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Smallest winning margins in all team all one day internationals.

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Ian Botham's innings won England the first ever ODI off the last ball. 100 overs in one day internationals = 600 balls (excluding wides & no balls), we reach a nail biting finish when we don't know the winner till the last ball is bowled.

Sometimes, we don't find a winner as match finishes as tied. See list of all tied cricket matches, but in following, lets discuss the closest but decided one day cricket matches, also known as match with smallest win margin..

A total of 37 ODI games have been won by 1 wicket standing till today, 8 September 2009. 1 each by Srilanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh and India. Kenya & South Africa have won 2 games off the last ball while Zimbabwe & Australia thrice. Pakistan have pulled skin off opposition teeth (1 wicket win) 4 times while England scored 5 such unforgatable wins. New Zealand are marginally ahead with 6 last wicket wins while West Indies, the former world champions, have scored wins with 1 wicket in hand as many as on 9 occassions.

The first ever last wicket ODI win was registered by England [182/9] against West Indies [181/10] at Leeds way back on 5 September 1973.. 3 balls remained.

Win off last balls in another aspect of closest cricket matches. In total, 29 games have been decided off the last ball, list lead again by West Indies (6 times), Pakistan and South Africa (5 times), New Zealand (4 times), England and Australia (thrice), Zimbabwe twice and Scotland once. Interestingly, neither India or Srilanka have won an ODI game off the last ball!

First ever last ball victory in oneday international came for Pakistan against England at Zafar Ali stadium in Sahiwal. It was a 35 over match and Pakistan batted first, making healthy 208 but Graham Roope's 27 ball 29 with 2 sixes and 12 ball unbeaten 15 from Ian Botham won the game for visitors off the last ball.

And now, we come down to closest of them all = the 1 run victories in one day cricket match. Here's the list :-

Smallest win margins (by runs) in one day matches.
Winner Loser Margin Target Venue Date
New Zealand Pakistan 1 run 199 Sialkot 16 Oct 1976
New Zealand Australia 1 run 221 Sydney 13 Jan 1981
England India 1 run 241(D/L) Cuttack 27 Dec 1984
Australia India 1 run 271 Chennai 9 Oct 1987
New Zealand Australia 1 run 233 Perth 3 Jan 1988
West Indies Australia 1 run 221 Sydney 13 Dec 1988
India New Zealand 1 run 222 Wellington 6 Mar 1990
New Zealand Australia 1 run 195 Hobart 18 Dec 1990
Pakistan West Indies 1 run 237 Sharjah 21 Oct 1991
Australia India 1 run 236 Brisbane 1 Mar 1992
India Sri Lanka 1 run 213 Colombo 25 Jul 1993
Australia South Africa 1 run 204 Bloemfontein 8 Apr 1994
South Africa New Zealand 1 run 175 Hobart 11 Dec 1997
Zimbabwe New Zealand 1 run 229 Christchurch 4 Mar 1998
South Africa England 1 run 205 Cape Town 26 Jan 2000
Australia Zimbabwe 1 run 303 Perth 4 Feb 2001
Sri Lanka Australia 1 run 246 Dambulla 22 Feb 2004
South Africa West Indies 1 run 285 Bridgetown 11 May 2005
West Indies India 1 run 199 Jamaica 20 May 2006
Ireland Netherlands 1 run 211 Belfast 11 Jul 2007
Australia West Indies 1 run 283 Basseterre 4 Jul 2008
England West Indies 1 run 246 Providence 20 Mar 2009
Afghanistan Canada 1 run 290 Sharjah 16 Feb 2010
India South Africa 1 run 299 Jaipur 21 Feb 2010
India South Africa 1 run 191 Johannesburg 15 Jan 2011
England West Indies 2 runs 199 Sydney 28 Nov 1979



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