Team Smallest Margins By Runs

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Smallest victories

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	5 runs	117	56.3	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
South Africa	7 runs	177	50.1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	19 runs	244	53.2	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
South Africa	28 runs	240	67.3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
South Africa	30 runs	197	79.3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
South Africa	38 runs	378	83.4	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
South Africa	53 runs	146	37.3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
South Africa	69 runs	232	80.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
South Africa	82 runs	373	95.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	82 runs	323	99.4	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
South Africa	87 runs	247	41.0	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
South Africa	93 runs	275	55.5	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
South Africa	94 runs	319	98.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
South Africa	95 runs	348	82.4	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
South Africa	107 runs	381	65.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
South Africa	128 runs	249	36.0	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
South Africa	132 runs	233	47.5x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
South Africa	149 runs	421	91.4	v West Indies	Cape Town	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
South Africa	153 runs	370	71.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
South Africa	157 runs	309	67.0	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
South Africa	158 runs	324	58.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
South Africa	160 runs	424	84.5	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
South Africa	163 runs	457	80.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
South Africa	168 runs	387	100.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
South Africa	177 runs	539	119.1	v Australia	Perth	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
South Africa	178 runs	320	38.2	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
South Africa	189 runs	378	51.0	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
South Africa	197 runs	454	96.3	v Australia	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
South Africa	198 runs	426	93.5	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
South Africa	204 runs	400	58.2	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
South Africa	206 runs	488	96.3	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
South Africa	211 runs	480	100.4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
South Africa	220 runs	274	19.0	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
South Africa	231 runs	448	73.4	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
South Africa	233 runs	495	117.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
South Africa	243 runs	440	78.4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
South Africa	259 runs	394	60.5	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
South Africa	282 runs	507	62.0	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
South Africa	284 runs	391	35.1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
South Africa	307 runs	486	77.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
South Africa	309 runs	632	82.5	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
South Africa	322 runs	430	39.4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
South Africa	323 runs	570	90.3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
South Africa	324 runs	490	69.3	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
South Africa	328 runs	395	34.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
South Africa	329 runs	467	53.3	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
South Africa	332 runs	413	23.3	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
South Africa	333 runs	424	32.4	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
South Africa	351 runs	569	75.2	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
South Africa	356 runs	456	45.5	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
South Africa	358 runs	531	51.0	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
South Africa	492 runs	612	46.4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]

New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 4-7, 2024 [Test # 2528]

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]