Team Largest Margins

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By an innings

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	inns & 360 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
Pakistan	inns & 324 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Lahore	1 May 2002	Test # 1600
West Indies	inns & 310 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
New Zealand	inns & 294 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
England	inns & 283 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Leeds	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
Pakistan	inns & 264 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
England	inns & 261 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Lord's	26 May 2005	Test # 1751
Sri Lanka	inns & 254 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
Sri Lanka	inns & 240 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 May 2004	Test # 1698
India	inns & 239 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
Sri Lanka	inns & 239 runs	-	-	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
Sri Lanka	inns & 234 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
South Africa	inns & 229 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
Sri Lanka	inns & 215 runs	-	-	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
England	inns & 209 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
South Africa	inns & 205 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
Australia	inns & 198 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
Sri Lanka	inns & 196 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
Sri Lanka	inns & 193 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
New Zealand	inns & 185 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
Pakistan	inns & 178 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	9 Jan 2002	Test # 1584
West Indies	inns & 176 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
Australia	inns & 175 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Perth	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
Pakistan	inns & 169 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
Sri Lanka	inns & 166 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Pakistan	inns & 163 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
South Africa	inns & 160 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
Australia	inns & 156 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
Sri Lanka	inns & 153 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
India	inns & 144 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
South Africa	inns & 142 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
Australia	inns & 141 runs	-	-	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
India	inns & 140 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
Sri Lanka	inns & 137 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
New Zealand	inns & 137 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2008	Test # 1861
Australia	inns & 132 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Darwin	18 Jul 2003	Test # 1650
India	inns & 131 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
Australia	inns & 126 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
England	inns & 120 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
Australia	inns & 118 runs	-	-	v England	Birmingham	5 Jul 2001	Test # 1550
India	inns & 112 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Wankhede	9 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
England	inns & 111 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
South Africa	inns & 107 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
India	inns & 101 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
New Zealand	inns & 101 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
Pakistan	inns & 100 runs	-	-	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
South Africa	inns & 100 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
West Indies	inns & 99 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Kingston	4 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
New Zealand	inns & 99 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
Australia	inns & 99 runs	-	-	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
Australia	inns & 98 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
England	inns & 98 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
Sri Lanka	inns & 96 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
Sri Lanka	inns & 94 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
West Indies	inns & 93 runs	-	-	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
England	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
South Africa	inns & 92 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
India	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
Sri Lanka	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	3 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
South Africa	inns & 90 runs	-	-	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
South Africa	inns & 86 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
India	inns & 83 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
England	inns & 83 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Chester-le-Street	14 May 2009	Test # 1920
Australia	inns & 80 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006	Test # 1799
Australia	inns & 80 runs	-	-	v England	Leeds	7 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
Sri Lanka	inns & 77 runs	-	-	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
New Zealand	inns & 74 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
South Africa	inns & 71 runs	-	-	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
England	inns & 69 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	5 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
Sri Lanka	inns & 69 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
South Africa	inns & 65 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
Australia	inns & 65 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009	Test # 1936
South Africa	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
South Africa	inns & 62 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
Australia	inns & 62 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
South Africa	inns & 60 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
South Africa	inns & 59 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
New Zealand	inns & 52 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
India	inns & 52 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
Australia	inns & 51 runs	-	-	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
Australia	inns & 48 runs	-	-	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
South Africa	inns & 48 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
India	inns & 46 runs	-	-	v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2002	Test # 1613
New Zealand	inns & 46 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
Australia	inns & 40 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
England	inns & 39 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
New Zealand	inns & 38 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
South Africa	inns & 37 runs	-	-	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
Zimbabwe	inns & 32 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1543
Sri Lanka	inns & 28 runs	-	-	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
Australia	inns & 27 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Perth	1 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
England	inns & 27 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Chester-le-Street	3 Jun 2005	Test # 1753
Australia	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
India	inns & 24 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
West Indies	inns & 23 runs	-	-	v England	Kingston	4 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
South Africa	inns & 21 runs	-	-	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
Australia	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Sharjah	19 Oct 2002	Test # 1620
South Africa	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
South Africa	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
Sri Lanka	inns & 15 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
England	inns & 9 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Lord's	17 May 2001	Test # 1546
England	inns & 9 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Nottingham	5 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
South Africa	inns & 7 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	491 runs	564	31.3	v Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
Sri Lanka	465 runs	624	49.2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	3 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
Australia	384 runs	464	28.2	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
Australia	379 runs	509	49.0	v West Indies	Brisbane	3 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
Australia	352 runs	462	49.3	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Australia	342 runs	543	53.3	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
Pakistan	341 runs	607	58.4	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
Australia	337 runs	499	74.0	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
England	329 runs	468	37.1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667
India	320 runs	516	64.4	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
Sri Lanka	315 runs	395	43.3	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Sri Lanka	313 runs	493	67.0	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
Pakistan	299 runs	431	59.4	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
Sri Lanka	288 runs	473	60.4	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
Australia	277 runs	648	100.1	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
West Indies	276 runs	573	62.3	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005	Test # 1752
India	259 runs	509	92.3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
England	256 runs	479	55.3	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
Australia	246 runs	375	67.0	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Pakistan	244 runs	434	61.0	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
Sri Lanka	240 runs	378	41.2	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
Australia	239 runs	420	58.1	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
Bangladesh	226 runs	381	64.2	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
England	225 runs	452	54.0	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
Pakistan	222 runs	451	46.0	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Australia	217 runs	457	87.4	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Sri Lanka	217 runs	504	85.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
Australia	213 runs	464	82.3	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
England	212 runs	313	48.2	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
England	210 runs	478	79.3	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
Australia	210 runs	355	50.0	v ICC World XI	Sydney	14 Oct 2005	Test # 1768
Australia	206 runs	557	122.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
New Zealand	204 runs	474	83.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
Sri Lanka	202 runs	413	71.5	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
Sri Lanka	201 runs	418	79.2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Pakistan	199 runs	444	76.0	v West Indies	Karachi	27 Nov 2006	Test # 1818
Australia	197 runs	352	45.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
England	197 runs	546	102.2	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
India	195 runs	422	91.3	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
New Zealand	189 runs	300	55.0	v England	Hamilton	5 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
India	188 runs	436	91.2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Australia	184 runs	366	74.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
Zimbabwe	183 runs	353	57.5	v Bangladesh	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
Australia	175 runs	546	132.2	v South Africa	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
India	172 runs	382	50.2	v Australia	Nagpur	6 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
India	171 runs	384	68.3	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Pakistan	170 runs	342	62.5	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
England	170 runs	568	109.4	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
India	170 runs	307	47.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Australia	170 runs	422	72.0	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
Pakistan	168 runs	383	90.0	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
England	167 runs	323	47.5	v Pakistan	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
Australia	162 runs	454	119.2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
England	158 runs	374	70.0	v West Indies	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
West Indies	155 runs	408	88.3	v India	Kingston	18 May 2002	Test # 1604
Australia	149 runs	312	65.4	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Australia	149 runs	327	54.3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
Pakistan	141 runs	405	82.5	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
Pakistan	136 runs	280	52.5	v West Indies	Kingston	3 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
Sri Lanka	134 runs	325	68.5	v England	Nottingham	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
Sri Lanka	131 runs	322	83.5	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
West Indies	130 runs	386	110.0	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
West Indies	128 runs	233	49.0	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
West Indies	128 runs	389	74.5	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
England	126 runs	438	100.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
India	123 runs	402	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Australia	122 runs	333	70.5	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
Australia	121 runs	370	93.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
England	121 runs	553	118.5	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
Sri Lanka	121 runs	437	106.2	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
Pakistan	119 runs	430	81.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
Australia	118 runs	407	89.2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
England	115 runs	522	107.0	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
Australia	112 runs	410	99.5	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
Pakistan	108 runs	370	105.1	v England	Manchester	31 May 2001	Test # 1547
Sri Lanka	107 runs	521	126.2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
Australia	103 runs	376	114.2	v South Africa	Sydney	3 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
England	98 runs	550	93.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
Australia	96 runs	507	104.3	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
Sri Lanka	96 runs	494	123.5	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
Australia	95 runs	287	67.0	v West Indies	Kingston	22 May 2008	Test # 1875
Bangladesh	95 runs	277	70.1	v West Indies	Kingstown	9 Jul 2009	Test # 1923
Sri Lanka	88 runs	350	94.0	v England	Kandy	1 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Australia	87 runs	475	105.4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879
South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
New Zealand	78 runs	312	63.0	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
England	77 runs	325	59.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
India	72 runs	413	86.5	v Australia	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
England	70 runs	202	56.2	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
Australia	62 runs	281	73.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
England	60 runs	455	132.5	v West Indies	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
Sri Lanka	57 runs	294	70.1	v Pakistan	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
Sri Lanka	50 runs	168	44.3	v Pakistan	Galle	4 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
India	49 runs	269	69.4	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
Australia	41 runs	316	94.2	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
India	37 runs	313	115.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
West Indies	35 runs	99	47.0	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
Australia	35 runs	359	94.3	v West Indies	Perth	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
New Zealand	32 runs	251	76.0	v Pakistan	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
Australia	27 runs	352	73.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
New Zealand	27 runs	291	102.3	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
Pakistan	22 runs	198	52.4	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
India	13 runs	107	30.5	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
England	2 runs	282	64.3	v Australia	Birmingham	4 Aug 2005	Test # 1758

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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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 Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]