Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

By runs

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

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	3 wickets	161	71.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
South Africa	3 wickets	121	35.3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
England	4 wickets	74	24.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Pakistan	5 wickets	131	42.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
New Zealand	5 wickets	119	33.0	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	7 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
Pakistan	6 wickets	137	37.0	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
England	6 wickets	78	27.2	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
West Indies	6 wickets	253	68.3	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
India	7 wickets	264	78.4	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
West Indies	7 wickets	212	42.4	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
Pakistan	8 wickets	183	43.2	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	3 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
England	10 wickets	50	5.0	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606

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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]