Team Smallest Margins - Australia

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - Australia

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	55 runs	320	114.0	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Australia	58 runs	220	74.1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Australia	173 runs	522	141.4	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
Australia	210 runs	402	55.2	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
Australia	286 runs	543	73.5	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	4 wickets	132	54.1	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Australia	4 wickets	127	46.0	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
Australia	4 wickets	260	97.1	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Australia	6 wickets	216	85.3	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Australia	6 wickets	118	40.2	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
Australia	7 wickets	188	60.5	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Australia	7 wickets	80	35.3	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Australia	8 wickets	103	38.4	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
Australia	8 wickets	53	22.1	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
Australia	8 wickets	69	25.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Australia	8 wickets	83	23.5	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
Australia	9 wickets	94	32.1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
Australia	9 wickets	78	32.5	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
Australia	10 wickets	63	21.3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
Australia	10 wickets	3	2.2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
Australia	10 wickets	35	5.4	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 1984	Test # 974

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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]