Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	16 runs	341	84.7x8	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
England	25 runs	231	88.3	v Pakistan	Leeds	8 Jul 1971	Test # 689
England	26 runs	226	88.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
India	28 runs	192	91.0	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
England	38 runs	479	188.1	v New Zealand	Nottingham	7 Jun 1973	Test # 722
Australia	44 runs	334	113.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
Australia	45 runs	463	112.4x8	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
Australia	47 runs	493	141.4x8	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Australia	52 runs	159	46.0x8	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
West Indies	55 runs	260	56.0	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1976	Test # 780
England	62 runs	223	62.6x8	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
Pakistan	71 runs	382	92.4x8	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
New Zealand	72 runs	137	27.3x8	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
India	85 runs	310	84.2	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
England	89 runs	342	85.2	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jun 1972	Test # 698
Australia	92 runs	293	57.5x8	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
England	93 runs	205	49.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
India	100 runs	255	67.0	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
Australia	103 runs	283	67.0x8	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
England	113 runs	296	85.1	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
Pakistan	128 runs	305	56.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
India	131 runs	322	51.4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Australia	138 runs	354	90.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
India	140 runs	318	57.3	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
West Indies	140 runs	442	77.2	v Pakistan	Kingston	15 Apr 1977	Test # 803
India	153 runs	279	60.2	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
West Indies	158 runs	414	105.1	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
India	162 runs	304	80.2	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
Australia	163 runs	405	75.0x8	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
Australia	165 runs	492	54.5x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
Australia	166 runs	333	56.5x8	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
England	166 runs	328	46.1x8	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
Australia	171 runs	400	79.5x8	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1975	Test # 751
England	174 runs	280	27.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
Australia	190 runs	490	63.4x8	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
West Indies	198 runs	293	43.4	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
England	200 runs	284	38.5	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
West Indies	201 runs	404	77.1	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
England	205 runs	366	67.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
India	216 runs	360	67.0	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
India	222 runs	387	51.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
West Indies	231 runs	435	78.4	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
Pakistan	266 runs	489	104.5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Apr 1977	Test # 802
West Indies	267 runs	386	42.5	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
Australia	297 runs	456	53.0x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
England	299 runs	416	56.5x8	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1971	Test # 676
South Africa	307 runs	486	77.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
South Africa	323 runs	570	90.3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
Australia	348 runs	500	44.1x8	v Pakistan	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
West Indies	425 runs	552	63.5	v England	Manchester	8 Jul 1976	Test # 779

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	339	87.2x8	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
Australia	3 wickets	359	101.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
India	3 wickets	125	46.2	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
India	4 wickets	173	101.0	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
India	4 wickets	86	33.5	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
Australia	5 wickets	242	92.2	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
New Zealand	5 wickets	228	83.6x8	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
England	6 wickets	207	88.5	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
India	6 wickets	403	147.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Apr 1976	Test # 775
Pakistan	6 wickets	101	18.7x8	v New Zealand	Lahore	9 Oct 1976	Test # 782
West Indies	6 wickets	205	74.0	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	4 Mar 1977	Test # 799
India	7 wickets	124	49.4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Mar 1971	Test # 683
West Indies	7 wickets	132	37.5	v England	Port of Spain	2 Feb 1974	Test # 731
Australia	7 wickets	79	18.1x8	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1976	Test # 767
England	7 wickets	189	81.2	v Australia	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977	Test # 806
England	7 wickets	138	52.3	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
England	7 wickets	118	30.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
England	7 wickets	170	53.5x8	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
Australia	7 wickets	236	48.1x8	v Pakistan	Perth	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
England	8 wickets	89	25.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
Australia	8 wickets	81	26.5	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
Australia	8 wickets	219	56.2x8	v West Indies	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	Test # 764
Australia	8 wickets	52	8.7x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975	Test # 766
India	8 wickets	68	14.2x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
Pakistan	8 wickets	32	7.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
Pakistan	8 wickets	126	20.4	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
Pakistan	8 wickets	164	24.5	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
England	9 wickets	20	10.0	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
Australia	9 wickets	21	3.7x8	v England	Perth	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
England	9 wickets	79	29.1	v Australia	Manchester	7 Jul 1977	Test # 805
West Indies	9 wickets	141	36.5	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
England	9 wickets	34	10.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
Australia	10 wickets	135	43.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.5	v India	Kingston	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
Pakistan	10 wickets	1	0.5x8	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	23 Oct 1976	Test # 783
England	10 wickets	16	3.4	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1977	Test # 791
Australia	10 wickets	28	3.5x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
West Indies	10 wickets	19	7.2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]