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Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches

By an innings

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	inns & 202 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
England	inns & 197 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
England	inns & 189 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
England	inns & 157 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Durban	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
England	inns & 104 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Durban	4 Dec 1964	Test # 571
England	inns & 98 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
England	inns & 85 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Manchester	25 Aug 2022	Test # 2475
South Africa	inns & 74 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
England	inns & 73 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
England	inns & 62 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
England	inns & 53 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
South Africa	inns & 37 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
England	inns & 33 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
England	inns & 32 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
England	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
England	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
South Africa	inns & 16 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
England	inns & 13 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
England	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
South Africa	inns & 12 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
England	inns & 5 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	356 runs	456	45.5	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
England	312 runs	385	50.1x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
England	288 runs	319	18.4x5	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
South Africa	243 runs	440	78.4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
England	241 runs	416	71.0	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
England	239 runs	492	77.1	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
England	211 runs	331	36.4	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
England	210 runs	246	22.4x5	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
England	191 runs	466	77.1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
England	189 runs	438	137.4	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
England	177 runs	380	62.5	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
England	174 runs	334	58.2	v South Africa	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
South Africa	168 runs	387	100.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
South Africa	157 runs	309	67.0	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
England	131 runs	204	33.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
England	109 runs	344	117.1	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
England	100 runs	310	84.0	v South Africa	Birmingham	9 Jun 1960	Test # 492
South Africa	95 runs	348	82.4	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
South Africa	94 runs	319	98.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
England	92 runs	244	87.4	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
England	91 runs	396	109.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1914	Test # 132
England	87 runs	312	101.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
England	77 runs	325	59.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
England	71 runs	183	57.4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
England	70 runs	202	56.2	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
England	53 runs	129	44.4	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
England	32 runs	132	77.1x5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
South Africa	28 runs	240	67.3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
England	23 runs	219	75.0	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
South Africa	19 runs	244	53.2	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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