Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	32 runs	251	76.0	v Pakistan	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
Australia	41 runs	316	94.2	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
Sri Lanka	50 runs	168	44.3	v Pakistan	Galle	4 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
Sri Lanka	57 runs	294	70.1	v Pakistan	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
England	167 runs	323	47.5	v Pakistan	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
Australia	170 runs	422	72.0	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
India	195 runs	422	91.3	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
Sri Lanka	201 runs	418	79.2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
West Indies	276 runs	573	62.3	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005	Test # 1752
Australia	491 runs	564	31.3	v Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	1 wicket	216	91.0	v Pakistan	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
Sri Lanka	2 wickets	220	83.5	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
South Africa	5 wickets	161	64.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
England	6 wickets	176	41.3	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
India	6 wickets	203	61.1	v Pakistan	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
South Africa	7 wickets	199	60.5	v Pakistan	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Sri Lanka	7 wickets	171	31.5	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	32	6.2	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
Australia	9 wickets	126	27.5	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
Australia	9 wickets	62	9.3	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
South Africa	10 wickets	44	9.0	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635

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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]