Team Smallest Margins - England

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - England

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
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
England	165 runs	511	129.0	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
England	189 runs	460	110.1	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	3 wickets	219	80.2	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
England	5 wickets	123	38.4	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
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
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
England	8 wickets	125	23.4	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
England	9 wickets	33	8.0	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
England	10 wickets	96	29.3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874

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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]