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Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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
England	23 runs	219	75.0	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
South Africa	28 runs	240	67.3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
England	32 runs	132	77.1x5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
South Africa	51 runs	346	82.5	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
England	53 runs	129	44.4	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
England	70 runs	202	56.2	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
England	71 runs	183	57.4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
England	77 runs	325	59.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
England	87 runs	312	101.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
England	91 runs	396	109.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1914	Test # 132
England	92 runs	244	87.4	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
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
England	100 runs	310	84.0	v South Africa	Birmingham	9 Jun 1960	Test # 492
South Africa	107 runs	376	93.0	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
England	109 runs	344	117.1	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
England	131 runs	204	33.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
South Africa	157 runs	309	67.0	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
South Africa	168 runs	387	100.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
England	174 runs	334	58.2	v South Africa	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
England	177 runs	380	62.5	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
England	189 runs	438	137.4	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
South Africa	191 runs	401	61.4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
England	191 runs	466	77.1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
South Africa	196 runs	501	123.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
England	210 runs	246	22.4x5	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
England	211 runs	331	36.4	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
England	239 runs	492	77.1	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
England	241 runs	416	71.0	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
South Africa	243 runs	440	78.4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
South Africa	280 runs	382	34.4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
England	288 runs	319	18.4x5	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
England	312 runs	385	50.1x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
South Africa	340 runs	474	44.2	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
South Africa	356 runs	456	45.5	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	1 wicket	284	112.5	v England	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
England	1 wicket	173	88.3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
England	2 wickets	128	28.0x8	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
England	2 wickets	249	75.1	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
England	3 wickets	221	58.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 1910	Test # 108
England	3 wickets	172	23.7x8	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
South Africa	3 wickets	145	30.3	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
England	4 wickets	159	59.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
South Africa	4 wickets	175	59.3	v England	Cape Town	7 Mar 1910	Test # 109
South Africa	4 wickets	153	49.2	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
England	4 wickets	163	62.1	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
England	5 wickets	184	52.4	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
South Africa	5 wickets	281	80.0	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
England	6 wickets	197	52.5	v South Africa	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
England	7 wickets	129	36.5	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
England	7 wickets	142	40.4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
England	7 wickets	74	22.4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
England	8 wickets	66	21.1x4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
South Africa	8 wickets	69	23.3	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
England	8 wickets	49	14.4	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
England	8 wickets	204	35.3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
England	8 wickets	247	87.0	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
South Africa	9 wickets	32	10.5	v England	Johannesburg	6 Mar 1906	Test # 89
England	9 wickets	14	4.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
England	9 wickets	60	22.2	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
England	9 wickets	139	51.3	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
England	9 wickets	110	22.2	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
England	9 wickets	130	22.3	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
England	10 wickets	13	4.3	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
England	10 wickets	11	2.1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Feb 1914	Test # 134
England	10 wickets	54	21.0	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
England	10 wickets	26	12.1	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
England	10 wickets	43	15.4	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
England	10 wickets	16	3.5	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
South Africa	10 wickets	67	15.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
South Africa	10 wickets	15	1.1	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
South Africa	10 wickets	9	1.1	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881

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