Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	4 runs	176	58.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018	Test # 2327
Sri Lanka	21 runs	136	47.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
Zimbabwe	24 runs	264	81.0	v Pakistan	Harare	10 Sep 2013	Test # 2096
Australia	36 runs	176	38.0	v Pakistan	Sydney	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
Australia	39 runs	490	145.0	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016	Test # 2240
West Indies	40 runs	219	73.0	v Pakistan	Providence	12 May 2011	Test # 1992
Sri Lanka	68 runs	317	90.2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
Sri Lanka	105 runs	271	52.1	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
West Indies	106 runs	188	34.4	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017	Test # 2260
South Africa	107 runs	381	65.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
New Zealand	123 runs	280	56.1	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	3 Dec 2018	Test # 2332
New Zealand	138 runs	369	92.1	v Pakistan	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016	Test # 2237
England	141 runs	343	70.5	v Pakistan	Birmingham	3 Aug 2016	Test # 2212
Australia	150 runs	440	91.1	v Pakistan	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
Sri Lanka	209 runs	510	114.0	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
South Africa	211 runs	480	100.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
Australia	220 runs	465	80.2	v Pakistan	Sydney	3 Jan 2017	Test # 2245
Australia	231 runs	438	86.2	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
England	330 runs	565	70.3	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
England	354 runs	435	29.0	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010	Test # 1967

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	4 wickets	182	43.1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
West Indies	5 wickets	153	43.5	v Pakistan	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016	Test # 2229
South Africa	6 wickets	149	50.4	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	99	16.2	v Pakistan	Galle	6 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	153	26.3	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	Test # 2168
New Zealand	8 wickets	105	31.3	v Pakistan	Christchurch	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2234
England	9 wickets	118	36.3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	6 Aug 2010	Test # 1969
Sri Lanka	9 wickets	137	46.2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	8 Jan 2014	Test # 2114
South Africa	9 wickets	41	9.5	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340

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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]