Team Smallest Margins - vs England

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches - vs England

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	28 runs	192	91.0	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
Australia	45 runs	463	112.4x8	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
West Indies	55 runs	260	56.0	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1976	Test # 780
New Zealand	72 runs	137	27.3x8	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
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
India	140 runs	318	57.3	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
West Indies	158 runs	414	105.1	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
Australia	163 runs	405	75.0x8	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
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
West Indies	231 runs	435	78.4	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
West Indies	425 runs	552	63.5	v England	Manchester	8 Jul 1976	Test # 779

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	4 wickets	173	101.0	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
India	4 wickets	86	33.5	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
Australia	5 wickets	242	92.2	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
West Indies	7 wickets	132	37.5	v England	Port of Spain	2 Feb 1974	Test # 731
Australia	8 wickets	81	26.5	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
Australia	9 wickets	21	3.7x8	v England	Perth	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748

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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]