Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	22 runs	198	52.4	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
New Zealand	78 runs	312	63.0	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
Sri Lanka	88 runs	350	94.0	v England	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Pakistan	108 runs	370	105.1	v England	Manchester	31 May 2001	Test # 1547
Sri Lanka	134 runs	325	68.5	v England	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
New Zealand	189 runs	300	55.0	v England	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
Australia	206 runs	557	122.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
Australia	239 runs	420	58.1	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
Australia	277 runs	648	100.1	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
Australia	384 runs	464	28.2	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	5 wickets	107	23.1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
South Africa	5 wickets	281	80.0	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
Australia	6 wickets	168	32.5	v England	Adelaide	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
India	6 wickets	387	98.3	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
Australia	7 wickets	158	29.2	v England	Nottingham	2 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
India	7 wickets	73	24.1	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
Australia	8 wickets	14	3.1	v England	Lord's	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1552
India	9 wickets	144	33.0	v England	Mohali	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
India	10 wickets	5	0.2	v England	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
Australia	10 wickets	46	10.5	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1826
South Africa	10 wickets	9	1.1	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881

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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]