Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 1997 in Tests

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	19 runs	124	32.1	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
West Indies	38 runs	120	35.5	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
South Africa	53 runs	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
New Zealand	120 runs	326	76.2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
Australia	186 runs	319	62.0	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Australia	264 runs	451	48.5	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
Australia	268 runs	469	73.4	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	270	93.3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
England	4 wickets	305	146.4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
West Indies	6 wickets	187	49.2	v Sri Lanka	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
South Africa	8 wickets	29	6.4	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
England	9 wickets	118	21.3	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
West Indies	10 wickets	54	10.3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
Pakistan	10 wickets	12	5.0	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs South Africa at Melbourne, South Africa tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1997 [Test # 1392]

West Indies vs Pakistan at Karachi, West Indies tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 6-9, 1997 [Test # 1391]

India vs Sri Lanka at Wankhede, Sri Lanka tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 3-7, 1997 [Test # 1390]