Smallest margin of victory (by runs)

Test matches Cricket – Smallest margin of victory (by runs)

Test matches

Result margins

By runs

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	West Indies	1 run	186	79.0	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993	Test # 1210
🥇 1	New Zealand	1 run	258	74.2	v England	Wellington	24 Feb 2023	Test # 2494
🥉 3	England	2 runs	282	64.3	v Australia	Birmingham	4 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
4	Australia	3 runs	124	49.4	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
4	England	3 runs	292	96.1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
6	New Zealand	4 runs	176	58.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018	Test # 2327
7	South Africa	5 runs	117	56.3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
8	Australia	6 runs	214	111.1x4	v England	Sydney	20 Feb 1885	Test # 19
9	Australia	7 runs	85	55.0x4	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
9	South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
9	New Zealand	7 runs	241	63.4	v Australia	Hobart	9 Dec 2011	Test # 2021
12	West Indies	8 runs	216	50.5	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2524
13	England	10 runs	177	68.0	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1894	Test # 42
14	Australia	11 runs	375	111.2x8	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
15	England	12 runs	349	151.5	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
15	England	12 runs	175	46.4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
15	Pakistan	12 runs	271	95.2	v India	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
18	England	13 runs	111	107.0x4	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
18	India	13 runs	107	30.5	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
20	England	14 runs	311	110.5	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013	Test # 2090
21	Australia	16 runs	341	84.7x8	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
21	Pakistan	16 runs	221	93.5	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
21	Australia	16 runs	181	51.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
24	South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
24	West Indies	17 runs	231	61.3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
26	England	18 runs	130	36.1	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
27	South Africa	19 runs	244	53.2	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
27	England	19 runs	124	32.1	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
29	Bangladesh	20 runs	265	70.5	v Australia	Mirpur	27 Aug 2017	Test # 2272
30	Sri Lanka	21 runs	136	47.4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
31	Pakistan	22 runs	198	52.4	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
31	England	22 runs	286	81.3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016	Test # 2225
31	England	22 runs	193	74.5	v India	Lord's	10 Jul 2025	Test # 2594
34	England	23 runs	219	75.0	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
35	Pakistan	24 runs	168	68.0	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
35	Zimbabwe	24 runs	264	81.0	v Pakistan	Harare	10 Sep 2013	Test # 2096
37	England	25 runs	231	88.3	v Pakistan	Leeds	8 Jul 1971	Test # 689
37	New Zealand	25 runs	147	29.1	v India	Wankhede	1 Nov 2024	Test # 2560
39	England	26 runs	226	88.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
39	England	26 runs	355	102.1	v Pakistan	Multan	9 Dec 2022	Test # 2480
41	Australia	27 runs	352	73.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
41	New Zealand	27 runs	291	102.3	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
43	South Africa	28 runs	240	67.3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
43	Australia	28 runs	179	63.7x8	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
43	India	28 runs	192	91.0	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
43	England	28 runs	231	69.2	v India	Hyderabad	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2525
47	England	29 runs	151	67.0	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
47	Pakistan	29 runs	255	88.2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
49	West Indies	30 runs	251	75.3	v Australia	Sydney	27 Feb 1931	Test # 208
49	South Africa	30 runs	197	79.3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515

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