Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	41 runs	214	60.5	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
New Zealand	190 runs	268	45.1	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
England	202 runs	386	81.2	v West Indies	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
Australia	202 runs	416	67.3x8	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	1 wicket	260	97.0x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
Australia	3 wickets	236	85.7x8	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Nov 1951	Test # 340
Australia	7 wickets	136	34.3x8	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
Australia	8 wickets	133	58.5	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
England	9 wickets	73	20.1	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
England	9 wickets	72	15.5	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
Australia	9 wickets	20	5.2	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
Pakistan	10 wickets	88	34.0	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469

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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]