Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 1979 in Tests

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	71 runs	382	92.4x8	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
England	93 runs	205	49.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
Pakistan	128 runs	305	56.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
India	131 runs	322	51.4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Australia	138 runs	354	90.2	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
India	153 runs	279	60.2	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
England	205 runs	366	67.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	3 wickets	125	46.2	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
Australia	7 wickets	236	48.1x8	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
England	9 wickets	34	10.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
West Indies	10 wickets	19	7.2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867

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Performances in matches that overlap years 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 vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India vs Pakistan at Kanpur, Pakistan tour of India 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India vs Pakistan at Wankhede, Pakistan tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]