Team Smallest Margins IN England

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches IN England

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	24 runs	168	68.0	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
England	71 runs	183	57.4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
England	92 runs	244	87.4	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
England	171 runs	548	145.1	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
Australia	185 runs	372	99.2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
England	202 runs	386	81.2	v West Indies	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
England	205 runs	343	77.3	v New Zealand	Birmingham	5 Jun 1958	Test # 454
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
West Indies	326 runs	601	191.3	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	3 wickets	145	30.3	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
England	4 wickets	163	62.1	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
England	7 wickets	125	55.0	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
England	8 wickets	77	49.2	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
England	8 wickets	132	63.5	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
England	8 wickets	108	27.2	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
England	9 wickets	139	51.3	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
West Indies	10 wickets	102	36.3	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
England	10 wickets	16	3.5	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335

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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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]