Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	33 runs	127	43.3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
Pakistan	65 runs	243	58.5	v New Zealand	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
South Africa	93 runs	275	55.5	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
England	114 runs	345	91.4	v New Zealand	Birmingham	5 Jul 1990	Test # 1147
Pakistan	161 runs	357	80.4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
Sri Lanka	164 runs	296	54.3	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
England	168 runs	383	79.0	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	Test # 1185
Australia	186 runs	319	62.0	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Sri Lanka	241 runs	427	84.4	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	4 wickets	305	146.4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
Pakistan	5 wickets	138	41.0	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
South Africa	7 wickets	88	31.2	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
England	7 wickets	208	43.4	v New Zealand	Birmingham	1 Jul 1999	Test # 1455
South Africa	8 wickets	152	45.4	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
India	8 wickets	151	40.5	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
South Africa	8 wickets	16	8.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
India	8 wickets	82	18.2	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
Pakistan	9 wickets	75	20.3	v New Zealand	Lahore	18 Oct 1990	Test # 1152
Sri Lanka	9 wickets	70	14.4	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	6 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
West Indies	10 wickets	29	4.0	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325

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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]