Team Largest Margins - England

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches - England

By an innings

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	inns & 285 runs	-	-	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
England	inns & 120 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
England	inns & 119 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
England	inns & 85 runs	-	-	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
England	inns & 83 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
England	inns & 83 runs	-	-	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
England	inns & 78 runs	-	-	v India	Birmingham	4 Jul 1974	Test # 741
England	inns & 57 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Birmingham	1 Jun 1978	Test # 825
England	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
England	inns & 4 runs	-	-	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
England	inns & 1 run	-	-	v New Zealand	Leeds	5 Jul 1973	Test # 724

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	299 runs	416	56.5x8	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1971	Test # 676
England	205 runs	366	67.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
England	200 runs	284	38.5	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
England	174 runs	280	27.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
England	166 runs	328	46.1x8	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
England	113 runs	296	85.1	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
England	93 runs	205	49.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
England	89 runs	342	85.2	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jun 1972	Test # 698
England	62 runs	223	62.6x8	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
England	38 runs	479	188.1	v New Zealand	Nottingham	7 Jun 1973	Test # 722
England	26 runs	226	88.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
England	25 runs	231	88.3	v Pakistan	Leeds	8 Jul 1971	Test # 689

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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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]