Team Smallest Margins IN Australia

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches IN Australia

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
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
India	59 runs	143	48.4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
West Indies	169 runs	404	63.0	v Australia	Perth	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
Australia	173 runs	522	141.4	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
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
Australia	286 runs	543	73.5	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
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
Australia	4 wickets	260	97.1	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
West Indies	5 wickets	236	61.1	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Australia	6 wickets	216	85.3	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
New Zealand	6 wickets	164	74.0	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
Australia	7 wickets	188	60.5	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
England	7 wickets	75	22.3	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
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	83	23.5	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
West Indies	8 wickets	23	9.1	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
Australia	9 wickets	94	32.1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
West Indies	9 wickets	63	19.1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
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]