Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 1997 in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	1 run	0	175	50.0	v New Zealand	Hobart	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1258
Sri Lanka	2 runs	0	303	50.0	v India	Colombo (RPS)	17 Aug 1997	ODI # 1223
Zimbabwe	7 runs	0	186	42.0	v England	Harare	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1156
England	7 runs	0	251	49.3	v India	Sharjah	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1259
Australia	8 runs	0	259	50.0	v South Africa	Johannesburg	8 Apr 1997	ODI # 1195
England	8 runs	0	216	49.0	v Pakistan	Sharjah	15 Dec 1997	ODI # 1263
New Zealand	9 runs	0	154	41.3	v England	Auckland	2 Mar 1997	ODI # 1182
Sri Lanka	9 runs	0	265	50.0	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Aug 1997	ODI # 1226
South Africa	9 runs	0	272	50.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Nov 1997	ODI # 1248
Australia	15 runs	0	212	48.1	v South Africa	Durban	5 Apr 1997	ODI # 1191
Sri Lanka	15 runs	0	240	50.0	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 1997	ODI # 1216
South Africa	17 runs	0	251	39.2	v India	Durban	13 Feb 1997	ODI # 1177
West Indies	18 runs	0	250	48.2	v India	Kingstown	30 Apr 1997	ODI # 1202
Sri Lanka	19 runs	0	244	50.0	v Pakistan	Sharjah	4 Apr 1997	ODI # 1190
England	19 runs	0	124	32.1	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
India	20 runs	0	209	44.2	v Pakistan	Toronto	13 Sep 1997	ODI # 1227
New Zealand	22 runs	0	286	50.0	v Pakistan	Mohali	9 May 1997	ODI # 1204
New Zealand	28 runs	0	229	47.5	v England	Wellington	4 Mar 1997	ODI # 1183
Pakistan	29 runs	0	150	41.3	v Australia	Hobart	7 Jan 1997	ODI # 1160
Pakistan	30 runs	0	290	49.5	v Sri Lanka	Gwalior	12 May 1997	ODI # 1205
Pakistan	32 runs	0	152	40.1	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	9 Apr 1997	ODI # 1196
India	34 runs	0	183	36.5	v Pakistan	Toronto	18 Sep 1997	ODI # 1230
Pakistan	35 runs	0	328	49.2	v India	Chennai	21 May 1997	ODI # 1209
West Indies	35 runs	0	284	49.0	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 1997	ODI # 1215
West Indies	38 runs	0	120	35.5	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
South Africa	39 runs	0	271	47.4	v India	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997	ODI # 1167
West Indies	41 runs	0	230	42.2	v India	Sharjah	16 Dec 1997	ODI # 1264
West Indies	43 runs	0	276	46.0	v Pakistan	Sharjah	12 Dec 1997	ODI # 1260
South Africa	45 runs	0	171	39.1	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
South Africa	46 runs	0	246	44.5	v Australia	Cape Town	2 Apr 1997	ODI # 1188
New Zealand	47 runs	0	225	47.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	6 Dec 1997	ODI # 1255
Zimbabwe	48 runs	0	306	47.1	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Gym)	11 Oct 1997	ODI # 1240
Zimbabwe	50 runs	0	204	46.1	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 1997	ODI # 1194
Sri Lanka	51 runs	0	252	45.4	v Pakistan	Sharjah	7 Apr 1997	ODI # 1193
Sri Lanka	52 runs	0	215	44.5	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	20 May 1997	ODI # 1208
South Africa	53 runs	0	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
Pakistan	62 runs	0	166	40.3	v West Indies	Melbourne	20 Jan 1997	ODI # 1166
South Africa	66 runs	0	312	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	6 Nov 1997	ODI # 1252
South Africa	67 runs	0	201	38.0	v Australia	Sydney	4 Dec 1997	ODI # 1254
New Zealand	69 runs	0	202	37.2	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
Zimbabwe	82 runs	0	273	46.1	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	19 Oct 1997	ODI # 1246
New Zealand	83 runs	0	295	44.1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	5 Oct 1997	ODI # 1238
Zimbabwe	83 runs	0	255	40.0	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	18 Oct 1997	ODI # 1245
Sri Lanka	85 runs	0	310	43.1	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	27 May 1997	ODI # 1214
Pakistan	93 runs	0	188	31.4	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	6 Apr 1997	ODI # 1192
Sri Lanka	103 runs	0	297	46.0	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jul 1997	ODI # 1220
South Africa	109 runs	0	311	37.0	v Australia	Bloemfontein	13 Apr 1997	ODI # 1199
Pakistan	109 runs	0	320	49.3	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Jul 1997	ODI # 1217
Sri Lanka	115 runs	0	340	43.5	v Pakistan	Mohali	24 May 1997	ODI # 1212
New Zealand	120 runs	0	326	76.2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
Zimbabwe	131 runs	0	250	30.0	v England	Harare	3 Jan 1997	ODI # 1158
Kenya	150 runs	0	348	43.4	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 1997	ODI # 1239
Australia	186 runs	0	319	62.0	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Zimbabwe	192 runs	0	285	32.3	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	14 Oct 1997	ODI # 1242
Australia	264 runs	0	451	48.5	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
Australia	268 runs	0	469	73.4	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
South Africa	282 runs	0	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	0	270	93.3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
Australia	3 wickets	3	182	49.3	v Pakistan	Melbourne	16 Jan 1997	ODI # 1164
Zimbabwe	3 wickets	2	171	33.4	v India	Centurion	7 Feb 1997	ODI # 1174
Zimbabwe	3 wickets	10	186	48.2	v New Zealand	Harare	4 Oct 1997	ODI # 1237
Australia	3 wickets	2	261	49.4	v New Zealand	Adelaide	7 Dec 1997	ODI # 1256
England	3 wickets	11	236	48.1	v West Indies	Sharjah	19 Dec 1997	ODI # 1266
Pakistan	4 wickets	27	200	45.3	v Australia	Sydney	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1155
West Indies	4 wickets	4	268	49.2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Jan 1997	ODI # 1162
Pakistan	4 wickets	70	180	38.2	v West Indies	Sydney	18 Jan 1997	ODI # 1165
South Africa	4 wickets	9	257	48.3	v Zimbabwe	Johannesburg	31 Jan 1997	ODI # 1171
England	4 wickets	0	305	146.4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
England	4 wickets	7	223	48.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 1997	ODI # 1179
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	4	215	49.2	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Apr 1997	ODI # 1198
India	4 wickets	3	266	46.3	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Sep 1997	ODI # 1234
South Africa	4 wickets	56	210	40.4	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	8 Nov 1997	ODI # 1253
England	4 wickets	25	198	45.5	v West Indies	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997	ODI # 1261
Pakistan	4 wickets	16	240	47.2	v India	Sharjah	14 Dec 1997	ODI # 1262
West Indies	5 wickets	8	258	48.4	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	10 Jan 1997	ODI # 1161
South Africa	5 wickets	23	212	46.1	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	25 Jan 1997	ODI # 1168
South Africa	5 wickets	18	227	47.0	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	29 Jan 1997	ODI # 1170
Australia	5 wickets	6	285	49.0	v South Africa	Centurion	10 Apr 1997	ODI # 1197
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	55	226	40.5	v India	Wankhede	17 May 1997	ODI # 1207
Pakistan	5 wickets	37	251	41.5	v India	Toronto	21 Sep 1997	ODI # 1232
Pakistan	5 wickets	33	171	44.3	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	28 Sep 1997	ODI # 1233
South Africa	5 wickets	11	294	48.1	v West Indies	Lahore	3 Nov 1997	ODI # 1249
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	10	229	48.2	v India	Margao	28 Dec 1997	ODI # 1269
West Indies	6 wickets	11	198	48.1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	3 Jan 1997	ODI # 1157
South Africa	6 wickets	29	180	45.1	v India	Gqeberha	2 Feb 1997	ODI # 1172
South Africa	6 wickets	4	233	49.2	v India	East London	4 Feb 1997	ODI # 1173
India	6 wickets	64	241	39.2	v Zimbabwe	Benoni	9 Feb 1997	ODI # 1175
England	6 wickets	39	132	19.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1997	ODI # 1180
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	85	202	35.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Mar 1997	ODI # 1184
South Africa	6 wickets	18	224	47.0	v Australia	East London	29 Mar 1997	ODI # 1186
England	6 wickets	59	171	40.1	v Australia	Leeds	22 May 1997	ODI # 1210
England	6 wickets	10	250	48.2	v Australia	The Oval	24 May 1997	ODI # 1211
England	6 wickets	6	270	49.0	v Australia	Lord's	25 May 1997	ODI # 1213
West Indies	6 wickets	0	187	49.2	v Sri Lanka	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	32	228	44.4	v India	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 1997	ODI # 1218
Zimbabwe	6 wickets	3	244	46.3	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	12 Oct 1997	ODI # 1241
Australia	6 wickets	67	142	38.5	v New Zealand	Melbourne	17 Dec 1997	ODI # 1265
West Indies	7 wickets	7	282	48.5	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Jan 1997	ODI # 1159
Australia	7 wickets	30	222	45.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	31 Mar 1997	ODI # 1187
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	26	188	45.4	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	3 Apr 1997	ODI # 1189
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	49	239	41.5	v India	Colombo (RPS)	20 Aug 1997	ODI # 1224
India	7 wickets	92	117	34.4	v Pakistan	Toronto	14 Sep 1997	ODI # 1228
India	7 wickets	3	160	25.3	v Pakistan	Toronto	20 Sep 1997	ODI # 1231
Zimbabwe	7 wickets	52	208	41.2	v Kenya	Nairobi (Aga)	16 Oct 1997	ODI # 1244
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	62	238	39.4	v West Indies	Lahore	1 Nov 1997	ODI # 1247
India	7 wickets	31	173	37.5	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	22 Dec 1997	ODI # 1267
Pakistan	8 wickets	64	182	39.2	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Jan 1997	ODI # 1163
Zimbabwe	8 wickets	73	136	25.5	v India	Bulawayo	15 Feb 1997	ODI # 1178
South Africa	8 wickets	0	29	6.4	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
West Indies	8 wickets	31	146	27.5	v India	Port of Spain	26 Apr 1997	ODI # 1200
India	8 wickets	45	221	42.3	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	14 May 1997	ODI # 1206
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	79	240	36.5	v India	Colombo (RPS)	26 Jul 1997	ODI # 1222
Kenya	8 wickets	174	101	17.0	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	15 Oct 1997	ODI # 1243
Pakistan	8 wickets	56	216	40.4	v West Indies	Lahore	4 Nov 1997	ODI # 1250
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	60	281	40.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	5 Nov 1997	ODI # 1251
England	9 wickets	0	118	21.3	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
India	9 wickets	168	131	15.0	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 1997	ODI # 1221
Pakistan	9 wickets	136	217	26.2	v India	Lahore	2 Oct 1997	ODI # 1236
West Indies	10 wickets	0	54	10.3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
India	10 wickets	101	113	23.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	27 Apr 1997	ODI # 1201
West Indies	10 wickets	32	200	44.4	v India	Bridgetown	3 May 1997	ODI # 1203
Pakistan	10 wickets	0	12	5.0	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	10 wickets	0	54	10.3	0.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
England	4 wickets	0	305	146.4	0.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
Australia	2 wickets	0	270	93.3	0.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
South Africa	8 wickets	0	29	6.4	0.0	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
England	9 wickets	0	118	21.3	0.0	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
West Indies	6 wickets	0	187	49.2	0.0	v Sri Lanka	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
Pakistan	10 wickets	0	12	5.0	0.0	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
Zimbabwe	3 wickets	2	171	33.4	34.0	v India	Centurion	7 Feb 1997	ODI # 1174
Australia	3 wickets	2	261	49.4	50.0	v New Zealand	Adelaide	7 Dec 1997	ODI # 1256
Australia	3 wickets	3	182	49.3	50.0	v Pakistan	Melbourne	16 Jan 1997	ODI # 1164
India	7 wickets	3	160	25.3	26.0	v Pakistan	Toronto	20 Sep 1997	ODI # 1231
India	4 wickets	3	266	46.3	47.0	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Sep 1997	ODI # 1234
Zimbabwe	6 wickets	3	244	46.3	47.0	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	12 Oct 1997	ODI # 1241
West Indies	4 wickets	4	268	49.2	50.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Jan 1997	ODI # 1162
South Africa	6 wickets	4	233	49.2	50.0	v India	East London	4 Feb 1997	ODI # 1173
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	4	215	49.2	50.0	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Apr 1997	ODI # 1198
Australia	5 wickets	6	285	49.0	50.0	v South Africa	Centurion	10 Apr 1997	ODI # 1197
England	6 wickets	6	270	49.0	50.0	v Australia	Lord's	25 May 1997	ODI # 1213
West Indies	7 wickets	7	282	48.5	50.0	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Jan 1997	ODI # 1159
England	4 wickets	7	223	48.5	50.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 1997	ODI # 1179
West Indies	5 wickets	8	258	48.4	50.0	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	10 Jan 1997	ODI # 1161
South Africa	4 wickets	9	257	48.3	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Johannesburg	31 Jan 1997	ODI # 1171
England	6 wickets	10	250	48.2	50.0	v Australia	The Oval	24 May 1997	ODI # 1211
Zimbabwe	3 wickets	10	186	48.2	50.0	v New Zealand	Harare	4 Oct 1997	ODI # 1237
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	10	229	48.2	50.0	v India	Margao	28 Dec 1997	ODI # 1269
West Indies	6 wickets	11	198	48.1	50.0	v Pakistan	Brisbane	3 Jan 1997	ODI # 1157
South Africa	5 wickets	11	294	48.1	50.0	v West Indies	Lahore	3 Nov 1997	ODI # 1249
England	3 wickets	11	236	48.1	50.0	v West Indies	Sharjah	19 Dec 1997	ODI # 1266
Pakistan	4 wickets	16	240	47.2	50.0	v India	Sharjah	14 Dec 1997	ODI # 1262
South Africa	5 wickets	18	227	47.0	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	29 Jan 1997	ODI # 1170
South Africa	6 wickets	18	224	47.0	50.0	v Australia	East London	29 Mar 1997	ODI # 1186
South Africa	5 wickets	23	212	46.1	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	25 Jan 1997	ODI # 1168
England	4 wickets	25	198	45.5	50.0	v West Indies	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997	ODI # 1261
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	26	188	45.4	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	3 Apr 1997	ODI # 1189
Pakistan	4 wickets	27	200	45.3	50.0	v Australia	Sydney	1 Jan 1997	ODI # 1155
South Africa	6 wickets	29	180	45.1	50.0	v India	Gqeberha	2 Feb 1997	ODI # 1172
Australia	7 wickets	30	222	45.0	50.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	31 Mar 1997	ODI # 1187
West Indies	8 wickets	31	146	27.5	33.0	v India	Port of Spain	26 Apr 1997	ODI # 1200
India	7 wickets	31	173	37.5	43.0	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	22 Dec 1997	ODI # 1267
West Indies	10 wickets	32	200	44.4	50.0	v India	Bridgetown	3 May 1997	ODI # 1203
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	32	228	44.4	50.0	v India	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 1997	ODI # 1218
Pakistan	5 wickets	33	171	44.3	50.0	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	28 Sep 1997	ODI # 1233
Pakistan	5 wickets	37	251	41.5	48.0	v India	Toronto	21 Sep 1997	ODI # 1232
England	6 wickets	39	132	19.3	26.0	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1997	ODI # 1180
India	8 wickets	45	221	42.3	50.0	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	14 May 1997	ODI # 1206
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	49	239	41.5	50.0	v India	Colombo (RPS)	20 Aug 1997	ODI # 1224
Zimbabwe	7 wickets	52	208	41.2	50.0	v Kenya	Nairobi (Aga)	16 Oct 1997	ODI # 1244
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	55	226	40.5	50.0	v India	Wankhede	17 May 1997	ODI # 1207
Pakistan	8 wickets	56	216	40.4	50.0	v West Indies	Lahore	4 Nov 1997	ODI # 1250
South Africa	4 wickets	56	210	40.4	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	8 Nov 1997	ODI # 1253
England	6 wickets	59	171	40.1	50.0	v Australia	Leeds	22 May 1997	ODI # 1210
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	60	281	40.0	50.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	5 Nov 1997	ODI # 1251
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	62	238	39.4	50.0	v West Indies	Lahore	1 Nov 1997	ODI # 1247
Pakistan	8 wickets	64	182	39.2	50.0	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Jan 1997	ODI # 1163
India	6 wickets	64	241	39.2	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Benoni	9 Feb 1997	ODI # 1175
Australia	6 wickets	67	142	38.5	50.0	v New Zealand	Melbourne	17 Dec 1997	ODI # 1265
Pakistan	4 wickets	70	180	38.2	50.0	v West Indies	Sydney	18 Jan 1997	ODI # 1165
Zimbabwe	8 wickets	73	136	25.5	38.0	v India	Bulawayo	15 Feb 1997	ODI # 1178
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	79	240	36.5	50.0	v India	Colombo (RPS)	26 Jul 1997	ODI # 1222
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	85	202	35.5	50.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Mar 1997	ODI # 1184
India	7 wickets	92	117	34.4	50.0	v Pakistan	Toronto	14 Sep 1997	ODI # 1228
India	10 wickets	101	113	23.1	40.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	27 Apr 1997	ODI # 1201
Pakistan	9 wickets	136	217	26.2	49.0	v India	Lahore	2 Oct 1997	ODI # 1236
India	9 wickets	168	131	15.0	43.0	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 1997	ODI # 1221
Kenya	8 wickets	174	101	17.0	46.0	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	15 Oct 1997	ODI # 1243

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	Zimbabwe	Boland Park, Paarl	27 Jan 1997	ODI # 1169
New Zealand	England	McLean Park, Napier	26 Feb 1997	ODI # 1181
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	1 Oct 1997	ODI # 1235

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