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Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
Pakistan	24 runs	168	68.0	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
Australia	28 runs	179	63.7x8	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
Australia	70 runs	193	38.0x8	v England	Brisbane	1 Dec 1950	Test # 327
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
West Indies	140 runs	457	129.3	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
West Indies	181 runs	495	139.4	v England	Bridgetown	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
Australia	185 runs	372	99.2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
Australia	274 runs	503	78.6x8	v England	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
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
Australia	8 wickets	147	51.7x8	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
Australia	8 wickets	39	17.1x8	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
Australia	9 wickets	69	12.7x8	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
West Indies	10 wickets	102	36.3	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
Australia	10 wickets	35	10.3x8	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466

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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]