Teams winning a one day international by one run margin

Teams winning a one day international by one run margin

Sri Lanka won its one day game against West Indies by one wicket at Bulawayo on 23.11.16 to provide the 30th occasion of a team winning a one day game by one run margin. All such occasions are listed below chronologically.

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 New Zealand 1 run 199 v Pakistan Sialkot 16 Oct 1976
2 New Zealand 1 run 221 v Australia Sydney 13 Jan 1981
3 England 1 run v India Cuttack 27 Dec 1984
4 Australia 1 run 271 v India Chennai 09 Oct 1987
5 New Zealand 1 run 233 v Australia Perth 03 Jan 1988
6 West Indies 1 run 221 v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1988
7 India 1 run 222 v New Zealand Wellington 06 Mar 1990
8 New Zealand 1 run 195 v Australia Hobart 18 Dec 1990
9 Pakistan 1 run 237 v West Indies Sharjah 21 Oct 1991
10 Australia 1 run 236 v India Brisbane 01 Mar 1992
11 India 1 run 213 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 25 Jul 1993
12 Australia 1 run 204 v South Africa Bloemfontein 08 Apr 1994
13 South Africa 1 run 175 v New Zealand Hobart 11 Dec 1997
14 Zimbabwe 1 run 229 v New Zealand Christchurch 04 Mar 1998
15 South Africa 1 run 205 v England Cape Town 26 Jan 2000
16 Australia 1 run 303 v Zimbabwe Perth 04 Feb 2001
17 Sri Lanka 1 run 246 v Australia Dambulla 22 Feb 2004
18 South Africa 1 run 285 v West Indies Bridgetown 11 May 2005
19 West Indies 1 run 199 v India Kingston 20 May 2006
20 Ireland 1 run 211 v Netherlands Belfast 11 Jul 2007
21 Australia 1 run 283 v West Indies Basseterre 04 Jul 2008
22 England 1 run 246 v West Indies Providence 20 Mar 2009
23 Afghanistan 1 run 290 v Canada Sharjah 16 Feb 2010
24 India 1 run 299 v South Africa Jaipur 21 Feb 2010
25 India 1 run 191 v South Africa Johannesburg 15 Jan 2011
26 West Indies 1 run v Pakistan Bridgetown 02 May 2011
27 South Africa 1 run 184 v Pakistan Sharjah 30 Oct 2013
28 Pakistan 1 run 263 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 27 Nov 2013
29 Australia 1 run 232 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 12 Oct 2014
30 Sri Lanka 1 run 331 v West Indies Bulawayo 23 Nov 2016

Sri Lanka’s one run victory in this game provides the second occasion of Sri Lanka winning a one  day game by one run margin. Prior to this, it had won the game against Australia at Dambulla on 22.02.03

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Sri Lanka 1 run 246 v Australia Dambulla 22 Feb 2004
2 Sri Lanka 1 run 331 v West Indies Bulawayo 23 Nov 2016

The following table lists the five occasions of West Indies losing a one day game by one run margin. West Indies has lost to Pakistan. South Africa, Australia, England and Sri Lanka.

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Pakistan 1 run 237 v West Indies Sharjah 21 Oct 1991
2 South Africa 1 run 285 v West Indies Bridgetown 11 May 2005
3 Australia 1 run 283 v West Indies Basseterre 04 Jul 2008
4 England 1 run 246 v West Indies Providence 20 Mar 2009
5 Sri Lanka 1 run 331 v West Indies Bulawayo 23 Nov 2016

Sri Lanka became the second team to win a one day game when set target of 300 plus runs. They restricted West Indies t0 329 runs in this game when they were set to a target of 331 runs which is the highest target ever restricted when a team has won the one day game by one run. The other occasion was Australia a restricting a target of 303 runs at Perth against Zimbabwe on 23.11.16

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Sri Lanka 1 run 331 v West Indies Bulawayo 23 Nov 2016
2 Australia 1 run 303 v Zimbabwe Perth 04 Feb 2001

 

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