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Records / Test matches / Team records / Smallest margin of victory (by runs)

Smallest margin of victory (by runs)

Winner	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	1 run	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993	Test # 1210
England	2 runs	v Australia	Birmingham	4 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
Australia	3 runs	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
England	3 runs	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
South Africa	5 runs	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
Australia	6 runs	v England	Sydney	20 Feb 1885	Test # 19
Australia	7 runs	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
South Africa	7 runs	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
England	10 runs	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1894	Test # 42
Australia	11 runs	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
England	12 runs	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
England	12 runs	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
Pakistan	12 runs	v India	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
England	13 runs	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
India	13 runs	v Australia	Mumbai	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
Australia	16 runs	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
Pakistan	16 runs	v India	Bangalore	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Australia	16 runs	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
South Africa	17 runs	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
England	18 runs	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
South Africa	19 runs	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
England	19 runs	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
Pakistan	22 runs	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
England	23 runs	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
Pakistan	24 runs	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
England	25 runs	v Pakistan	Leeds	8 Jul 1971	Test # 689
England	26 runs	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
Australia	27 runs	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
New Zealand	27 runs	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
South Africa	28 runs	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
Australia	28 runs	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
India	28 runs	v England	Kolkata	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
England	29 runs	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
Pakistan	29 runs	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
West Indies	30 runs	v Australia	Sydney	27 Feb 1931	Test # 208
South Africa	30 runs	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
England	30 runs	v West Indies	Leeds	10 Jul 1969	Test # 655
England	32 runs	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
Australia	32 runs	v England	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
Pakistan	33 runs	v New Zealand	Hamilton	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
West Indies	35 runs	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
India	37 runs	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
South Africa	38 runs	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
England	38 runs	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
England	38 runs	v New Zealand	Nottingham	7 Jun 1973	Test # 722
Australia	38 runs	v India	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992	Test # 1184
West Indies	38 runs	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
Australia	39 runs	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
New Zealand	40 runs	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, Aug 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1932]

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 20-23, 2009 [Test # 1931]

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, 1st Test, Aug 18-22, 2009 [Test # 1930]

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