Team Smallest Margins - South Africa

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches - South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
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
South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
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
South Africa	3 wickets	121	35.3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
South Africa	4 wickets	163	63.0	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
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
South Africa	5 wickets	161	64.0	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
South Africa	5 wickets	205	67.5	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
South Africa	5 wickets	281	80.0	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
South Africa	6 wickets	234	72.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
South Africa	6 wickets	414	119.2	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
South Africa	7 wickets	86	34.1	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
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	8 wickets	144	44.5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
South Africa	9 wickets	78	15.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
South Africa	9 wickets	54	14.4	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
South Africa	9 wickets	183	48.0	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
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
South Africa	10 wickets	9	1.1	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881

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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]