Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records for New Zealand (Host) in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	1 run	258	74.2	v England	Wellington	24 Feb 2023	Test # 2494
New Zealand	27 runs	291	102.3	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
New Zealand	32 runs	251	76.0	v Pakistan	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
Pakistan	33 runs	127	43.3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
New Zealand	40 runs	407	96.3	v India	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
New Zealand	62 runs	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
Australia	62 runs	281	73.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
New Zealand	72 runs	137	27.3x8	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
New Zealand	78 runs	312	63.0	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
South Africa	93 runs	275	55.5	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
England	98 runs	550	93.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
New Zealand	101 runs	373	123.3	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
New Zealand	120 runs	326	76.2	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
England	121 runs	553	118.5	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
New Zealand	121 runs	404	76.0	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010	Test # 1953
New Zealand	122 runs	405	95.2	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2192
England	126 runs	438	100.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
Pakistan	128 runs	305	56.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
New Zealand	138 runs	369	92.1	v Pakistan	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016	Test # 2237
Pakistan	141 runs	405	82.5	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
Pakistan	161 runs	357	80.4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
England	168 runs	383	79.0	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	Test # 1185
Australia	172 runs	369	64.4	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
England	174 runs	280	27.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
Australia	176 runs	479	91.1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
New Zealand	189 runs	300	55.0	v England	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
New Zealand	190 runs	268	45.1	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
New Zealand	193 runs	390	72.4	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	3 Jan 2015	Test # 2155
South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
Sri Lanka	217 runs	504	85.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
New Zealand	240 runs	444	63.5	v West Indies	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
Sri Lanka	241 runs	427	84.4	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
England	267 runs	394	45.3	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	16 Feb 2023	Test # 2492
India	272 runs	374	61.4	v New Zealand	Auckland	7 Mar 1968	Test # 634
New Zealand	281 runs	529	80.0	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
Australia	297 runs	456	53.0x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
Pakistan	299 runs	431	59.4	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
New Zealand	423 runs	660	106.2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	1 wicket	104	50.0	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
New Zealand	2 wickets	278	99.4	v Pakistan	Dunedin	9 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
New Zealand	2 wickets	285	70.0	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
Australia	3 wickets	279	65.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
England	4 wickets	305	146.4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
New Zealand	4 wickets	213	60.3	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
New Zealand	4 wickets	160	56.2	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
West Indies	5 wickets	139	59.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Feb 1952	Test # 349
India	5 wickets	200	74.4	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
West Indies	5 wickets	345	69.0x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
New Zealand	5 wickets	228	83.6x8	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
New Zealand	5 wickets	104	29.4	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
New Zealand	5 wickets	33	10.1	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
New Zealand	5 wickets	201	72.4	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
Pakistan	5 wickets	138	41.0	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
New Zealand	5 wickets	324	107.0	v Pakistan	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994	Test # 1251
New Zealand	5 wickets	119	33.0	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	7 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
New Zealand	5 wickets	189	54.3	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
England	6 wickets	88	45.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
New Zealand	6 wickets	88	40.4	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
New Zealand	6 wickets	164	48.5x8	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
New Zealand	6 wickets	133	37.1	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
Australia	6 wickets	174	54.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
Australia	6 wickets	210	41.3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
South Africa	6 wickets	234	72.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
England	7 wickets	173	59.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
Pakistan	7 wickets	274	74.5	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
Australia	7 wickets	201	54.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016	Test # 2202
New Zealand	7 wickets	217	39.4	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2246
New Zealand	7 wickets	132	36.0	v India	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020	Test # 2387
New Zealand	7 wickets	267	94.2	v South Africa	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
England	8 wickets	63	18.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Jan 1930	Test # 186
South Africa	8 wickets	148	41.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	4 Mar 1932	Test # 218
England	8 wickets	49	15.2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
India	8 wickets	59	13.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
England	8 wickets	89	25.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
India	8 wickets	68	14.2x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
Australia	8 wickets	69	25.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
New Zealand	8 wickets	160	84.4	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
South Africa	8 wickets	16	8.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
New Zealand	8 wickets	122	40.4	v West Indies	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
New Zealand	8 wickets	105	30.4	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
New Zealand	8 wickets	105	31.3	v Pakistan	Christchurch	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2234
South Africa	8 wickets	81	24.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
Bangladesh	8 wickets	40	16.5	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	1 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
West Indies	9 wickets	13	5.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
New Zealand	9 wickets	178	63.4	v Australia	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
New Zealand	9 wickets	70	15.0	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
New Zealand	9 wickets	51	10.2	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Australia	9 wickets	133	31.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
Australia	9 wickets	164	29.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
New Zealand	9 wickets	35	8.1	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	4 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
South Africa	9 wickets	101	19.5	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
New Zealand	9 wickets	109	18.4	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	20 Jan 2017	Test # 2248
Australia	10 wickets	28	3.5x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
New Zealand	10 wickets	2	0.5	v India	Christchurch	2 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
New Zealand	10 wickets	20	3.5	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
New Zealand	10 wickets	36	9.3	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
New Zealand	10 wickets	36	8.1	v West Indies	Wellington	17 Mar 2006	Test # 1790
India	10 wickets	39	5.2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009	Test # 1915
Australia	10 wickets	106	23.0	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
Pakistan	10 wickets	19	3.4	v New Zealand	Hamilton	7 Jan 2011	Test # 1990
New Zealand	10 wickets	9	1.4	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]