Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
Pakistan	24 runs	168	68.0	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
Australia	28 runs	179	63.7x8	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
England	38 runs	223	53.4x8	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
Pakistan	41 runs	214	60.5	v West Indies	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test # 471
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
Australia	70 runs	193	38.0x8	v England	Brisbane	1 Dec 1950	Test # 327
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
England	71 runs	183	57.4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
South Africa	82 runs	373	95.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
England	92 runs	244	87.4	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
Australia	94 runs	231	69.2	v India	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
Australia	96 runs	337	107.0x8	v South Africa	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
India	119 runs	225	57.4	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
West Indies	120 runs	356	104.5	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1958	Test # 448
England	128 runs	240	31.3x8	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
England	131 runs	204	33.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
South Africa	132 runs	233	47.5x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
West Indies	140 runs	457	129.3	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
West Indies	142 runs	272	79.5	v India	Bridgetown	7 Feb 1953	Test # 366
England	171 runs	548	145.1	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
West Indies	181 runs	495	139.4	v England	Bridgetown	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
Australia	185 runs	372	99.2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
New Zealand	190 runs	268	45.1	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
England	202 runs	386	81.2	v West Indies	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
Australia	202 runs	416	67.3x8	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
West Indies	203 runs	444	101.1	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
England	205 runs	343	77.3	v New Zealand	Birmingham	5 Jun 1958	Test # 454
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
Australia	274 runs	503	78.6x8	v England	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
West Indies	295 runs	447	70.0	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
England	312 runs	385	50.1x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
West Indies	326 runs	601	191.3	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	1 wicket	260	97.0x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
Australia	3 wickets	236	85.7x8	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Nov 1951	Test # 340
South Africa	3 wickets	145	30.3	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
England	4 wickets	163	62.1	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
Pakistan	4 wickets	116	26.5	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
Australia	5 wickets	336	123.6x8	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
West Indies	5 wickets	139	59.0	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Feb 1952	Test # 349
South Africa	5 wickets	212	47.3x8	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
England	5 wickets	94	30.4x8	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
England	6 wickets	88	45.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
West Indies	6 wickets	233	73.5x8	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
South Africa	6 wickets	295	95.5x8	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
Australia	7 wickets	136	34.3x8	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
England	7 wickets	125	55.0	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
Australia	7 wickets	122	25.3	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480
England	8 wickets	95	29.6x8	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
England	8 wickets	76	19.2	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
England	8 wickets	77	49.2	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
England	8 wickets	132	63.5	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
England	8 wickets	49	15.2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
Australia	8 wickets	133	58.5	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
Australia	8 wickets	68	12.4x8	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
West Indies	8 wickets	317	93.1	v Pakistan	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
Australia	8 wickets	147	51.7x8	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
Australia	8 wickets	39	17.1x8	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
England	8 wickets	108	27.2	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
Australia	8 wickets	110	48.1	v Pakistan	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
England	9 wickets	139	51.3	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
South Africa	9 wickets	25	6.2x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
England	9 wickets	73	20.1	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
England	9 wickets	72	15.5	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
Australia	9 wickets	20	5.2	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
West Indies	9 wickets	13	5.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
Pakistan	9 wickets	69	48.4	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
Australia	9 wickets	69	12.7x8	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
West Indies	10 wickets	102	36.3	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
England	10 wickets	16	3.5	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
India	10 wickets	42	15.2	v Pakistan	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
Australia	10 wickets	1	0.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
Australia	10 wickets	35	10.3x8	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
Pakistan	10 wickets	88	34.0	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469

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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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]