Team Smallest Margins IN South Africa

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches IN South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	77 runs	325	59.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
Australia	112 runs	410	99.5	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
India	123 runs	402	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
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
Australia	162 runs	454	119.2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
Australia	175 runs	546	132.2	v South Africa	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	2 wickets	249	75.1	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
Australia	2 wickets	292	91.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
South Africa	3 wickets	121	35.3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
Australia	4 wickets	331	79.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
South Africa	4 wickets	217	47.3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	5 May 2006	Test # 1801
South Africa	5 wickets	101	26.3	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
South Africa	5 wickets	335	104.5	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
South Africa	5 wickets	211	64.1	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
Pakistan	5 wickets	191	57.3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
South Africa	5 wickets	161	64.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
South Africa	7 wickets	86	34.1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
England	7 wickets	142	40.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
Australia	7 wickets	95	27.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
South Africa	7 wickets	199	60.5	v Pakistan	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
South Africa	7 wickets	185	35.2	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
South Africa	9 wickets	54	14.4	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
South Africa	10 wickets	44	9.0	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
South Africa	10 wickets	46	3.4	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682

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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]