17.7x8 | 0.0x8 | v West Indies | Lord's | 24 Jun 1939 | Test # 272 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 141 | 45.1 | 0.0 | v Australian S | Manchester | 20 Aug 1945 | First-class | |
10 wickets | 0 | 48 | 16.5 | 0.0 | v India | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 | Test # 276 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 26 | 12.1 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 129 | 36.5 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 43 | 15.4 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Leeds | 26 Jul 1947 | Test # 288 | |
2 wickets | 0 | 128 | 28.0x8 | 0.0x8 | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
3 wickets | 0 | 172 | 23.7x8 | 0.0x8 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 95 | 29.6x8 | 0.0x8 | v Australia | Melbourne | 23 Feb 1951 | Test # 331 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 88 | 45.2 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 24 Mar 1951 | Test # 333 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 16 | 3.5 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 139 | 51.3 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
4 wickets | 0 | 163 | 62.1 | 0.0 | v South Africa | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 76 | 19.2 | 0.0 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 125 | 55.0 | 0.0 | v India | Leeds | 5 Jun 1952 | Test # 351 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 77 | 49.2 | 0.0 | v India | Lord's | 19 Jun 1952 | Test # 352 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 132 | 63.5 | 0.0 | v Australia | The Oval | 15 Aug 1953 | Test # 376 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 73 | 20.1 | 0.0 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 24 Feb 1954 | Test # 384 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 72 | 15.5 | 0.0 | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Mar 1954 | Test # 386 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 94 | 30.4x8 | 0.0x8 | v Australia | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1955 | Test # 396 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 49 | 15.2 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 11 Mar 1955 | Test # 401 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 108 | 27.2 | 0.0 | v India | Lord's | 18 Jun 1959 | Test # 475 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 49 | 14.4 | 0.0 | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jul 1960 | Test # 494 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 59 | 23.0 | 0.0 | v Australia | Leeds | 6 Jul 1961 | Test # 509 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 208 | 59.0 | 0.0 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 21 Oct 1961 | Test # 512 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 86 | 17.0 | 0.0 | v Pakistan | Lord's | 21 Jun 1962 | Test # 531 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 27 | 8.3 | 0.0 | v Pakistan | The Oval | 16 Aug 1962 | Test # 534 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 234 | 64.2x8 | 0.0x8 | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1962 | Test # 536 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 173 | 59.3 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 15 Mar 1963 | Test # 542 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 95 | 30.5 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | Birmingham | 27 May 1965 | Test # 591 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 216 | 60.5 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | Lord's | 17 Jun 1965 | Test # 592 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 125 | 47.3 | 0.0 | v India | Leeds | 8 Jun 1967 | Test # 618 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.0 | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1967 | Test # 622 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 32 | 8.2 | 0.0 | v Pakistan | The Oval | 24 Aug 1967 | Test # 623 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 215 | 52.4 | 0.0 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 14 Mar 1968 | Test # 635 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 10 | 4.5 | 0.0 | v West Indies | Manchester | 12 Jun 1969 | Test # 653 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 138 | 52.3 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | The Oval | 21 Aug 1969 | Test # 658 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 284 | 135.2 | 0.0 | v ROW XI | Nottingham | 2 Jul 1970 | First-class | |
8 wickets | 0 | 89 | 25.0x8 | 0.0x8 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1971 | Test # 681 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 0.0 | v Australia | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 | Test # 701 | |
6 wickets | 0 | 207 | 88.5 | 0.0 | v India | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 | Test # 703 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 16 | 3.4 | 0.0 | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 791 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 79 | 29.1 | 0.0 | v Australia | Manchester | 7 Jul 1977 | Test # 805 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 189 | 81.2 | 0.0 | v Australia | Nottingham | 28 Jul 1977 | Test # 806 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 138 | 52.3 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | The Oval | 27 Jul 1978 | Test # 828 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 118 | 30.5 | 0.0 | v New Zealand | Lord's | 24 Aug 1978 | Test # 830 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 2 | 0.5x8 | 0.0x8 | v NSW | Sydney | 17 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
6 wickets | 0 | 208 | 71.3x8 | 0.0x8 | v Queensland | Brisbane | 24 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
7 wickets | 0 | 170 | 53.5x8 | 0.0x8 | v Australia | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1978 | Test # 834 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 34 | 10.2x8 | 0.0x8 | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 96 | 29.3 | 0.0 | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 174 | 58.1 | 0.0 | v Leeward Is | Plymouth | 21 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
6 wickets | 0 | 301 | 47.0 | 0.0 | v India U22 | Pune | 13 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
5 wickets | 0 | 136 | 38.1 | 0.0 | v Ind Pres XI | Nagpur | 17 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
7 wickets | 0 | 171 | 58.1 | 0.0 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
7 wickets | 0 | 65 | 19.0 | 0.0 | v India | Lord's | 10 Jun 1982 | Test # 928 | |
3 wickets | 0 | 219 | 80.2 | 0.0 | v Pakistan | Leeds | 26 Aug 1982 | Test # 933 | |
8 wickets | 0 | 125 | 23.4 | 0.0 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 33 | 8.0 | 0.0 | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 | Test # 1008 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 123 | 38.4 | 0.0 | v Australia | Leeds | 13 Jun 1985 | Test # 1017 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 168 | 53.2 | 0.0 | v South Aust | Adelaide | 31 Oct 1986 | First-class | |
7 wickets | 0 | 75 | 22.3 | 0.0 | v Australia | Brisbane | 14 Nov 1986 | Test # 1057 | |
5 wickets | 0 | 184 | 45.1 | 0.0 | v Victoria | Melbourne | 6 Dec 1986 | First-class | |
7 wickets | 0 | 97 | 34.4 | 0.0 | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 25 Aug 1988 | Test # 1103 | |
9 wickets | 0 | 41 | 16.3 | 0.0 | v West Indies | Kingston | 24 Feb 1990 | Test # 1140 | |
10 wickets | 0 | 32 | 12.3 | 0.0 | v Queensland | Carrara | 19 Jan 1991 | First-class | |
5 wickets | 0 | 143 | 31.4 | 0.0 | v West Indies | The Oval | 8 Aug 1991 | Test # 1175 | |
2 wickets | 0 | 315 | 72.4 | 0.0 | v NZ XI | Nelson | 13 Jan 1992 | First-class | |
6 wickets | 0 | 99 | 42.4 | 0.0 | v Pakistan | Leeds | 23 Jul 1992 | Test # 1192 |
Tied matches
Team 1 | Team 2 | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
England XI | - | North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | 7 Sep 1968 | First-class |
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