Team Smallest Margins

Cricket in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	34 runs	366	108.1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
West Indies	35 runs	99	47.0	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
Pakistan	52 runs	240	62.2	v Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi	9 Dec 1993	Test # 1240
Pakistan	99 runs	239	59.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Feb 1995	Test # 1290
West Indies	117 runs	434	90.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
Pakistan	119 runs	430	81.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
West Indies	128 runs	233	49.0	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
Pakistan	131 runs	266	62.5	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	1 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
Bangladesh	143 runs	401	95.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	25 Apr 2013	Test # 2087
Bangladesh	162 runs	314	51.1	v Zimbabwe	Khulna	3 Nov 2014	Test # 2143
New Zealand	177 runs	315	50.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Nov 1992	Test # 1199
Bangladesh	186 runs	449	85.0	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	12 Nov 2014	Test # 2145
Bangladesh	218 runs	443	83.1	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	11 Nov 2018	Test # 2325
Bangladesh	220 runs	477	94.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Jul 2021	Test # 2427
Pakistan	221 runs	342	46.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	3 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
Sri Lanka	225 runs	412	90.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016	Test # 2228
Bangladesh	226 runs	381	64.2	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
New Zealand	254 runs	387	68.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Aug 2016	Test # 2214
Sri Lanka	257 runs	491	58.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 Nov 2016	Test # 2231
Sri Lanka	315 runs	395	43.3	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	3 wickets	192	53.5	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
Bangladesh	3 wickets	101	33.3	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	25 Oct 2014	Test # 2141
India	4 wickets	122	45.5	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	388	114.5	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2263
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	326	113.5	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	35	15.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
Afghanistan	6 wickets	108	26.1	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021	Test # 2415
South Africa	7 wickets	108	38.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
New Zealand	7 wickets	132	45.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
India	7 wickets	190	37.3	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
Pakistan	7 wickets	88	21.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Sep 2011	Test # 2006
Pakistan	8 wickets	61	11.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	7 Feb 1995	Test # 1288
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	10	1.5	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
New Zealand	8 wickets	72	15.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
India	8 wickets	184	53.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	7 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
South Africa	9 wickets	78	15.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
Australia	9 wickets	172	29.1	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
West Indies	9 wickets	12	5.0	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
South Africa	9 wickets	41	10.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	27	6.4	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
Pakistan	10 wickets	67	18.5	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
New Zealand	10 wickets	20	3.5	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
Australia	10 wickets	5	0.4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	14 Oct 1999	Test # 1463
West Indies	10 wickets	72	12.4	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
Pakistan	10 wickets	57	8.3	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
India	10 wickets	19	2.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	14	3.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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