Test matches

1970s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

By an innings

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	England	inns & 285 runs	-	-	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
🥈 2	West Indies	inns & 226 runs	-	-	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
🥉 3	Pakistan	inns & 166 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Feb 1973	Test # 712
4	South Africa	inns & 129 runs	-	-	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
5	England	inns & 120 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
6	England	inns & 119 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
7	Australia	inns & 114 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
8	West Indies	inns & 106 runs	-	-	v Australia	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
9	India	inns & 100 runs	-	-	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
10	West Indies	inns & 97 runs	-	-	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
11	West Indies	inns & 87 runs	-	-	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
12	Australia	inns & 85 runs	-	-	v England	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	Test # 760
12	England	inns & 85 runs	-	-	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
14	England	inns & 83 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
14	England	inns & 83 runs	-	-	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
16	England	inns & 78 runs	-	-	v India	Birmingham	4 Jul 1974	Test # 741
17	Australia	inns & 57 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
17	England	inns & 57 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Birmingham	1 Jun 1978	Test # 825
19	New Zealand	inns & 33 runs	-	-	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
20	Australia	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
20	England	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
22	West Indies	inns & 17 runs	-	-	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
23	England	inns & 4 runs	-	-	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
24	India	inns & 2 runs	-	-	v Australia	Sydney	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
25	England	inns & 1 run	-	-	v New Zealand	Leeds	5 Jul 1973	Test # 724

Showing 25 records

By runs

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	West Indies	425 runs	552	63.5	v England	Manchester	8 Jul 1976	Test # 779
🥈 2	Australia	348 runs	500	44.1x8	v Pakistan	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
🥉 3	South Africa	323 runs	570	90.3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
4	South Africa	307 runs	486	77.5	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
5	England	299 runs	416	56.5x8	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1971	Test # 676
6	Australia	297 runs	456	53.0x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
7	West Indies	267 runs	386	42.5	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
8	Pakistan	266 runs	489	104.5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Apr 1977	Test # 802
9	West Indies	231 runs	435	78.4	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
10	India	222 runs	387	51.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
11	India	216 runs	360	67.0	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
12	England	205 runs	366	67.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
13	West Indies	201 runs	404	77.1	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
14	England	200 runs	284	38.5	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
15	West Indies	198 runs	293	43.4	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
16	Australia	190 runs	490	63.4x8	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
17	England	174 runs	280	27.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
18	Australia	171 runs	400	79.5x8	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1975	Test # 751
19	South Africa	170 runs	451	129.1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
20	Australia	166 runs	333	56.5x8	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
20	England	166 runs	328	46.1x8	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
22	Australia	165 runs	492	54.5x8	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
23	Australia	163 runs	405	75.0x8	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
24	India	162 runs	304	80.2	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
25	West Indies	158 runs	414	105.1	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
26	India	153 runs	279	60.2	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
27	India	140 runs	318	57.3	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
27	West Indies	140 runs	442	77.2	v Pakistan	Kingston	15 Apr 1977	Test # 803
29	Australia	138 runs	354	90.2	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
30	India	131 runs	322	51.4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
31	Pakistan	128 runs	305	56.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
32	England	113 runs	296	85.1	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
33	Australia	103 runs	283	67.0x8	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
34	India	100 runs	255	67.0	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
35	England	93 runs	205	49.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
36	Australia	92 runs	293	57.5x8	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
37	England	89 runs	342	85.2	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jun 1972	Test # 698
38	India	85 runs	310	84.2	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
39	New Zealand	72 runs	137	27.3x8	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
40	Pakistan	71 runs	382	92.4x8	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
41	England	62 runs	223	62.6x8	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
42	West Indies	55 runs	260	56.0	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1976	Test # 780
43	Australia	52 runs	159	46.0x8	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
44	Australia	47 runs	493	141.4x8	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
45	Australia	45 runs	463	112.4x8	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
46	Australia	44 runs	334	113.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
47	England	38 runs	479	188.1	v New Zealand	Nottingham	7 Jun 1973	Test # 722
48	India	28 runs	192	91.0	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
49	England	26 runs	226	88.3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
50	England	25 runs	231	88.3	v Pakistan	Leeds	8 Jul 1971	Test # 689
51	Australia	16 runs	341	84.7x8	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809

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