Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2020s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Bangladesh	150 runs	332	71.1	v New Zealand	Sylhet	28 Nov 2023	Test # 2516
Australia	172 runs	369	64.4	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
England	267 runs	394	45.3	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	16 Feb 2023	Test # 2492
Australia	279 runs	416	47.5	v New Zealand	Sydney	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2378
India	372 runs	540	56.3	v New Zealand	Wankhede	3 Dec 2021	Test # 2438

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	3 wickets	279	65.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
England	5 wickets	277	78.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	2 Jun 2022	Test # 2464
England	5 wickets	299	50.0	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
England	7 wickets	296	54.2	v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022	Test # 2467
Bangladesh	8 wickets	40	16.5	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	1 Jan 2022	Test # 2444

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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]