Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records for Australia vs South Africa in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	5 runs	117	56.3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
South Africa	38 runs	378	83.4	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
South Africa	82 runs	373	95.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
Australia	89 runs	170	32.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
Australia	96 runs	337	107.0x8	v South Africa	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
Australia	103 runs	376	114.2	v South Africa	Sydney	3 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
Australia	112 runs	410	99.5	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
Australia	118 runs	417	92.4	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
Australia	159 runs	245	22.0	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
Australia	162 runs	454	119.2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
Australia	169 runs	395	115.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
Australia	175 runs	546	132.2	v South Africa	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	Perth	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
Australia	184 runs	366	74.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
Australia	191 runs	321	105.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
South Africa	197 runs	454	96.3	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
South Africa	231 runs	448	73.4	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
South Africa	233 runs	495	117.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
Australia	245 runs	511	134.3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Australia	246 runs	375	67.0	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Australia	281 runs	482	59.4	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
South Africa	307 runs	486	77.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
South Africa	309 runs	632	82.5	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
South Africa	323 runs	570	90.3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
Australia	530 runs	702	40.2	v South Africa	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911	Test # 114

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	270	93.3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
Australia	2 wickets	292	91.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
Australia	2 wickets	310	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
Australia	4 wickets	331	79.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
Australia	5 wickets	336	123.6x8	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
South Africa	5 wickets	335	104.5	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
South Africa	6 wickets	295	95.5x8	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
Australia	6 wickets	179	65.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
South Africa	6 wickets	414	119.2	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
South Africa	6 wickets	101	22.5	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
Australia	6 wickets	34	7.5	v South Africa	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
Australia	7 wickets	198	43.1	v South Africa	Sydney	3 Mar 1911	Test # 115
South Africa	7 wickets	176	61.1	v Australia	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
Australia	7 wickets	95	27.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
Australia	7 wickets	127	40.5	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	Test # 2236
Australia	8 wickets	86	20.0x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
Australia	8 wickets	68	12.4x8	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
Australia	8 wickets	134	37.1x8	v South Africa	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	Test # 549
South Africa	8 wickets	182	75.0	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
South Africa	8 wickets	29	6.4	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
Australia	8 wickets	287	60.3	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
South Africa	8 wickets	236	50.2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
Australia	9 wickets	102	36.3	v South Africa	Durban	14 Dec 1935	Test # 247
Australia	9 wickets	91	25.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
Australia	9 wickets	10	3.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
South Africa	9 wickets	183	48.0	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
Australia	10 wickets	59	9.5	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
Australia	10 wickets	47	12.1	v South Africa	Lord's	15 Jul 1912	Test # 125
Australia	10 wickets	1	0.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
Australia	10 wickets	70	19.2	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
Australia	10 wickets	1	0.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
South Africa	10 wickets	82	17.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
Australia	10 wickets	53	10.1	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]