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Winner Margin Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
England 1 wicket v Australia The Oval 11 Aug 1902 Test # 74
South Africa 1 wicket v England Johannesburg 2 Jan 1906 Test # 88
England 1 wicket v Australia Melbourne 1 Jan 1908 Test # 97
England 1 wicket v South Africa Cape Town 1 Jan 1923 Test # 149
Australia 1 wicket v West Indies Melbourne 31 Dec 1951 Test # 345
New Zealand 1 wicket v West Indies Dunedin 8 Feb 1980 Test # 873
Pakistan 1 wicket v Australia Karachi 28 Sep 1994 Test # 1268
West Indies 1 wicket v Australia Bridgetown 26 Mar 1999 Test # 1453
West Indies 1 wicket v Pakistan St John's 25 May 2000 Test # 1497
Pakistan 1 wicket v Bangladesh Multan 3 Sep 2003 Test # 1658
Sri Lanka 1 wicket v South Africa Colombo (PSS) 4 Aug 2006 Test # 1812
India 1 wicket v Australia Mohali 1 Oct 2010 Test # 1972
England 2 wickets v Australia The Oval 11 Aug 1890 Test # 34
Australia 2 wickets v England Sydney 13 Dec 1907 Test # 96
England 2 wickets v South Africa Durban 16 Dec 1948 Test # 306
Australia 2 wickets v West Indies Melbourne 10 Feb 1961 Test # 506
India 2 wickets v Australia Mumbai (BS) 10 Oct 1964 Test # 567
Australia 2 wickets v India Perth 16 Dec 1977 Test # 811
West Indies 2 wickets v England Nottingham 5 Jun 1980 Test # 880
New Zealand 2 wickets v Pakistan Dunedin 9 Feb 1985 Test # 1012
West Indies 2 wickets v Pakistan Bridgetown 22 Apr 1988 Test # 1097
Pakistan 2 wickets v England Lord's 18 Jun 1992 Test # 1190
Australia 2 wickets v South Africa Port Elizabeth 14 Mar 1997 Test # 1360
England 2 wickets v South Africa Centurion 14 Jan 2000 Test # 1483
Sri Lanka 2 wickets v Pakistan Rawalpindi 26 Feb 2000 Test # 1485
England 2 wickets v West Indies Lord's 29 Jun 2000 Test # 1503
India 2 wickets v Australia Chennai 18 Mar 2001 Test # 1539
Australia 2 wickets v South Africa Johannesburg 31 Mar 2006 Test # 1795
Australia 2 wickets v South Africa Johannesburg 17 Nov 2011 Test # 2018
Australia 3 wickets v England Manchester 16 Jul 1896 Test # 51
England 3 wickets v South Africa Johannesburg 26 Feb 1910 Test # 108
England 3 wickets v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1928 Test # 178
England 3 wickets v South Africa Port Elizabeth 5 Mar 1949 Test # 313
Australia 3 wickets v West Indies Brisbane 9 Nov 1951 Test # 340
South Africa 3 wickets v England Manchester 7 Jul 1955 Test # 410
Australia 3 wickets v West Indies Georgetown 31 Mar 1978 Test # 822
India 3 wickets v West Indies Chennai 12 Jan 1979 Test # 841
England 3 wickets v Pakistan Leeds 26 Aug 1982 Test # 933
Pakistan 3 wickets v England Karachi 2 Mar 1984 Test # 978
Pakistan 3 wickets v Sri Lanka Faisalabad 2 Jan 1992 Test # 1182
West Indies 3 wickets v England Port of Spain 5 Feb 1998 Test # 1398
England 3 wickets v West Indies Port of Spain 13 Feb 1998 Test # 1399
Pakistan 3 wickets v Zimbabwe Harare 21 Mar 1998 Test # 1412
England 3 wickets v Sri Lanka Kandy 7 Mar 2001 Test # 1532
South Africa 3 wickets v Sri Lanka Centurion 15 Nov 2002 Test # 1626
West Indies 3 wickets v Australia St John's 9 May 2003 Test # 1645
England 3 wickets v Australia Nottingham 25 Aug 2005 Test # 1762
Australia 3 wickets v Bangladesh Fatullah 9 Apr 2006 Test # 1797
New Zealand 3 wickets v Bangladesh Chittagong 17 Oct 2008 Test # 1888
Pakistan 3 wickets v Australia Leeds 21 Jul 2010 Test # 1965
Australia 3 wickets v West Indies Bridgetown 7 Apr 2012 Test # 2040
Bangladesh 3 wickets v Zimbabwe Dhaka 25 Oct 2014 Test # 2141
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia v India at Sydney, 4th Test, Jan 6-10, 2015 [Test # 2156]
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test, Jan 3-7, 2015 [Test # 2155]
South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 3rd Test, Jan 2-6, 2015 [Test # 2154]

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