Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2020s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	1 run	258	74.2	v England	Wellington	24 Feb 2023	Test # 2494
Australia	43 runs	371	81.3	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 2023	Test # 2508
India	106 runs	399	69.2	v England	Visakhapatnam	2 Feb 2024	Test # 2526
Australia	146 runs	271	38.5	v England	Hobart	14 Jan 2022	Test # 2449
India	151 runs	272	51.5	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
India	157 runs	368	92.2	v England	The Oval	2 Sep 2021	Test # 2433
Australia	275 runs	468	113.1	v England	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
India	317 runs	482	54.2	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
India	434 runs	557	39.4	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024	Test # 2530

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	281	92.3	v England	Birmingham	16 Jun 2023	Test # 2507
West Indies	4 wickets	200	64.2	v England	Southampton	8 Jul 2020	Test # 2388
India	5 wickets	192	61.0	v England	Ranchi	23 Feb 2024	Test # 2531
New Zealand	8 wickets	38	10.5	v England	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
Australia	9 wickets	20	5.1	v England	Brisbane	8 Dec 2021	Test # 2440
India	10 wickets	49	7.4	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
West Indies	10 wickets	28	4.5	v England	St George's	24 Mar 2022	Test # 2459

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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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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