Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2012 in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
Pakistan	71 runs	324	97.3	v England	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
Pakistan	72 runs	145	36.1	v England	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
Sri Lanka	75 runs	340	99.0	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Australia	75 runs	370	96.3	v West Indies	Roseau	23 Apr 2012	Test # 2042
West Indies	77 runs	245	54.3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	13 Nov 2012	Test # 2057
Australia	137 runs	393	119.2	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
New Zealand	167 runs	363	85.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
Sri Lanka	209 runs	510	114.0	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
Australia	298 runs	500	69.4	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031
South Africa	309 runs	632	82.5	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	3 wickets	192	47.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
England	5 wickets	191	46.1	v West Indies	Lord's	17 May 2012	Test # 2043
West Indies	5 wickets	206	63.2	v New Zealand	Kingston	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2052
India	5 wickets	261	63.2	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012	Test # 2055
England	7 wickets	41	12.1	v India	Eden Gardens	5 Dec 2012	Test # 2065
England	8 wickets	94	19.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
South Africa	9 wickets	101	19.5	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
England	9 wickets	108	30.4	v West Indies	Nottingham	25 May 2012	Test # 2044
West Indies	9 wickets	102	19.3	v New Zealand	North Sound	25 Jul 2012	Test # 2050
India	9 wickets	77	15.3	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
South Africa	10 wickets	2	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
Pakistan	10 wickets	15	3.4	v England	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	Test # 2030
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	93	18.3	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
West Indies	10 wickets	27	4.4	v Bangladesh	Khulna	21 Nov 2012	Test # 2060
England	10 wickets	57	9.4	v India	Wankhede	23 Nov 2012	Test # 2062

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Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-28, 2012 [Test # 2068]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 1st Test, Dec 14-18, 2012 [Test # 2067]

India v England at Nagpur, 4th Test, Dec 13-17, 2012 [Test # 2066]