Team Smallest Margins - South Africa

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches - South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	5 runs	117	56.3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
South Africa	53 runs	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
South Africa	93 runs	275	55.5	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
South Africa	149 runs	421	91.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
South Africa	178 runs	320	38.2	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
South Africa	197 runs	454	96.3	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
South Africa	259 runs	394	60.5	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
South Africa	324 runs	490	69.3	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
South Africa	328 runs	395	34.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
South Africa	329 runs	467	53.3	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
South Africa	351 runs	569	75.2	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
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
South Africa	4 wickets	164	62.4	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
South Africa	6 wickets	226	62.5	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
South Africa	7 wickets	88	31.2	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
South Africa	7 wickets	108	38.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
South Africa	8 wickets	152	45.4	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
South Africa	8 wickets	29	6.4	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
South Africa	8 wickets	16	8.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
South Africa	9 wickets	153	51.1	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
South Africa	9 wickets	146	48.4	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
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

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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]