Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	3 runs	292	96.1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
England	18 runs	130	36.1	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
England	29 runs	151	67.0	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
India	59 runs	143	48.4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
England	103 runs	506	135.5	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
West Indies	169 runs	404	63.0	v Australia	Perth	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
West Indies	191 runs	365	50.5	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
West Indies	285 runs	400	57.1	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
West Indies	408 runs	574	50.0	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	5 wickets	236	61.1	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
New Zealand	5 wickets	104	29.4	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
England	5 wickets	123	38.4	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
New Zealand	6 wickets	164	74.0	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
Pakistan	7 wickets	74	25.1	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
England	7 wickets	75	22.3	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
West Indies	8 wickets	23	9.1	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
New Zealand	8 wickets	160	84.4	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Pakistan	9 wickets	45	11.1	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
Pakistan	9 wickets	64	15.0	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
West Indies	9 wickets	63	19.1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
West Indies	10 wickets	18	3.4	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
West Indies	10 wickets	55	11.2	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988

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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 Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]