Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	3 runs	292	96.1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
Pakistan	16 runs	221	93.5	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
England	18 runs	130	36.1	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
England	29 runs	151	67.0	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
Australia	55 runs	320	114.0	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Australia	58 runs	220	74.1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
India	59 runs	143	48.4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
New Zealand	62 runs	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
England	103 runs	506	135.5	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
England	113 runs	313	56.4	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
England	127 runs	347	69.2	v New Zealand	Lord's	11 Aug 1983	Test # 959
West Indies	134 runs	442	86.5	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
New Zealand	136 runs	282	49.4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
India	138 runs	241	26.2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
West Indies	138 runs	242	47.1	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
Sri Lanka	149 runs	348	66.2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
West Indies	156 runs	302	50.4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	8 Dec 1980	Test # 888
England	165 runs	511	129.0	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
New Zealand	165 runs	263	27.3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
West Indies	169 runs	404	63.0	v Australia	Perth	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
West Indies	172 runs	375	69.4	v England	The Oval	9 Aug 1984	Test # 993
India	172 runs	337	78.4	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
Australia	173 runs	522	141.4	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
Pakistan	186 runs	240	25.3	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
England	189 runs	460	110.1	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
West Indies	191 runs	365	50.5	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
Pakistan	204 runs	354	47.1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Australia	210 runs	402	55.2	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
West Indies	217 runs	431	81.5	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
West Indies	240 runs	411	79.1	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
India	255 runs	416	41.2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
India	279 runs	408	63.3	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
West Indies	285 runs	400	57.1	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
Australia	286 runs	543	73.5	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
West Indies	298 runs	523	91.2	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
West Indies	408 runs	574	50.0	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	1 wicket	104	50.0	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
West Indies	2 wickets	208	68.4	v England	Nottingham	5 Jun 1980	Test # 880
New Zealand	2 wickets	278	99.4	v Pakistan	Dunedin	9 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
West Indies	2 wickets	266	77.0	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
England	3 wickets	219	80.2	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
Pakistan	3 wickets	65	30.3	v England	Karachi	2 Mar 1984	Test # 978
Australia	4 wickets	132	54.1	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
West Indies	4 wickets	172	25.2	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
Australia	4 wickets	127	46.0	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
Australia	4 wickets	260	97.1	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
West Indies	5 wickets	236	61.1	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
New Zealand	5 wickets	104	29.4	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
New Zealand	5 wickets	101	27.1	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
England	5 wickets	123	38.4	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
India	5 wickets	134	42.0	v England	Lord's	5 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
New Zealand	5 wickets	33	10.1	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
West Indies	5 wickets	276	85.3	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
Australia	6 wickets	216	85.3	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
New Zealand	6 wickets	133	37.1	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
Pakistan	6 wickets	178	65.1	v New Zealand	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
New Zealand	6 wickets	164	74.0	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
Australia	6 wickets	118	40.2	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
Pakistan	7 wickets	74	25.1	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
England	7 wickets	171	58.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
England	7 wickets	65	19.0	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
Australia	7 wickets	188	60.5	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Pakistan	7 wickets	227	64.4	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
West Indies	7 wickets	93	30.3	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
England	7 wickets	75	22.3	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
England	7 wickets	97	34.4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
Australia	7 wickets	80	35.3	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
West Indies	7 wickets	58	18.4	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
Australia	8 wickets	103	38.4	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
Australia	8 wickets	53	22.1	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
Australia	8 wickets	69	25.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Australia	8 wickets	83	23.5	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
West Indies	8 wickets	128	32.3	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
West Indies	8 wickets	23	9.1	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
India	8 wickets	48	15.1	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
England	8 wickets	125	23.4	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
Pakistan	8 wickets	99	23.4	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
New Zealand	8 wickets	160	84.4	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	32	13.0	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
New Zealand	8 wickets	74	24.0	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1986	Test # 1050
West Indies	8 wickets	225	91.0	v England	The Oval	4 Aug 1988	Test # 1102
West Indies	8 wickets	196	48.0	v India	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
Pakistan	9 wickets	45	11.1	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
Pakistan	9 wickets	64	15.0	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
West Indies	9 wickets	342	66.1	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
England	9 wickets	33	8.0	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
Australia	9 wickets	94	32.1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
Pakistan	9 wickets	30	3.3	v West Indies	Georgetown	2 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
West Indies	9 wickets	63	19.1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
Australia	9 wickets	78	32.5	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
India	10 wickets	76	18.0	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
England	10 wickets	96	29.3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Australia	10 wickets	63	21.3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
Australia	10 wickets	3	2.2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
Pakistan	10 wickets	76	13.1	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
Pakistan	10 wickets	7	2.1	v India	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
West Indies	10 wickets	1	0.1	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
Australia	10 wickets	35	5.4	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 1984	Test # 974
West Indies	10 wickets	18	3.4	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
West Indies	10 wickets	55	11.2	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
West Indies	10 wickets	7	1.4	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
West Indies	10 wickets	59	17.0	v New Zealand	Kingston	4 May 1985	Test # 1016
Pakistan	10 wickets	98	16.4	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
West Indies	10 wickets	5	1.0	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
West Indies	10 wickets	39	5.5	v England	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.3	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
West Indies	10 wickets	65	14.3	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1988	Test # 1101
India	10 wickets	21	2.1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111

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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 Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]