Team Smallest Margins IN Australia

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches IN Australia

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
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
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
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
Australia	103 runs	283	67.0x8	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
Australia	138 runs	354	90.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
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
Australia	171 runs	400	79.5x8	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1975	Test # 751
Australia	190 runs	490	63.4x8	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
England	205 runs	366	67.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
India	222 runs	387	51.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
England	299 runs	416	56.5x8	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1971	Test # 676
Australia	348 runs	500	44.1x8	v Pakistan	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790

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	7 wickets	79	18.1x8	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1976	Test # 767
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
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
Pakistan	8 wickets	32	7.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
Australia	9 wickets	21	3.7x8	v England	Perth	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
England	9 wickets	34	10.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
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]