Team Smallest Margins

Cricket in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
Australia	16 runs	181	51.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
Australia	27 runs	352	73.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
England	42 runs	327	86.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
England	57 runs	301	74.0	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Australia	96 runs	507	104.3	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
India	117 runs	386	85.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
New Zealand	120 runs	326	76.2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
Australia	121 runs	370	93.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
New Zealand	122 runs	405	95.2	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2192
Australia	125 runs	379	95.5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
England	137 runs	423	103.3	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
Australia	137 runs	393	119.2	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
Australia	148 runs	401	96.2	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324
Australia	149 runs	312	65.4	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
South Africa	153 runs	370	71.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
New Zealand	165 runs	263	27.3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
New Zealand	167 runs	465	131.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
New Zealand	167 runs	363	85.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
India	170 runs	307	47.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Australia	173 runs	522	141.4	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
India	188 runs	436	91.2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
New Zealand	193 runs	390	72.4	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	3 Jan 2015	Test # 2155
Australia	197 runs	352	45.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Pakistan	204 runs	354	47.1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
South Africa	206 runs	488	96.3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
England	211 runs	462	85.1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
Pakistan	222 runs	451	46.0	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
West Indies	226 runs	453	83.2	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
India	235 runs	472	121.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
India	238 runs	447	59.3	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
India	259 runs	509	92.3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Pakistan	263 runs	476	62.5	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
India	278 runs	413	43.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
Pakistan	301 runs	483	47.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	9 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
India	304 runs	550	76.5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
Australia	366 runs	516	51.0	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	1 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
New Zealand	423 runs	660	106.2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	2 wickets	285	70.0	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
Pakistan	3 wickets	185	70.5	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
England	3 wickets	161	71.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
South Africa	3 wickets	121	35.3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
England	4 wickets	74	24.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Bangladesh	4 wickets	191	57.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	15 Mar 2017	Test # 2254
Pakistan	4 wickets	342	127.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
Pakistan	4 wickets	131	32.5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
Pakistan	5 wickets	131	42.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
New Zealand	5 wickets	119	33.0	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	7 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
India	5 wickets	257	68.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
Australia	5 wickets	141	42.5	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	3 Jan 2013	Test # 2070
Pakistan	5 wickets	302	57.3	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
New Zealand	5 wickets	189	54.3	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
New Zealand	6 wickets	133	37.1	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
West Indies	6 wickets	187	49.2	v Sri Lanka	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
South Africa	6 wickets	226	62.5	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Pakistan	6 wickets	137	37.0	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
England	6 wickets	78	27.2	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
West Indies	6 wickets	253	68.3	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
England	6 wickets	164	43.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
England	7 wickets	171	58.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
England	7 wickets	97	34.4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
India	7 wickets	264	78.4	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
West Indies	7 wickets	212	42.4	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
Pakistan	7 wickets	377	103.1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	3 Jul 2015	Test # 2169
England	7 wickets	74	24.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
Pakistan	8 wickets	99	23.4	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
Pakistan	8 wickets	183	43.2	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
England	8 wickets	94	19.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
New Zealand	8 wickets	105	30.4	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
Pakistan	9 wickets	94	24.1	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
England	9 wickets	79	23.2	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
Pakistan	10 wickets	98	16.4	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
Australia	10 wickets	41	7.4	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
England	10 wickets	50	5.0	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
South Africa	10 wickets	2	0.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
Pakistan	10 wickets	90	11.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
South Africa	10 wickets	67	13.2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
Australia	10 wickets	5	0.4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469

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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
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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]