Team Largest Margins - South Africa

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By an innings

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	inns & 229 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
South Africa	inns & 205 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
South Africa	inns & 160 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
South Africa	inns & 142 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
South Africa	inns & 107 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
South Africa	inns & 100 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
South Africa	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
South Africa	inns & 86 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
South Africa	inns & 71 runs	-	-	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
South Africa	inns & 65 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
South Africa	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
South Africa	inns & 62 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
South Africa	inns & 60 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
South Africa	inns & 59 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
South Africa	inns & 48 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
South Africa	inns & 37 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
South Africa	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
South Africa	inns & 7 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
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
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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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]