Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 1981 in Tests

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	18 runs	130	36.1	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
England	29 runs	151	67.0	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
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
New Zealand	62 runs	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
England	103 runs	506	135.5	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
India	138 runs	241	26.2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Australia	286 runs	543	73.5	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
West Indies	298 runs	523	91.2	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	4 wickets	132	54.1	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Australia	10 wickets	3	2.2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910

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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 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1981 [Test # 915]

England vs India at Delhi, England tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 23-28, 1981 [Test # 914]

Pakistan vs Australia at Melbourne, Pakistan tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 11-15, 1981 [Test # 913]