Team Smallest Margins - England

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches - England

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	2 runs	282	64.3	v Australia	Birmingham	4 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
England	60 runs	455	132.5	v West Indies	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
England	70 runs	202	56.2	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
England	77 runs	325	59.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
England	98 runs	550	93.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
England	115 runs	522	107.0	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
England	121 runs	553	118.5	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
England	126 runs	438	100.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
England	158 runs	374	70.0	v West Indies	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
England	167 runs	323	47.5	v Pakistan	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
England	170 runs	568	109.4	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
England	197 runs	546	102.2	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931
England	210 runs	478	79.3	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
England	212 runs	313	48.2	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
England	225 runs	452	54.0	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
England	256 runs	479	55.3	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
England	329 runs	468	37.1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667

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
England	2 wickets	188	69.5	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
England	3 wickets	161	71.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
England	3 wickets	129	31.5	v Australia	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
England	4 wickets	74	24.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
England	4 wickets	284	71.3	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004	Test # 1704
England	6 wickets	176	41.3	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
England	6 wickets	315	73.2	v Australia	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
England	6 wickets	78	27.2	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
England	6 wickets	294	88.0	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
England	6 wickets	197	52.5	v South Africa	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
England	7 wickets	164	39.2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
England	7 wickets	99	15.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
England	7 wickets	282	87.0	v New Zealand	Lord's	20 May 2004	Test # 1700
England	7 wickets	231	65.4	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Aug 2004	Test # 1711
England	7 wickets	142	40.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
England	7 wickets	110	21.4	v West Indies	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
England	8 wickets	93	20.0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
England	9 wickets	110	22.2	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
England	9 wickets	45	8.0	v New Zealand	Leeds	3 Jun 2004	Test # 1702
England	10 wickets	50	5.0	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
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
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]