Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka (Host) in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
Australia	16 runs	181	51.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
Australia	27 runs	352	73.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
Australia	41 runs	316	94.2	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
England	42 runs	327	86.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
Sri Lanka	50 runs	168	44.3	v Pakistan	Galle	4 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
England	57 runs	301	74.0	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
Sri Lanka	63 runs	176	49.5	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
Sri Lanka	72 runs	244	65.5	v West Indies	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
Sri Lanka	75 runs	340	99.0	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Sri Lanka	88 runs	350	94.0	v England	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Sri Lanka	96 runs	494	123.5	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
Sri Lanka	105 runs	271	52.1	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
Sri Lanka	106 runs	268	88.3	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016	Test # 2209
India	117 runs	386	85.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
Australia	121 runs	370	93.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
Australia	125 runs	379	95.5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
Sri Lanka	131 runs	322	83.5	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
Sri Lanka	149 runs	348	66.2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
South Africa	153 runs	370	71.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
Sri Lanka	163 runs	324	44.1	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
Sri Lanka	164 runs	296	54.3	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
Sri Lanka	164 runs	297	56.1	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
New Zealand	165 runs	263	27.3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
New Zealand	167 runs	465	131.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
New Zealand	167 runs	363	85.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
India	170 runs	307	47.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Sri Lanka	187 runs	348	79.0	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
Australia	197 runs	352	45.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Sri Lanka	199 runs	490	86.5	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
Sri Lanka	202 runs	413	71.5	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
Sri Lanka	209 runs	510	114.0	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
Sri Lanka	209 runs	437	71.0	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
England	211 runs	462	85.1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
Sri Lanka	229 runs	413	50.1	v Australia	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
India	235 runs	472	121.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
Sri Lanka	240 runs	378	41.2	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
Sri Lanka	246 runs	508	77.0	v Pakistan	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
Sri Lanka	259 runs	457	60.2	v Bangladesh	Galle	7 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
India	278 runs	413	43.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
Sri Lanka	278 runs	352	28.5	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
Sri Lanka	288 runs	473	60.4	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
Pakistan	301 runs	483	47.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	9 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
India	304 runs	550	76.5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
Sri Lanka	313 runs	493	67.0	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
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
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	352	113.3	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
England	3 wickets	161	71.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
England	4 wickets	74	24.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Bangladesh	4 wickets	191	57.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	15 Mar 2017	Test # 2254
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	388	114.5	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2263
Pakistan	4 wickets	342	127.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
Pakistan	4 wickets	131	32.5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	140	42.4	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	326	113.5	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
Pakistan	5 wickets	131	42.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
India	5 wickets	257	68.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	95	26.5	v Australia	Kandy	9 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	172	38.3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	268	86.1	v New Zealand	Galle	14 Aug 2019	Test # 2354
England	6 wickets	164	43.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
England	7 wickets	171	58.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
India	7 wickets	264	78.4	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	171	31.5	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	160	41.4	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Mar 2013	Test # 2082
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
Pakistan	7 wickets	377	103.1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	3 Jul 2015	Test # 2169
England	7 wickets	74	24.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	32	13.0	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	10	1.5	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
Pakistan	8 wickets	183	43.2	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	122	33.1	v India	Colombo (PSS)	8 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
England	8 wickets	94	19.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
Sri Lanka	9 wickets	70	14.4	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	6 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	27	6.4	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	6	1.5	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	3	0.4	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	26	5.3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	95	14.1	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	93	18.3	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
Pakistan	10 wickets	90	11.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
Australia	10 wickets	5	0.4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	56	7.2	v Afghanistan	Colombo (SSC)	2 Feb 2024	Test # 2527

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Colombo (SSC), Only Test, Feb 2-5, 2024 [Test # 2527]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 24-27, 2023 [Test # 2514]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jul 16-20, 2023 [Test # 2511]