Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	16 runs	341	84.7x8	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
Australia	47 runs	493	141.4x8	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
England	113 runs	296	85.1	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
England	200 runs	284	38.5	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
West Indies	201 runs	404	77.1	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
West Indies	267 runs	386	42.5	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	339	87.2x8	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
England	6 wickets	207	88.5	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
Pakistan	8 wickets	126	20.4	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
Pakistan	8 wickets	164	24.5	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.5	v India	Kingston	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
England	10 wickets	16	3.4	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1977	Test # 791

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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]