Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 1981 in FC+LA+T20s

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	1 run	0	221	50.0	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1981	ODI # 107
TVL (SACB)	1 run	0	102	56.0	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	21 Nov 1981	First-class
West Indies	2 runs	0	128	48.2	v England	Kingstown	4 Feb 1981	ODI # 115
Australia	2 runs	0	250	54.5	v England	Birmingham	6 Jun 1981	ODI # 120
Minor C	3 runs	0	183	54.0	v Hampshire	Southampton	13 May 1981	List A
Surrey	3 runs	0	192	54.5	v Leics	The Oval	8 Jul 1981	List A
Australia	6 runs	0	236	50.0	v New Zealand	Melbourne	1 Feb 1981	ODI # 113
Pakistan	8 runs	0	141	38.5	v West Indies	Adelaide	5 Dec 1981	ODI # 126
EPR (SACB)	9 runs	0	93	29.2x8	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	13 Mar 1981	First-class
Kent	9 runs	0	81	15.0	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	19 May 1981	List A
Yorkshire	10 runs	0	222	54.3	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	19 May 1981	List A
England XI	11 runs	0	208	49.3	v Barbados	Bridgetown	6 Mar 1981	List A
Kent	14 runs	0	194	49.1	v Warwickshire	The Oval	24 Jun 1981	List A
England XI	16 runs	0	167	40.0	v Windward Is	Kingstown	1 Feb 1981	List A
Leics	16 runs	0	105	10.0	v Surrey	The Oval	24 Jul 1981	List A
Warwickshire	18 runs	0	222	53.5	v Scotland	Glasgow	30 May 1981	List A
England	18 runs	0	130	36.1	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
West Indies	18 runs	0	246	50.0	v Pakistan	Melbourne	21 Nov 1981	ODI # 122
Queensland	19 runs	0	288	103.0	v Victoria	Geelong	26 Feb 1981	First-class
New Zealand	22 runs	0	243	48.1	v India	Brisbane	18 Jan 1981	ODI # 109
Derbyshire	23 runs	0	165	50.4	v Notts	Derby	5 Aug 1981	List A
Essex	25 runs	0	196	56.0	v Sussex	Hove	5 Aug 1981	List A
Australia	27 runs	0	243	50.0	v India	Sydney	15 Jan 1981	ODI # 108
West Aust	27 runs	0	215	49.1	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	14 Feb 1981	List A
England	29 runs	0	151	67.0	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
Hampshire	30 runs	0	177	55.5	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	22 Jul 1981	List A
South Aust	33 runs	0	210	50.0	v Victoria	Adelaide	21 Feb 1981	List A
Glamorgan	35 runs	0	384	74.5	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	12 Aug 1981	First-class
South Aust	37 runs	0	219	48.1	v Tasmania	Hobart	30 Jan 1981	List A
Essex	38 runs	0	279	50.2	v Somerset	Chelmsford	16 May 1981	List A
Australia	38 runs	0	209	50.0	v Pakistan	Adelaide	6 Dec 1981	ODI # 127
Yorkshire	42 runs	0	229	51.3	v Scotland	Bradford	21 May 1981	List A
Lancashire	42 runs	0	232	48.3	v Middlesex	Manchester	22 Jul 1981	List A
Sussex	46 runs	0	155	22.2	v Minor C	Slough	21 May 1981	List A
Surrey	47 runs	0	227	49.4	v Notts	Nottingham	24 Jun 1981	List A
NSW	47 runs	0	261	50.0	v Victoria	Sydney	19 Nov 1981	List A
Leics	48 runs	0	239	51.5	v Worcs	Leicester	21 May 1981	List A
Queensland	56 runs	0	361	104.2	v South Aust	Adelaide	17 Jan 1981	First-class
New Zealand	57 runs	0	211	45.2	v India	Hamilton	15 Feb 1981	ODI # 117
Australia	58 runs	0	220	74.1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
West Aust	59 runs	0	204	37.2	v Tasmania	Hobart	16 Jan 1981	List A
India	59 runs	0	143	48.4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
Leics	61 runs	0	257	55.0	v Gloucs	Leicester	9 May 1981	List A
New Zealand	62 runs	0	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
Queensland	63 runs	0	332	79.2	v Victoria	Brisbane	16 Oct 1981	First-class
Notts	64 runs	0	192	49.0	v Gloucs	Gloucester	21 May 1981	List A
Gloucs	69 runs	0	248	50.2	v Worcs	Worcester	19 May 1981	List A
Australia	71 runs	0	237	46.5	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1981	ODI # 121
Queensland	72 runs	0	189	32.5	v West Aust	Brisbane	22 Feb 1981	List A
East Zone	75 runs	0	218	70.5	v South Zone	Cuttack	30 Oct 1981	First-class
WPR (SACB)	77 runs	0	204	81.5	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	21 Nov 1981	First-class
New Zealand	78 runs	0	234	39.3	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1981	ODI # 111
New Zealand	78 runs	0	219	45.0	v India	Auckland	14 Feb 1981	ODI # 116
Glamorgan	82 runs	0	207	42.2	v Essex	Swansea	9 May 1981	List A
Tasmania	96 runs	0	180	46.0	v Victoria	Melbourne	30 Oct 1981	First-class
England	103 runs	0	506	135.5	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
NSW	111 runs	0	311	49.4	v South Aust	Sydney	3 Dec 1981	List A
West Aust	115 runs	0	386	66.2	v NSW	W.A.C.A	27 Feb 1981	First-class
Essex	122 runs	0	208	42.0	v Gloucs	Bristol	22 Jul 1981	List A
Sussex	124 runs	0	275	47.5	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	22 Jul 1981	List A
Surrey	128 runs	0	227	41.2	v Minor C	The Oval	30 May 1981	List A
India	138 runs	0	241	26.2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
West Aust	152 runs	0	333	66.2	v South Aust	W.A.C.A	16 Oct 1981	First-class
NSW	160 runs	0	294	60.2	v Tasmania	Sydney	6 Mar 1981	First-class
Gloucs	171 runs	0	247	45.5	v Ireland	Dublin	11 Jul 1981	List A
Derbyshire	171 runs	0	271	46.3	v Suffolk	Bury St Edmunds	11 Jul 1981	List A
WPR (SACB)	174 runs	0	262	31.6x8	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Jan 1981	First-class
WPR (SACB)	178 runs	0	320	60.4	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1981	First-class
England XI	190 runs	0	372	61.2	v WICB Pres XI	Pointe-a-Pierre	23 Jan 1981	First-class
Essex	191 runs	0	307	39.1	v Herts	Hitchin	11 Jul 1981	List A
Australia	286 runs	0	543	73.5	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
West Indies	298 runs	0	523	91.2	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Hampshire	1 wicket	3	176	54.3	v Middlesex	Lord's	9 May 1981	List A
Notts	1 wicket	3	153	54.3	v Northants	Northampton	9 May 1981	List A
Yorkshire	1 wicket	8	203	53.4	v Derbyshire	Derby	9 May 1981	List A
Northants	1 wicket	1	187	59.5	v Lancashire	Northampton	19 Aug 1981	List A
Natal (SACB)	2 wickets	0	104	26.6x8	v WPR (SACB)	Durban	20 Feb 1981	First-class
Derbyshire	2 wickets	3	180	54.3	v Lancashire	Manchester	21 May 1981	List A
Sussex	3 wickets	14	143	52.4	v Surrey	Hove	11 May 1981	List A
Sussex	3 wickets	1	195	54.5	v Hampshire	Hove	30 May 1981	List A
Somerset	3 wickets	7	222	53.5	v Yorkshire	Leeds	24 Jun 1981	List A
Lancashire	3 wickets	26	168	55.4	v Hampshire	Southampton	5 Aug 1981	List A
Somerset	4 wickets	29	170	50.1	v Glamorgan	Taunton	30 May 1981	List A
Australia	4 wickets	0	132	54.1	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Leics	4 wickets	5	197	54.1	v Sussex	Hove	24 Jun 1981	List A
Derbyshire	4 wickets	10	229	58.2	v Worcs	Worcester	22 Jul 1981	List A
Notts	4 wickets	21	155	56.3	v Kent	Canterbury	22 Jul 1981	List A
Pakistan	4 wickets	4	210	49.2	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Nov 1981	ODI # 123
Queensland	5 wickets	7	219	47.5	v South Aust	Adelaide	15 Feb 1981	List A
Natal (SACB)	5 wickets	0	35	5.6x8	v TVL (SACB)	Pietermaritzburg	14 Mar 1981	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	174	58.1	v Leeward Is	Plymouth	21 Mar 1981	First-class
Warwickshire	5 wickets	7	289	53.5	v Lancashire	Manchester	9 May 1981	List A
Somerset	5 wickets	38	173	48.4	v Kent	Taunton	21 May 1981	List A
Somerset	5 wickets	39	155	48.3	v Kent	Taunton	8 Jul 1981	List A
England XI	5 wickets	0	136	38.1	v Ind Pres XI	Nagpur	17 Nov 1981	First-class
England	5 wickets	13	157	43.5	v India	Ahmedabad	25 Nov 1981	ODI # 125
West Aust	6 wickets	0	56	19.3	v South Aust	Adelaide	8 Jan 1981	First-class
England XI	6 wickets	13	184	52.5	v Windward Is	Kingstown	2 Feb 1981	List A
Australia	6 wickets	14	216	47.4	v New Zealand	Sydney	3 Feb 1981	ODI # 114
West Indies	6 wickets	63	138	39.3	v England	Albion	26 Feb 1981	ODI # 118
Notts	6 wickets	13	215	52.5	v Worcs	Nottingham	16 May 1981	List A
Lancashire	6 wickets	35	113	42.1	v Scotland	Glasgow	16 May 1981	List A
Notts	6 wickets	111	115	36.3	v Leics	Nottingham	30 May 1981	List A
England	6 wickets	20	211	51.4	v Australia	Lord's	4 Jun 1981	ODI # 119
Kent	6 wickets	16	223	57.2	v Yorkshire	Canterbury	11 Jul 1981	List A
Hampshire	6 wickets	114	138	41.0	v Cheshire	Southampton	11 Jul 1981	List A
Queensland	6 wickets	85	149	35.5	v West Aust	Brisbane	8 Nov 1981	List A
England XI	6 wickets	0	301	47.0	v India U22	Pune	13 Nov 1981	First-class
Pakistan	6 wickets	40	223	43.2	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1981	ODI # 128
India	6 wickets	3	162	35.3	v England	Jalandhar	20 Dec 1981	ODI # 131
Australia	7 wickets	16	193	47.2	v India	Melbourne	11 Jan 1981	ODI # 106
West Aust	7 wickets	0	118	51.1	v Tasmania	Devonport	17 Jan 1981	First-class
Australia	7 wickets	63	127	39.3	v New Zealand	Melbourne	31 Jan 1981	ODI # 112
Somerset	7 wickets	132	112	33.0	v Comb Univ	Cambridge	19 May 1981	List A
Derbyshire	7 wickets	136	98	32.2	v Scotland	Derby	19 May 1981	List A
Northants	7 wickets	41	203	53.1	v Somerset	Northampton	22 Jul 1981	List A
Somerset	7 wickets	63	195	44.3	v Surrey	Lord's	25 Jul 1981	List A
Queensland	7 wickets	23	226	46.1	v Tasmania	Brisbane	7 Nov 1981	List A
Australia	7 wickets	12	237	47.0	v West Indies	Sydney	24 Nov 1981	ODI # 124
West Indies	7 wickets	46	161	42.2	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	19 Dec 1981	ODI # 129
Kent	8 wickets	162	105	28.0	v Comb Univ	Canterbury	11 May 1981	List A
Essex	8 wickets	192	121	23.0	v Comb Univ	Chelmsford	21 May 1981	List A
Kent	8 wickets	80	162	41.4	v Essex	Dartford	30 May 1981	List A
Lancashire	8 wickets	49	188	51.5	v Durham	Manchester	11 Jul 1981	List A
Glamorgan	8 wickets	95	151	44.1	v Oxfordshire	Oxford	11 Jul 1981	List A
NSW	8 wickets	0	232	87.3	v Victoria	Sydney	19 Dec 1981	First-class
West Indies	8 wickets	120	189	30.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	20 Dec 1981	ODI # 130
Australia	9 wickets	174	64	21.0	v India	Sydney	8 Jan 1981	ODI # 104
Queensland	9 wickets	0	101	19.1	v Tasmania	Brisbane	9 Jan 1981	First-class
Northants	9 wickets	52	124	46.2	v Worcs	Worcester	30 May 1981	List A
Hampshire	9 wickets	0	53	18.3	v Notts	Bournemouth	4 Jul 1981	First-class
New Zealand	10 wickets	30	113	29.0	v India	Melbourne	10 Jan 1981	ODI # 105
EPR (SACB)	10 wickets	0	47	11.0x8	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	21 Feb 1981	First-class
Australia	10 wickets	0	3	2.2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Aust	6 wickets	0	56	19.3	0.0	v South Aust	Adelaide	8 Jan 1981	First-class
Queensland	9 wickets	0	101	19.1	0.0	v Tasmania	Brisbane	9 Jan 1981	First-class
West Aust	7 wickets	0	118	51.1	0.0	v Tasmania	Devonport	17 Jan 1981	First-class
Natal (SACB)	2 wickets	0	104	26.6x8	0.0x8	v WPR (SACB)	Durban	20 Feb 1981	First-class
EPR (SACB)	10 wickets	0	47	11.0x8	0.0x8	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	21 Feb 1981	First-class
Natal (SACB)	5 wickets	0	35	5.6x8	0.0x8	v TVL (SACB)	Pietermaritzburg	14 Mar 1981	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	174	58.1	0.0	v Leeward Is	Plymouth	21 Mar 1981	First-class
Australia	4 wickets	0	132	54.1	0.0	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Hampshire	9 wickets	0	53	18.3	0.0	v Notts	Bournemouth	4 Jul 1981	First-class
England XI	6 wickets	0	301	47.0	0.0	v India U22	Pune	13 Nov 1981	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	136	38.1	0.0	v Ind Pres XI	Nagpur	17 Nov 1981	First-class
Australia	10 wickets	0	3	2.2	0.0	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
NSW	8 wickets	0	232	87.3	0.0	v Victoria	Sydney	19 Dec 1981	First-class
Sussex	3 wickets	1	195	54.5	55.0	v Hampshire	Hove	30 May 1981	List A
Northants	1 wicket	1	187	59.5	60.0	v Lancashire	Northampton	19 Aug 1981	List A
Hampshire	1 wicket	3	176	54.3	55.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	9 May 1981	List A
Notts	1 wicket	3	153	54.3	55.0	v Northants	Northampton	9 May 1981	List A
Derbyshire	2 wickets	3	180	54.3	55.0	v Lancashire	Manchester	21 May 1981	List A
India	6 wickets	3	162	35.3	36.0	v England	Jalandhar	20 Dec 1981	ODI # 131
Pakistan	4 wickets	4	210	49.2	50.0	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Nov 1981	ODI # 123
Leics	4 wickets	5	197	54.1	55.0	v Sussex	Hove	24 Jun 1981	List A
Queensland	5 wickets	7	219	47.5	49.0	v South Aust	Adelaide	15 Feb 1981	List A
Warwickshire	5 wickets	7	289	53.5	55.0	v Lancashire	Manchester	9 May 1981	List A
Somerset	3 wickets	7	222	53.5	55.0	v Yorkshire	Leeds	24 Jun 1981	List A
Yorkshire	1 wicket	8	203	53.4	55.0	v Derbyshire	Derby	9 May 1981	List A
Derbyshire	4 wickets	10	229	58.2	60.0	v Worcs	Worcester	22 Jul 1981	List A
Australia	7 wickets	12	237	47.0	49.0	v West Indies	Sydney	24 Nov 1981	ODI # 124
England XI	6 wickets	13	184	52.5	55.0	v Windward Is	Kingstown	2 Feb 1981	List A
Notts	6 wickets	13	215	52.5	55.0	v Worcs	Nottingham	16 May 1981	List A
England	5 wickets	13	157	43.5	46.0	v India	Ahmedabad	25 Nov 1981	ODI # 125
Australia	6 wickets	14	216	47.4	50.0	v New Zealand	Sydney	3 Feb 1981	ODI # 114
Sussex	3 wickets	14	143	52.4	55.0	v Surrey	Hove	11 May 1981	List A
Australia	7 wickets	16	193	47.2	50.0	v India	Melbourne	11 Jan 1981	ODI # 106
Kent	6 wickets	16	223	57.2	60.0	v Yorkshire	Canterbury	11 Jul 1981	List A
England	6 wickets	20	211	51.4	55.0	v Australia	Lord's	4 Jun 1981	ODI # 119
Notts	4 wickets	21	155	56.3	60.0	v Kent	Canterbury	22 Jul 1981	List A
Queensland	7 wickets	23	226	46.1	50.0	v Tasmania	Brisbane	7 Nov 1981	List A
Lancashire	3 wickets	26	168	55.4	60.0	v Hampshire	Southampton	5 Aug 1981	List A
Somerset	4 wickets	29	170	50.1	55.0	v Glamorgan	Taunton	30 May 1981	List A
New Zealand	10 wickets	30	113	29.0	34.0	v India	Melbourne	10 Jan 1981	ODI # 105
Lancashire	6 wickets	35	113	42.1	48.0	v Scotland	Glasgow	16 May 1981	List A
Somerset	5 wickets	38	173	48.4	55.0	v Kent	Taunton	21 May 1981	List A
Somerset	5 wickets	39	155	48.3	55.0	v Kent	Taunton	8 Jul 1981	List A
Pakistan	6 wickets	40	223	43.2	50.0	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1981	ODI # 128
Northants	7 wickets	41	203	53.1	60.0	v Somerset	Northampton	22 Jul 1981	List A
West Indies	7 wickets	46	161	42.2	50.0	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	19 Dec 1981	ODI # 129
Lancashire	8 wickets	49	188	51.5	60.0	v Durham	Manchester	11 Jul 1981	List A
Northants	9 wickets	52	124	46.2	55.0	v Worcs	Worcester	30 May 1981	List A
Australia	7 wickets	63	127	39.3	50.0	v New Zealand	Melbourne	31 Jan 1981	ODI # 112
West Indies	6 wickets	63	138	39.3	50.0	v England	Albion	26 Feb 1981	ODI # 118
Somerset	7 wickets	63	195	44.3	55.0	v Surrey	Lord's	25 Jul 1981	List A
Kent	8 wickets	80	162	41.4	55.0	v Essex	Dartford	30 May 1981	List A
Queensland	6 wickets	85	149	35.5	50.0	v West Aust	Brisbane	8 Nov 1981	List A
Glamorgan	8 wickets	95	151	44.1	60.0	v Oxfordshire	Oxford	11 Jul 1981	List A
Notts	6 wickets	111	115	36.3	55.0	v Leics	Nottingham	30 May 1981	List A
Hampshire	6 wickets	114	138	41.0	60.0	v Cheshire	Southampton	11 Jul 1981	List A
West Indies	8 wickets	120	189	30.0	50.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	20 Dec 1981	ODI # 130
Somerset	7 wickets	132	112	33.0	55.0	v Comb Univ	Cambridge	19 May 1981	List A
Derbyshire	7 wickets	136	98	32.2	55.0	v Scotland	Derby	19 May 1981	List A
Kent	8 wickets	162	105	28.0	55.0	v Comb Univ	Canterbury	11 May 1981	List A
Australia	9 wickets	174	64	21.0	50.0	v India	Sydney	8 Jan 1981	ODI # 104
Essex	8 wickets	192	121	23.0	55.0	v Comb Univ	Chelmsford	21 May 1981	List A

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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