Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	63 runs	241	73.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
India	87 runs	303	72.3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
India	108 runs	218	39.5	v South Africa	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
Australia	118 runs	417	92.4	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
India	124 runs	310	89.5	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
England	177 runs	380	62.5	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
Sri Lanka	199 runs	490	86.5	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
India	203 runs	395	63.5	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
Sri Lanka	208 runs	450	87.3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
England	211 runs	331	36.4	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
England	239 runs	492	77.1	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
England	241 runs	416	71.0	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
Australia	245 runs	511	134.3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Sri Lanka	278 runs	352	28.5	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
Australia	281 runs	482	59.4	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
India	337 runs	481	143.1	v South Africa	Delhi	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	304	85.3	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Australia	2 wickets	310	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
Pakistan	7 wickets	40	13.5	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
England	7 wickets	74	22.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
Australia	7 wickets	127	40.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	Test # 2236
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	197	45.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348

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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 Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2377]

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2376]

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 19-23, 2019 [Test # 2375]