List Of Narrowest Win Margins (by wickets) In Test Cricket

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Here is the list of the narrowest win margin (by wickets) in test cricket.

15 matches were completed with 1 wicket win margin, 8 teams are included in this as England won the match 4 times by 1 wicket, West Indies won the match 3 times by 1 wicket, Pakistan won two matches by one wicket, And South Africa, India, Australia, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand won the match by one wicket each time.

Check out the full list below.

List of the narrowest win margin (by wickets) in test cricket

Margin	Teams	Venue	Season
1 wicket	England (183 & 263–9) beat Australia (324 & 121)	The Oval, London	1902
	South Africa (91 & 287–9) beat England (184 & 190)	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1905–06
	England (382 & 282–9) beat Australia (266 & 397)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1907–08
	England (183 & 173–9) beat South Africa (113 & 242)	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	1922–23
	Australia (216 & 260–9) beat West Indies (272 & 203)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1951–52
	New Zealand (249 & 104–9) beat West Indies (140 & 212)	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1979–80
	Pakistan (256 & 315–9) beat Australia (337 & 232)	National Stadium, Karachi	1994–95
	West Indies (329 & 311–9) beat Australia (490 & 146)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1998–99
	West Indies (273 & 216–9) beat Pakistan (269 & 219)	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	1999–00
	Pakistan (175 & 262–9) beat Bangladesh (281 & 154)	Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan	2003
	Sri Lanka (321 & 352–9) beat South Africa (361 & 311)	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	2006
	India (405 & 216–9) beat Australia (428 & 192)	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	2010–11
	Sri Lanka (191 & 304–9) beat South Africa (235 & 259)	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	2018–19
	England (67 & 362–9) beat Australia (179 & 246)	Headingley, Leeds	2019
	West Indies (253 & 168–9) beat Pakistan (217 & 203)	Sabina Park, Kingston	2021