Test matches

1950s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	West Indies	inns & 336 runs	-	-	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
🥈 2	Australia	inns & 259 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
🥉 3	England	inns & 237 runs	-	-	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
4	England	inns & 207 runs	-	-	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
5	South Africa	inns & 180 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
6	West Indies	inns & 174 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
7	England	inns & 173 runs	-	-	v India	Leeds	2 Jul 1959	Test # 476
8	England	inns & 170 runs	-	-	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
9	West Indies	inns & 156 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
10	Australia	inns & 154 runs	-	-	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
11	England	inns & 148 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
12	Australia	inns & 141 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
13	England	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Nottingham	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
14	Australia	inns & 127 runs	-	-	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
15	India	inns & 109 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
16	England	inns & 99 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
17	Australia	inns & 82 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
18	West Indies	inns & 71 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
18	England	inns & 71 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Leeds	3 Jul 1958	Test # 456
20	India	inns & 70 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
21	West Indies	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
22	England	inns & 59 runs	-	-	v India	Nottingham	4 Jun 1959	Test # 474
23	South Africa	inns & 58 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
24	West Indies	inns & 56 runs	-	-	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
25	Pakistan	inns & 43 runs	-	-	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
26	England	inns & 42 runs	-	-	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
27	Australia	inns & 38 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Sydney	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
28	England	inns & 36 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
29	India	inns & 27 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
29	England	inns & 27 runs	-	-	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
31	England	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
32	Australia	inns & 13 runs	-	-	v England	Sydney	5 Jan 1951	Test # 329
32	England	inns & 13 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
34	India	inns & 8 runs	-	-	v England	Chennai	6 Feb 1952	Test # 348
35	England	inns & 5 runs	-	-	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
35	Australia	inns & 5 runs	-	-	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
35	England	inns & 5 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
38	Pakistan	inns & 1 run	-	-	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
38	Pakistan	inns & 1 run	-	-	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453

Showing 39 records

By runs

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

Showing 33 records

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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