Test matches

1980s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

By an innings

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Pakistan	inns & 188 runs	-	-	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
🥈 2	West Indies	inns & 180 runs	-	-	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
🥈 2	Australia	inns & 180 runs	-	-	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
4	West Indies	inns & 156 runs	-	-	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
5	New Zealand	inns & 132 runs	-	-	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
6	Pakistan	inns & 119 runs	-	-	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
7	England	inns & 118 runs	-	-	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
8	West Indies	inns & 112 runs	-	-	v Australia	W.A.C.A	9 Nov 1984	Test # 997
9	Australia	inns & 108 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
10	India	inns & 106 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
11	Pakistan	inns & 102 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
12	New Zealand	inns & 99 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Auckland	25 Jan 1985	Test # 1010
13	England	inns & 94 runs	-	-	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
14	Pakistan	inns & 87 runs	-	-	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
15	Pakistan	inns & 86 runs	-	-	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
16	West Indies	inns & 83 runs	-	-	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
17	Pakistan	inns & 82 runs	-	-	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
18	West Indies	inns & 79 runs	-	-	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
19	India	inns & 67 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
20	West Indies	inns & 64 runs	-	-	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
21	New Zealand	inns & 61 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
22	Australia	inns & 55 runs	-	-	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
23	West Indies	inns & 46 runs	-	-	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
24	New Zealand	inns & 41 runs	-	-	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
25	Australia	inns & 38 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
26	West Indies	inns & 36 runs	-	-	v Australia	St John's	7 Apr 1984	Test # 987
27	West Indies	inns & 30 runs	-	-	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
28	New Zealand	inns & 25 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
29	Pakistan	inns & 20 runs	-	-	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
30	Pakistan	inns & 18 runs	-	-	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
31	England	inns & 14 runs	-	-	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
32	West Indies	inns & 10 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
33	Australia	inns & 9 runs	-	-	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
34	Australia	inns & 4 runs	-	-	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
35	Pakistan	inns & 3 runs	-	-	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936

Showing 35 records

By runs

Rank	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	West Indies	408 runs	574	50.0	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
🥈 2	West Indies	298 runs	523	91.2	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
🥉 3	Australia	286 runs	543	73.5	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
4	West Indies	285 runs	400	57.1	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
5	India	279 runs	408	63.3	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
6	India	255 runs	416	41.2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
7	West Indies	240 runs	411	79.1	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
8	West Indies	217 runs	431	81.5	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
9	Australia	210 runs	402	55.2	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
10	Pakistan	204 runs	354	47.1	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
11	West Indies	191 runs	365	50.5	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
12	England	189 runs	460	110.1	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
13	Pakistan	186 runs	240	25.3	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
14	Australia	173 runs	522	141.4	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
15	West Indies	172 runs	375	69.4	v England	The Oval	9 Aug 1984	Test # 993
15	India	172 runs	337	78.4	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
17	West Indies	169 runs	404	63.0	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
18	England	165 runs	511	129.0	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
18	New Zealand	165 runs	263	27.3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
20	West Indies	156 runs	302	50.4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	8 Dec 1980	Test # 888
21	Sri Lanka	149 runs	348	66.2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
22	India	138 runs	241	26.2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
22	West Indies	138 runs	242	47.1	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
24	New Zealand	136 runs	282	49.4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
25	West Indies	134 runs	442	86.5	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
26	England	127 runs	347	69.2	v New Zealand	Lord's	11 Aug 1983	Test # 959
27	England	113 runs	313	56.4	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
28	England	103 runs	506	135.5	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
29	New Zealand	62 runs	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
30	India	59 runs	143	48.4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
31	Australia	58 runs	220	74.1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
32	Australia	55 runs	320	114.0	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
33	England	29 runs	151	67.0	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
34	England	18 runs	130	36.1	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
35	Pakistan	16 runs	221	93.5	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
36	England	3 runs	292	96.1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943

Showing 36 records

By wickets

Additional Information

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