Team Smallest Margins - Australia

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches - Australia

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	44 runs	334	113.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
Australia	45 runs	463	112.4x8	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
Australia	47 runs	493	141.4x8	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Australia	52 runs	159	46.0x8	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
Australia	92 runs	293	57.5x8	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
Australia	103 runs	283	67.0x8	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
Australia	138 runs	354	90.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Australia	163 runs	405	75.0x8	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
Australia	165 runs	492	54.5x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
Australia	166 runs	333	56.5x8	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
Australia	171 runs	400	79.5x8	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1975	Test # 751
Australia	190 runs	490	63.4x8	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
Australia	297 runs	456	53.0x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
Australia	348 runs	500	44.1x8	v Pakistan	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790

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
Australia	3 wickets	359	101.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
Australia	5 wickets	242	92.2	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
Australia	7 wickets	79	18.1x8	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1976	Test # 767
Australia	7 wickets	236	48.1x8	v Pakistan	Perth	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
Australia	8 wickets	81	26.5	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
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	9 wickets	21	3.7x8	v England	Perth	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
Australia	10 wickets	135	43.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
Australia	10 wickets	28	3.5x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798

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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]