Team Smallest Margins - vs England

Smallest victories in 1970s in Tests - 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	W.A.C.A	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	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Hampshire vs Worcestershire at Worcester, County Championship Division One 54th Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 139/2 (42.0 ov, NT Tilak Varma 33*, NRT Gubbins 55*, BL D'Oliveira 0/15) - Stumps

Somerset vs Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, County Championship Division One 55th Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 511/6 (151.0 ov, LA Patterson-White 47*, CG Harrison 9*, M Pretorius 1/73) - Stumps

Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire at Northampton, County Championship Division Two 41st Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 52/4 (24.0 ov, LM Reece 11*, JWA Hawkins 0*, YS Chahal 2/18) - Stumps