Team Smallest Margins IN South Africa

Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches IN South Africa

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
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	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
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
South Africa	95 runs	348	82.4	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
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	168 runs	387	100.0	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
England	189 runs	438	137.4	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
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	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

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
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	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
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	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
South Africa	10 wickets	67	15.4	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]