Team Smallest Margins - Australia

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches - Australia

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	27 runs	352	73.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
Australia	35 runs	359	94.3	v West Indies	Perth	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
Australia	41 runs	316	94.2	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
Australia	62 runs	281	73.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
Australia	87 runs	475	105.4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879
Australia	95 runs	287	67.0	v West Indies	Kingston	22 May 2008	Test # 1875
Australia	96 runs	507	104.3	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
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	407	89.2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
Australia	121 runs	370	93.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
Australia	122 runs	333	70.5	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
Australia	149 runs	312	65.4	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Australia	149 runs	327	54.3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
Australia	162 runs	454	119.2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
Australia	170 runs	422	72.0	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
Australia	175 runs	546	132.2	v South Africa	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
Australia	184 runs	366	74.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
Australia	197 runs	352	45.2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Australia	206 runs	557	122.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
Australia	210 runs	355	50.0	v ICC World XI	Sydney	14 Oct 2005	Test # 1768
Australia	213 runs	464	82.3	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
Australia	217 runs	457	87.4	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Australia	239 runs	420	58.1	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
Australia	246 runs	375	67.0	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Australia	277 runs	648	100.1	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
Australia	337 runs	499	74.0	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
Australia	342 runs	543	53.3	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
Australia	352 runs	462	49.3	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Australia	379 runs	509	49.0	v West Indies	Brisbane	3 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
Australia	384 runs	464	28.2	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
Australia	491 runs	564	31.3	v Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	292	91.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
Australia	3 wickets	307	107.0	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
Australia	4 wickets	331	79.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
Australia	5 wickets	130	43.0	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
Australia	5 wickets	107	23.1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
Australia	6 wickets	174	54.1	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
Australia	6 wickets	210	41.3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
Australia	6 wickets	173	44.5	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
Australia	6 wickets	168	32.5	v England	Adelaide	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
Australia	7 wickets	158	29.2	v England	Nottingham	2 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
Australia	7 wickets	182	58.0	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
Australia	7 wickets	95	27.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
Australia	8 wickets	14	3.1	v England	Lord's	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1552
Australia	8 wickets	287	60.3	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
Australia	9 wickets	10	3.0	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
Australia	9 wickets	147	42.1	v West Indies	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
Australia	9 wickets	8	2.3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
Australia	9 wickets	172	29.1	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
Australia	9 wickets	95	22.2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
Australia	9 wickets	126	27.5	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
Australia	9 wickets	62	9.3	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
Australia	9 wickets	133	31.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
Australia	9 wickets	164	29.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
Australia	9 wickets	78	26.1	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
Australia	10 wickets	47	7.0	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
Australia	10 wickets	53	10.1	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
Australia	10 wickets	46	10.5	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1826

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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]