Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	83 runs	246	56.1	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1999	Test # 1458
Australia	98 runs	287	66.1	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1439
West Indies	147 runs	194	19.1	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
West Indies	164 runs	356	91.4	v England	Bridgetown	5 Apr 1990	Test # 1143
Pakistan	164 runs	408	97.1	v England	Lord's	25 Jul 1996	Test # 1330
Australia	179 runs	512	120.2	v England	Manchester	3 Jun 1993	Test # 1223
Australia	184 runs	508	137.2	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1275
Australia	205 runs	443	89.0	v England	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998	Test # 1434
West Indies	242 runs	380	62.1	v England	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998	Test # 1404
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
Australia	295 runs	388	42.5	v England	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994	Test # 1279
Australia	329 runs	453	41.0	v England	Perth	3 Feb 1995	Test # 1287
South Africa	356 runs	456	45.5	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	2 wickets	138	45.1	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1992	Test # 1190
West Indies	3 wickets	282	98.2	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	140	42.4	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
West Indies	7 wickets	152	40.4	v England	Birmingham	25 Jul 1991	Test # 1174
Australia	7 wickets	64	23.0	v England	Perth	28 Nov 1998	Test # 1431
Australia	8 wickets	197	86.0	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
India	8 wickets	79	29.2	v England	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1993	Test # 1211
Australia	8 wickets	120	43.3	v England	Birmingham	5 Aug 1993	Test # 1230
West Indies	8 wickets	95	26.2	v England	Kingston	19 Feb 1994	Test # 1250
Australia	9 wickets	120	31.2	v England	Perth	1 Feb 1991	Test # 1163
West Indies	9 wickets	115	32.2	v England	Nottingham	4 Jul 1991	Test # 1173
West Indies	9 wickets	126	19.0	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1995	Test # 1298
Pakistan	9 wickets	48	6.4	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1996	Test # 1332
New Zealand	9 wickets	58	23.0	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 1999	Test # 1456
Australia	10 wickets	157	46.0	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1155
Pakistan	10 wickets	2	0.1	v England	The Oval	6 Aug 1992	Test # 1193
South Africa	10 wickets	67	15.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
South Africa	10 wickets	15	1.1	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	36	5.0	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423

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Performances in matches that overlap decades 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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]