Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	23 runs	219	75.0	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
Pakistan	29 runs	255	88.2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
West Indies	52 runs	201	72.4	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
India	64 runs	170	38.5	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
New Zealand	137 runs	327	78.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Australia	191 runs	321	105.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
India	280 runs	461	96.1	v South Africa	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344

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	8 wickets	204	35.3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
England	8 wickets	247	87.0	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
Australia	9 wickets	91	25.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253

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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]