Test matches

1960s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

By runs

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	South Africa	30 runs	197	79.3	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
🥇 1	England	30 runs	303	106.2	v West Indies	Leeds	10 Jul 1969	Test # 655
🥉 3	Australia	39 runs	395	109.6x8	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
4	New Zealand	40 runs	314	144.0	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
5	Australia	54 runs	256	71.4	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
6	India	60 runs	188	69.5	v New Zealand	Brabourne	25 Sep 1969	Test # 659
7	New Zealand	72 runs	408	142.2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
8	Australia	77 runs	249	85.2	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1969	Test # 669
9	South Africa	94 runs	319	98.0	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
10	England	100 runs	310	84.0	v South Africa	Birmingham	9 Jun 1960	Test # 492
11	West Indies	123 runs	359	104.5	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
12	West Indies	125 runs	366	88.6x8	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1968	Test # 642
13	India	128 runs	338	92.3	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
14	England	132 runs	410	112.4	v India	Birmingham	13 Jul 1967	Test # 620
15	Australia	139 runs	333	80.0	v India	Chennai	2 Oct 1964	Test # 566
15	West Indies	139 runs	393	108.3	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
17	Australia	144 runs	342	73.6x8	v India	Sydney	26 Jan 1968	Test # 628
18	Australia	146 runs	398	60.2x8	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
19	Australia	159 runs	413	110.0	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1968	Test # 637
20	New Zealand	167 runs	277	55.5	v India	Nagpur	3 Oct 1969	Test # 660
21	West Indies	179 runs	396	78.5	v Australia	Kingston	3 Mar 1965	Test # 580
22	India	187 runs	421	116.2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
23	West Indies	212 runs	357	58.2	v Australia	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
24	England	217 runs	309	34.3	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
25	West Indies	221 runs	453	92.4	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1963	Test # 546
26	West Indies	222 runs	464	72.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
27	England	226 runs	352	83.3	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
28	England	230 runs	362	75.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
29	South Africa	233 runs	495	117.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
30	England	256 runs	501	134.5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
31	India	272 runs	374	61.4	v New Zealand	Auckland	7 Mar 1968	Test # 634
32	Australia	382 runs	735	64.2x8	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646

Showing 32 records

By wickets

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Australia	2 wickets	258	111.7x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
🥇 1	India	2 wickets	254	128.4	v Australia	Brabourne	10 Oct 1964	Test # 567
🥉 3	Australia	5 wickets	69	20.5	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
🥉 3	England	5 wickets	208	59.0	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
🥉 3	India	5 wickets	200	74.4	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
🥉 3	West Indies	5 wickets	345	69.0x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
🥉 3	New Zealand	5 wickets	82	32.3	v Pakistan	Lahore	30 Oct 1969	Test # 663
8	West Indies	6 wickets	192	64.1	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
8	Australia	6 wickets	179	65.1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
8	England	6 wickets	125	47.3	v India	Leeds	8 Jun 1967	Test # 618
8	New Zealand	6 wickets	88	40.4	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
8	New Zealand	6 wickets	164	48.5x8	v West Indies	Wellington	7 Mar 1969	Test # 651
13	Australia	7 wickets	67	18.4x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
13	West Indies	7 wickets	176	101.0	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
13	England	7 wickets	234	64.2x8	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
13	England	7 wickets	173	59.3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
13	Australia	7 wickets	109	57.0	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1964	Test # 563
13	India	7 wickets	70	9.1	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
13	England	7 wickets	216	60.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	17 Jun 1965	Test # 592
13	South Africa	7 wickets	176	61.1	v Australia	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
13	England	7 wickets	215	52.4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
13	India	7 wickets	181	80.4	v Australia	Delhi	28 Nov 1969	Test # 667
23	England	8 wickets	49	14.4	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
23	England	8 wickets	59	23.0	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
23	Australia	8 wickets	65	12.2x8	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
23	West Indies	8 wickets	253	95.0	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1963	Test # 547
23	Australia	8 wickets	134	37.1x8	v South Africa	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	Test # 549
23	Pakistan	8 wickets	202	60.0	v New Zealand	Karachi	9 Apr 1965	Test # 587
23	South Africa	8 wickets	182	75.0	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
23	England	8 wickets	32	8.2	v Pakistan	The Oval	24 Aug 1967	Test # 623
23	India	8 wickets	59	13.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
23	England	8 wickets	138	52.3	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
23	Australia	8 wickets	64	26.5	v India	Brabourne	4 Nov 1969	Test # 664
34	England	9 wickets	86	17.0	v Pakistan	Lord's	21 Jun 1962	Test # 531
34	England	9 wickets	95	30.5	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
36	West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.4	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
36	England	10 wickets	27	8.3	v Pakistan	The Oval	16 Aug 1962	Test # 534
36	West Indies	10 wickets	1	0.1	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1963	Test # 543
36	South Africa	10 wickets	82	17.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
36	Australia	10 wickets	62	18.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 May 1965	Test # 590
36	England	10 wickets	3	2.1	v Pakistan	Nottingham	10 Aug 1967	Test # 622
36	Australia	10 wickets	42	8.0x8	v West Indies	Sydney	3 Jan 1969	Test # 644
36	England	10 wickets	10	4.5	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Jun 1969	Test # 653
36	Australia	10 wickets	39	5.0	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969	Test # 668

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Additional Information

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