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Smallest margin of victory (by wickets)

Winner	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	1 wicket	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
South Africa	1 wicket	v England	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
England	1 wicket	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908	Test # 97
England	1 wicket	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
Australia	1 wicket	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
New Zealand	1 wicket	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
Pakistan	1 wicket	v Australia	Karachi	28 Sep 1994	Test # 1268
West Indies	1 wicket	v Australia	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999	Test # 1453
West Indies	1 wicket	v Pakistan	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
Pakistan	1 wicket	v Bangladesh	Multan	3 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
Sri Lanka	1 wicket	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
England	2 wickets	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1890	Test # 34
Australia	2 wickets	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1907	Test # 96
England	2 wickets	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
Australia	2 wickets	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
India	2 wickets	v Australia	Mumbai (BS)	10 Oct 1964	Test # 567
Australia	2 wickets	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
West Indies	2 wickets	v England	Nottingham	5 Jun 1980	Test # 880
New Zealand	2 wickets	v Pakistan	Dunedin	9 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
West Indies	2 wickets	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
Pakistan	2 wickets	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1992	Test # 1190
Australia	2 wickets	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
England	2 wickets	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
Sri Lanka	2 wickets	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
England	2 wickets	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
India	2 wickets	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
Australia	2 wickets	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
Australia	3 wickets	v England	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
England	3 wickets	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 1910	Test # 108
England	3 wickets	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
England	3 wickets	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
Australia	3 wickets	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Nov 1951	Test # 340
South Africa	3 wickets	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
Australia	3 wickets	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
India	3 wickets	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
England	3 wickets	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
Pakistan	3 wickets	v England	Karachi	2 Mar 1984	Test # 978
Pakistan	3 wickets	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	2 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
West Indies	3 wickets	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
England	3 wickets	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
Pakistan	3 wickets	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
England	3 wickets	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
South Africa	3 wickets	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
West Indies	3 wickets	v Australia	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
England	3 wickets	v Australia	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
Australia	3 wickets	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006	Test # 1797

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), 3rd Test, Aug 8-11, 2008 [Test # 1886]
England v South Africa at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 7-11, 2008 [Test # 1885]
Sri Lanka v India at Galle, 2nd Test, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008 [Test # 1884]

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