Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	70 runs	202	56.2	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
England	77 runs	325	59.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
Australia	103 runs	376	114.2	v South Africa	Sydney	3 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
Australia	112 runs	410	99.5	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
India	123 runs	402	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
West Indies	128 runs	389	74.5	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
West Indies	130 runs	386	110.0	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
Australia	162 runs	454	119.2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
Australia	175 runs	546	132.2	v South Africa	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
Australia	184 runs	366	74.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
Australia	246 runs	375	67.0	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Sri Lanka	313 runs	493	67.0	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	352	113.3	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
England	2 wickets	249	75.1	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
Australia	2 wickets	292	91.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
Australia	4 wickets	331	79.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
Pakistan	5 wickets	191	57.3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
England	6 wickets	197	52.5	v South Africa	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
England	7 wickets	142	40.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
Australia	7 wickets	95	27.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
Pakistan	8 wickets	161	40.1	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
India	8 wickets	117	39.4	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
Australia	8 wickets	287	60.3	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
India	8 wickets	62	13.1	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
Australia	9 wickets	10	3.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
England	9 wickets	110	22.2	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
New Zealand	9 wickets	51	10.2	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Australia	10 wickets	53	10.1	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582

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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, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]