Test matches Cricket – Smallest margin of victory (by wickets)
Test matches
Result margins
Smallest victories
| Rank | Winner | Margin | Target | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | England | 1 wicket | 263 | 66.5 | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 | Test # 74 |
🥇 1 | South Africa | 1 wicket | 284 | 112.5 | v England | Johannesburg | 2 Jan 1906 | Test # 88 |
🥇 1 | England | 1 wicket | 282 | 121.4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1908 | Test # 97 |
🥇 1 | England | 1 wicket | 173 | 88.3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 |
🥇 1 | Australia | 1 wicket | 260 | 97.0x8 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 | Test # 345 |
🥇 1 | New Zealand | 1 wicket | 104 | 50.0 | v West Indies | Dunedin | 8 Feb 1980 | Test # 873 |
🥇 1 | Pakistan | 1 wicket | 314 | 106.1 | v Australia | Karachi | 28 Sep 1994 | Test # 1268 |
🥇 1 | West Indies | 1 wicket | 308 | 120.1 | v Australia | Bridgetown | 26 Mar 1999 | Test # 1453 |
🥇 1 | West Indies | 1 wicket | 216 | 91.0 | v Pakistan | St John's | 25 May 2000 | Test # 1497 |
🥇 1 | Pakistan | 1 wicket | 261 | 91.0 | v Bangladesh | Multan | 3 Sep 2003 | Test # 1658 |
🥇 1 | Sri Lanka | 1 wicket | 352 | 113.3 | v South Africa | Colombo (PSS) | 4 Aug 2006 | Test # 1812 |
🥇 1 | India | 1 wicket | 216 | 58.4 | v Australia | Mohali | 1 Oct 2010 | Test # 1972 |
🥇 1 | Sri Lanka | 1 wicket | 304 | 85.3 | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Feb 2019 | Test # 2347 |
🥇 1 | England | 1 wicket | 359 | 125.4 | v Australia | Leeds | 22 Aug 2019 | Test # 2357 |
🥇 1 | West Indies | 1 wicket | 168 | 56.5 | v Pakistan | Kingston | 12 Aug 2021 | Test # 2430 |
16 | England | 2 wickets | 95 | 51.0x5 | v Australia | The Oval | 11 Aug 1890 | Test # 34 |
16 | Australia | 2 wickets | 274 | 98.3 | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1907 | Test # 96 |
16 | England | 2 wickets | 128 | 28.0x8 | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 |
16 | Australia | 2 wickets | 258 | 111.7x8 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 10 Feb 1961 | Test # 506 |
16 | India | 2 wickets | 254 | 128.4 | v Australia | Brabourne | 10 Oct 1964 | Test # 567 |
16 | Australia | 2 wickets | 339 | 87.2x8 | v India | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 1977 | Test # 811 |
16 | West Indies | 2 wickets | 208 | 68.4 | v England | Nottingham | 5 Jun 1980 | Test # 880 |
16 | New Zealand | 2 wickets | 278 | 99.4 | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 9 Feb 1985 | Test # 1012 |
16 | West Indies | 2 wickets | 266 | 77.0 | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 22 Apr 1988 | Test # 1097 |
16 | Pakistan | 2 wickets | 138 | 45.1 | v England | Lord's | 18 Jun 1992 | Test # 1190 |
16 | Australia | 2 wickets | 270 | 93.3 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 |
16 | England | 2 wickets | 249 | 75.1 | v South Africa | Centurion | 14 Jan 2000 | Test # 1483 |
16 | Sri Lanka | 2 wickets | 220 | 83.5 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 26 Feb 2000 | Test # 1485 |
16 | England | 2 wickets | 188 | 69.5 | v West Indies | Lord's | 29 Jun 2000 | Test # 1503 |
16 | India | 2 wickets | 155 | 41.1 | v Australia | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 |
16 | Australia | 2 wickets | 292 | 91.4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 | Test # 1795 |
16 | Australia | 2 wickets | 310 | 86.5 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 17 Nov 2011 | Test # 2018 |
16 | New Zealand | 2 wickets | 285 | 70.0 | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 9 Mar 2023 | Test # 2498 |
16 | Australia | 2 wickets | 281 | 92.3 | v England | Birmingham | 16 Jun 2023 | Test # 2507 |
16 | South Africa | 2 wickets | 148 | 39.3 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2024 | Test # 2572 |
36 | Australia | 3 wickets | 125 | 84.3x5 | v England | Manchester | 16 Jul 1896 | Test # 51 |
36 | England | 3 wickets | 221 | 58.4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 1910 | Test # 108 |
36 | England | 3 wickets | 332 | 159.5 | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1928 | Test # 178 |
36 | England | 3 wickets | 172 | 23.7x8 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 |
36 | Australia | 3 wickets | 236 | 85.7x8 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 9 Nov 1951 | Test # 340 |
36 | South Africa | 3 wickets | 145 | 30.3 | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 |
36 | Australia | 3 wickets | 359 | 101.0 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 31 Mar 1978 | Test # 822 |
36 | India | 3 wickets | 125 | 46.2 | v West Indies | Chennai | 12 Jan 1979 | Test # 841 |
36 | England | 3 wickets | 219 | 80.2 | v Pakistan | Leeds | 26 Aug 1982 | Test # 933 |
36 | Pakistan | 3 wickets | 65 | 30.3 | v England | Karachi | 2 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 |
36 | Pakistan | 3 wickets | 185 | 70.5 | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 2 Jan 1992 | Test # 1182 |
36 | West Indies | 3 wickets | 282 | 98.2 | v England | Port of Spain | 5 Feb 1998 | Test # 1398 |
36 | England | 3 wickets | 225 | 108.0 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 13 Feb 1998 | Test # 1399 |
36 | Pakistan | 3 wickets | 192 | 53.5 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 21 Mar 1998 | Test # 1412 |
36 | England | 3 wickets | 161 | 71.1 | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 7 Mar 2001 | Test # 1532 |
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