Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 2018 in Tests

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	4 runs	176	58.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018	Test # 2327
West Indies	17 runs	231	61.3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
England	26 runs	355	102.1	v Pakistan	Multan	9 Dec 2022	Test # 2480
England	31 runs	194	54.2	v India	Birmingham	1 Aug 2018	Test # 2314
India	31 runs	323	119.5	v Australia	Adelaide	6 Dec 2018	Test # 2333
England	42 runs	327	86.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
England	57 runs	301	74.0	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
England	60 runs	245	69.4	v India	Southampton	30 Aug 2018	Test # 2317
India	63 runs	241	73.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
Bangladesh	64 runs	204	35.2	v West Indies	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
England	74 runs	343	96.3	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	1 Dec 2022	Test # 2478
Pakistan	95 runs	370	91.4	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
New Zealand	101 runs	373	123.3	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
South Africa	107 runs	381	65.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
Pakistan	109 runs	329	83.2	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Aug 2021	Test # 2431
England	113 runs	312	70.1	v West Indies	Manchester	16 Jul 2020	Test # 2389
India	113 runs	305	68.0	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
Australia	115 runs	351	92.1	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Mar 2022	Test # 2458
Australia	118 runs	417	92.4	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
England	118 runs	464	94.3	v India	The Oval	7 Sep 2018	Test # 2318
New Zealand	123 runs	280	56.1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	3 Dec 2018	Test # 2332
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
England	135 runs	399	77.0	v Australia	The Oval	12 Sep 2019	Test # 2362
India	137 runs	399	89.3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
England	143 runs	182	15.4	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
Australia	146 runs	287	56.0	v India	Perth	14 Dec 2018	Test # 2334
Australia	146 runs	271	38.5	v England	Hobart	14 Jan 2022	Test # 2449
Zimbabwe	151 runs	321	63.1	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	3 Nov 2018	Test # 2323
India	151 runs	272	51.5	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
India	157 runs	368	92.2	v England	The Oval	2 Sep 2021	Test # 2433
South Africa	158 runs	324	58.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
Sri Lanka	164 runs	297	56.1	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
Australia	164 runs	498	110.5	v West Indies	Perth	30 Nov 2022	Test # 2477
West Indies	166 runs	335	42.0	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
Australia	185 runs	383	91.3	v England	Manchester	4 Sep 2019	Test # 2360
Sri Lanka	187 runs	348	79.0	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
India	188 runs	513	113.2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	14 Dec 2022	Test # 2481
England	189 runs	438	137.4	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
England	191 runs	466	77.1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
Sri Lanka	199 runs	490	86.5	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
India	203 runs	521	104.5	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
India	203 runs	395	63.5	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
Sri Lanka	209 runs	437	71.0	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
England	211 runs	462	85.1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
Sri Lanka	215 runs	339	29.3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
Bangladesh	218 runs	443	83.1	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	11 Nov 2018	Test # 2325
Bangladesh	220 runs	477	94.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Jul 2021	Test # 2427
South Africa	220 runs	274	19.0	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Afghanistan	224 runs	398	61.4	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	5 Sep 2019	Test # 2361
West Indies	226 runs	453	83.2	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
England	227 runs	420	58.1	v India	Chennai	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
England	232 runs	485	69.5	v West Indies	Gros Islet	9 Feb 2019	Test # 2346
India	238 runs	447	59.3	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
Sri Lanka	246 runs	508	77.0	v Pakistan	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
Australia	247 runs	488	71.0	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
Australia	251 runs	398	52.3	v England	Birmingham	1 Aug 2019	Test # 2353
India	257 runs	468	59.5	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019	Test # 2359
Pakistan	263 runs	476	62.5	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
England	269 runs	399	37.1	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
Australia	275 runs	468	113.1	v England	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
Sri Lanka	278 runs	352	28.5	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
Australia	279 runs	416	47.5	v New Zealand	Sydney	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2378
Australia	296 runs	468	65.3	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
India	317 runs	482	54.2	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
India	318 runs	419	26.5	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
South Africa	332 runs	413	23.3	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
Australia	366 runs	516	51.0	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	1 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
India	372 runs	540	56.3	v New Zealand	Wankhede	3 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
Pakistan	373 runs	538	49.4	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018	Test # 2322
West Indies	381 runs	628	80.4	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
Australia	419 runs	497	40.5	v West Indies	Adelaide	8 Dec 2022	Test # 2479
New Zealand	423 runs	660	106.2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	304	85.3	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
England	1 wicket	359	125.4	v Australia	Leeds	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2357
West Indies	1 wicket	168	56.5	v Pakistan	Kingston	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2430
England	3 wickets	277	82.1	v Pakistan	Manchester	5 Aug 2020	Test # 2391
India	3 wickets	328	97.0	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
West Indies	3 wickets	395	127.3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	3 Feb 2021	Test # 2407
India	3 wickets	145	47.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Dec 2022	Test # 2484
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	144	40.2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
West Indies	4 wickets	200	64.2	v England	Southampton	8 Jul 2020	Test # 2388
Pakistan	4 wickets	342	127.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
Pakistan	5 wickets	160	45.0	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	11 May 2018	Test # 2303
England	5 wickets	277	78.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	2 Jun 2022	Test # 2464
England	5 wickets	299	50.0	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
South Africa	6 wickets	101	22.5	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
South Africa	6 wickets	149	50.4	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	268	86.1	v New Zealand	Galle	14 Aug 2019	Test # 2354
England	6 wickets	164	43.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
Afghanistan	6 wickets	108	26.1	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021	Test # 2415
Australia	6 wickets	34	7.5	v South Africa	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
Afghanistan	7 wickets	147	47.5	v Ireland	Dehradun	15 Mar 2019	Test # 2351
New Zealand	7 wickets	132	36.0	v India	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020	Test # 2387
England	7 wickets	74	24.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
Pakistan	7 wickets	88	22.5	v South Africa	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
South Africa	7 wickets	240	67.4	v India	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
South Africa	7 wickets	212	63.3	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
West Indies	7 wickets	84	22.0	v Bangladesh	North Sound	16 Jun 2022	Test # 2466
England	7 wickets	296	54.2	v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022	Test # 2467
England	7 wickets	378	76.4	v India	Birmingham	1 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	197	45.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
Australia	8 wickets	90	21.0	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
India	8 wickets	70	15.5	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
New Zealand	8 wickets	38	10.5	v England	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
New Zealand	8 wickets	139	45.5	v India	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
Pakistan	8 wickets	202	58.3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021	Test # 2436
Bangladesh	8 wickets	40	16.5	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	1 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
England	8 wickets	167	28.1	v Pakistan	Karachi	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2483
Pakistan	9 wickets	64	12.4	v England	Lord's	24 May 2018	Test # 2304
South Africa	9 wickets	41	9.5	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
West Indies	9 wickets	31	6.2	v Afghanistan	Lucknow	27 Nov 2019	Test # 2370
Australia	9 wickets	20	5.1	v England	Brisbane	8 Dec 2021	Test # 2440
England	9 wickets	130	22.3	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
India	10 wickets	72	16.1	v West Indies	Hyderabad	12 Oct 2018	Test # 2321
West Indies	10 wickets	14	2.1	v England	North Sound	31 Jan 2019	Test # 2344
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	14	3.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
New Zealand	10 wickets	9	1.4	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
South Africa	10 wickets	67	13.2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
India	10 wickets	49	7.4	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Zimbabwe	10 wickets	17	3.2	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	2 Mar 2021	Test # 2413
West Indies	10 wickets	28	4.5	v England	St George's	24 Mar 2022	Test # 2459
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	29	3.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	23 May 2022	Test # 2463
West Indies	10 wickets	13	2.5	v Bangladesh	Gros Islet	24 Jun 2022	Test # 2468
Australia	10 wickets	5	0.4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469

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