Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
Pakistan	71 runs	324	97.3	v England	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
Pakistan	72 runs	145	36.1	v England	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
Sri Lanka	75 runs	340	99.0	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Pakistan	75 runs	283	75.5	v England	Lord's	14 Jul 2016	Test # 2206
India	95 runs	319	88.2	v England	Lord's	17 Jul 2014	Test # 2130
Sri Lanka	100 runs	350	116.5	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
Bangladesh	108 runs	273	45.3	v England	Mirpur	28 Oct 2016	Test # 2227
Australia	120 runs	354	84.2	v England	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
Pakistan	127 runs	284	60.3	v England	Sharjah	1 Nov 2015	Test # 2184
Australia	150 runs	504	103.2	v England	Perth	13 Dec 2013	Test # 2107
Pakistan	178 runs	491	137.3	v England	Dubai (DICS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2183
Australia	185 runs	383	91.3	v England	Manchester	4 Sep 2019	Test # 2360
New Zealand	199 runs	455	91.5	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
India	203 runs	521	104.5	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
Australia	218 runs	531	101.4	v England	Adelaide	5 Dec 2013	Test # 2105
India	246 runs	405	97.3	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2235
Australia	251 runs	398	52.3	v England	Birmingham	1 Aug 2019	Test # 2353
Australia	267 runs	391	37.0	v England	Perth	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1984
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
Australia	281 runs	448	31.4	v England	Sydney	3 Jan 2014	Test # 2113
South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
Australia	381 runs	561	81.1	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
West Indies	381 runs	628	80.4	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
Australia	405 runs	509	37.0	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	4 wickets	148	41.4	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 2010	Test # 1970
West Indies	5 wickets	192	62.4	v England	Bridgetown	1 May 2015	Test # 2160
West Indies	5 wickets	322	91.2	v England	Leeds	25 Aug 2017	Test # 2271
Australia	8 wickets	231	51.5	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
India	8 wickets	103	20.2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016	Test # 2238
India	9 wickets	77	15.3	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
Pakistan	9 wickets	64	12.4	v England	Lord's	24 May 2018	Test # 2304
Pakistan	10 wickets	15	3.4	v England	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	Test # 2030
Pakistan	10 wickets	40	13.1	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 2016	Test # 2216
Australia	10 wickets	170	50.0	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282
West Indies	10 wickets	14	2.1	v England	North Sound	31 Jan 2019	Test # 2344

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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 Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2377]

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2376]

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 19-23, 2019 [Test # 2375]