Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1960s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	30 runs	197	79.3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
England	30 runs	303	106.2	v West Indies	Leeds	10 Jul 1969	Test # 655
Australia	39 runs	395	109.6x8	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
New Zealand	40 runs	314	144.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
Australia	54 runs	256	71.4	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
India	60 runs	188	69.5	v New Zealand	Brabourne	25 Sep 1969	Test # 659
New Zealand	72 runs	408	142.2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
Australia	77 runs	249	85.2	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1969	Test # 669
South Africa	94 runs	319	98.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
England	100 runs	310	84.0	v South Africa	Birmingham	9 Jun 1960	Test # 492
West Indies	123 runs	359	104.5	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
West Indies	125 runs	366	88.6x8	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
India	128 runs	338	92.3	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
England	132 runs	410	112.4	v India	Birmingham	13 Jul 1967	Test # 620
Australia	139 runs	333	80.0	v India	Chennai	2 Oct 1964	Test # 566
West Indies	139 runs	393	108.3	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
Australia	144 runs	342	73.6x8	v India	Sydney	26 Jan 1968	Test # 628
Australia	146 runs	398	60.2x8	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
Australia	159 runs	413	110.0	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1968	Test # 637
New Zealand	167 runs	277	55.5	v India	Nagpur	3 Oct 1969	Test # 660
West Indies	179 runs	396	78.5	v Australia	Kingston	3 Mar 1965	Test # 580
India	187 runs	421	116.2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
West Indies	212 runs	357	58.2	v Australia	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
England	217 runs	309	34.3	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
West Indies	221 runs	453	92.4	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1963	Test # 546
West Indies	222 runs	464	72.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
England	226 runs	352	83.3	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
England	230 runs	362	75.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
South Africa	233 runs	495	117.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
England	256 runs	501	134.5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
India	272 runs	374	61.4	v New Zealand	Auckland	7 Mar 1968	Test # 634
Australia	382 runs	735	64.2x8	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	258	111.7x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
India	2 wickets	254	128.4	v Australia	Brabourne	10 Oct 1964	Test # 567
Australia	5 wickets	69	20.5	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
England	5 wickets	208	59.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
India	5 wickets	200	74.4	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
West Indies	5 wickets	345	69.0x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
New Zealand	5 wickets	82	32.3	v Pakistan	Lahore	30 Oct 1969	Test # 663
West Indies	6 wickets	192	64.1	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
Australia	6 wickets	179	65.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
England	6 wickets	125	47.3	v India	Leeds	8 Jun 1967	Test # 618
New Zealand	6 wickets	88	40.4	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
New Zealand	6 wickets	164	48.5x8	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
Australia	7 wickets	67	18.4x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
West Indies	7 wickets	176	101.0	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
England	7 wickets	234	64.2x8	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
England	7 wickets	173	59.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
Australia	7 wickets	109	57.0	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1964	Test # 563
India	7 wickets	70	9.1	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
England	7 wickets	216	60.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	17 Jun 1965	Test # 592
South Africa	7 wickets	176	61.1	v Australia	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
England	7 wickets	215	52.4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
India	7 wickets	181	80.4	v Australia	Delhi	28 Nov 1969	Test # 667
England	8 wickets	49	14.4	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
England	8 wickets	59	23.0	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
Australia	8 wickets	65	12.2x8	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
West Indies	8 wickets	253	95.0	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1963	Test # 547
Australia	8 wickets	134	37.1x8	v South Africa	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	Test # 549
Pakistan	8 wickets	202	60.0	v New Zealand	Karachi	9 Apr 1965	Test # 587
South Africa	8 wickets	182	75.0	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
England	8 wickets	32	8.2	v Pakistan	The Oval	24 Aug 1967	Test # 623
India	8 wickets	59	13.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
England	8 wickets	138	52.3	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
Australia	8 wickets	64	26.5	v India	Brabourne	4 Nov 1969	Test # 664
England	9 wickets	86	17.0	v Pakistan	Lord's	21 Jun 1962	Test # 531
England	9 wickets	95	30.5	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.4	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
England	10 wickets	27	8.3	v Pakistan	The Oval	16 Aug 1962	Test # 534
West Indies	10 wickets	1	0.1	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1963	Test # 543
South Africa	10 wickets	82	17.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
Australia	10 wickets	62	18.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 May 1965	Test # 590
England	10 wickets	3	2.1	v Pakistan	Nottingham	10 Aug 1967	Test # 622
Australia	10 wickets	42	8.0x8	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
England	10 wickets	10	4.5	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Jun 1969	Test # 653
Australia	10 wickets	39	5.0	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969	Test # 668

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Chennai, 5th Test, Dec 24-28, 1969 [Test # 669]

India v Australia at Eden Gardens, 4th Test, Dec 12-16, 1969 [Test # 668]

India v Australia at Delhi, 3rd Test, Nov 28-Dec 2, 1969 [Test # 667]