Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	26 runs	226	88.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
Australia	44 runs	334	113.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
India	85 runs	310	84.2	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
India	100 runs	255	67.0	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
Australia	165 runs	492	54.5x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
Australia	190 runs	490	63.4x8	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
Pakistan	266 runs	489	104.5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Apr 1977	Test # 802

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	3 wickets	359	101.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
India	3 wickets	125	46.2	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
India	6 wickets	403	147.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Apr 1976	Test # 775
India	7 wickets	124	49.4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Mar 1971	Test # 683
Australia	7 wickets	79	18.1x8	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1976	Test # 767
Australia	8 wickets	219	56.2x8	v West Indies	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	Test # 764
Australia	8 wickets	52	8.7x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975	Test # 766
Australia	10 wickets	135	43.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720

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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]