Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	27 runs	291	102.3	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
Australia	35 runs	359	94.3	v West Indies	Perth	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
India	37 runs	313	115.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
India	49 runs	269	69.4	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
England	60 runs	455	132.5	v West Indies	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
Australia	87 runs	475	105.4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879
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
Australia	118 runs	407	89.2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
Sri Lanka	121 runs	437	106.2	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
Sri Lanka	131 runs	322	83.5	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
Pakistan	136 runs	280	52.5	v West Indies	Kingston	3 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
England	158 runs	374	70.0	v West Indies	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
Pakistan	170 runs	342	62.5	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
Pakistan	199 runs	444	76.0	v West Indies	Karachi	27 Nov 2006	Test # 1818
New Zealand	204 runs	474	83.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
England	210 runs	478	79.3	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
Sri Lanka	240 runs	378	41.2	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
Pakistan	244 runs	434	61.0	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
England	256 runs	479	55.3	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
Australia	352 runs	462	49.3	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Australia	379 runs	509	49.0	v West Indies	Brisbane	3 Nov 2005	Test # 1769

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	2 wickets	188	69.5	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
Bangladesh	4 wickets	215	54.4	v West Indies	St George's	17 Jul 2009	Test # 1926
Australia	5 wickets	130	43.0	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
Australia	6 wickets	173	44.5	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
Sri Lanka	6 wickets	172	38.3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
England	7 wickets	99	15.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
England	7 wickets	231	65.4	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Aug 2004	Test # 1711
Australia	7 wickets	182	58.0	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
England	7 wickets	110	21.4	v West Indies	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
South Africa	7 wickets	185	35.2	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
India	8 wickets	81	21.1	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
England	8 wickets	93	20.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
South Africa	8 wickets	144	44.5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
Australia	9 wickets	147	42.1	v West Indies	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
Australia	9 wickets	8	2.3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
Australia	9 wickets	78	26.1	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
Pakistan	9 wickets	13	5.1	v West Indies	Lahore	11 Nov 2006	Test # 1815
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
South Africa	10 wickets	46	3.4	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
England	10 wickets	20	2.3	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
England	10 wickets	1	0.3	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
New Zealand	10 wickets	36	8.1	v West Indies	Wellington	17 Mar 2006	Test # 1790
England	10 wickets	32	6.1	v West Indies	Lord's	6 May 2009	Test # 1919

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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]