Team Smallest Margins IN England

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches IN England

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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
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
England	165 runs	511	129.0	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
West Indies	172 runs	375	69.4	v England	The Oval	9 Aug 1984	Test # 993
England	189 runs	460	110.1	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
Australia	210 runs	402	55.2	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
India	279 runs	408	63.3	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	2 wickets	208	68.4	v England	Nottingham	5 Jun 1980	Test # 880
England	3 wickets	219	80.2	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
Australia	4 wickets	132	54.1	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Australia	4 wickets	127	46.0	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
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
Australia	6 wickets	118	40.2	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
England	7 wickets	65	19.0	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
England	7 wickets	97	34.4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
West Indies	8 wickets	128	32.3	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
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	9 wickets	342	66.1	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
Australia	9 wickets	78	32.5	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
Pakistan	10 wickets	76	13.1	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
West Indies	10 wickets	65	14.3	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1988	Test # 1101

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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]