Team Largest Margins

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By an innings

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	inns & 229 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
Pakistan	inns & 163 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
India	inns & 144 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
England	inns & 111 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
South Africa	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
Australia	inns & 40 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
New Zealand	inns & 38 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
India	inns & 24 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
South Africa	inns & 7 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	259 runs	509	92.3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Pakistan	222 runs	451	46.0	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Australia	197 runs	352	45.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
India	188 runs	436	91.2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
India	170 runs	307	47.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Australia	149 runs	312	65.4	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Australia	121 runs	370	93.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
Australia	96 runs	507	104.3	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
Australia	27 runs	352	73.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
No records found

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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]