Test matches

1979 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	India	644/7d	189.4	3.39	1	v West Indies	Kanpur	draw	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
🥈 2	England	633/5d	165.2	3.82	1	v India	Birmingham	won	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
🥉 3	India	566/8d	142.2	3.97	1	v West Indies	Delhi	draw	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
4	India	510/7d	144.2	3.53	1	v Australia	Delhi	draw	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
5	India	458/8d	149.0	3.07	1	v Australia	Wankhede	won	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
6	India	457/5d	144.0	3.17	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	draw	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
7	West Indies	452/8	148.1	3.05	2	v India	Kanpur	draw	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
8	Australia	448/6d	166.0	2.69	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	draw	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
9	Australia	442	153.0	2.88	1	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
10	West Indies	441	132.1	3.33	2	v Australia	Brisbane	draw	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
11	Pakistan	431/9d	149.3	2.88	1	v India	Bengaluru	draw	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
12	India	429/8	150.5	2.84	4	v England	The Oval	draw	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
13	India	425	130.3	3.25	2	v Australia	Chennai	draw	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
14	England	419/9d	129.5	3.22	2	v India	Lord's	draw	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
15	India	416	164.4	2.52	2	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	draw	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
16	Australia	413	151.3	2.72	3	v India	Delhi	draw	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
17	New Zealand	402	101.3x8	2.97	2	v Pakistan	Napier	draw	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
18	West Indies	397	112.4	3.52	2	v Australia	Melbourne	won	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
19	Australia	390	143.4	2.71	1	v India	Chennai	draw	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
20	India	364/6	131.0	2.77	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	draw	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
21	Pakistan	360	104.5x8	2.58	1	v New Zealand	Napier	draw	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
21	England	360	142.6x8	1.89	3	v Australia	Adelaide	won	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
23	Pakistan	359	103.0x8	2.61	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
24	Pakistan	353/9d	81.5x8	3.24	3	v Australia	Melbourne	won	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
25	India	347	125.4	2.76	2	v Australia	Eden Gardens	draw	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
26	England	346	146.6x8	1.76	3	v Australia	Sydney	won	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
27	Australia	337	141.5	2.37	3	v England	W.A.C.A	won	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
28	India	334	114.1	2.92	1	v Pakistan	Wankhede	won	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
29	England	334/8d	116.5	2.85	3	v India	The Oval	draw	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
30	Australia	333	114.5	2.89	1	v India	Bengaluru	draw	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
31	Australia	327	95.6x8	2.56	2	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	won	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
32	Pakistan	323/6d	93.0x8	2.60	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
33	India	318/4	148.0	2.14	3	v England	Lord's	draw	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
34	India	311	111.4	2.78	3	v Australia	Kanpur	won	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
35	Australia	310	92.4x8	2.51	4	v Pakistan	Melbourne	lost	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
36	England	308	103.0x8	2.24	2	v Australia	Sydney	won	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
37	England	305	124.5	2.44	1	v India	The Oval	draw	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
38	Australia	304	109.3	2.77	2	v India	Kanpur	lost	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
39	Australia	298	106.3	2.79	2	v India	Delhi	draw	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
40	India	297	116.1	2.55	2	v England	Birmingham	lost	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
41	Australia	294	108.0x8	2.04	2	v England	Sydney	lost	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
42	New Zealand	290	88.4x8	2.45	2	v Pakistan	Christchurch	lost	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
43	Pakistan	285	85.7x8	2.48	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	lost	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
44	New Zealand	281/8d	91.2x8	2.30	3	v Pakistan	Auckland	draw	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
45	Pakistan	277	77.6x8	2.67	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	lost	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
46	Pakistan	273	91.5	2.97	1	v India	Delhi	draw	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
47	India	271	91.0	2.97	1	v Australia	Kanpur	won	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
47	Pakistan	271	92.6x8	2.19	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
49	England	270	80.5	3.34	1	v India	Leeds	draw	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
50	Australia	268	86.1	3.11	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	draw	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
51	Australia	259	86.4	2.98	3	v West Indies	Melbourne	lost	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
52	India	255	83.1	3.06	2	v West Indies	Chennai	won	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
53	New Zealand	254	55.7x8	3.40	1	v Pakistan	Auckland	draw	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
54	India	253	95.4	2.64	3	v England	Birmingham	lost	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
55	Pakistan	249	89.5	2.77	2	v India	Kanpur	draw	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
56	Australia	244	100.0	2.44	1	v England	W.A.C.A	won	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
57	Pakistan	242	80.5	2.99	3	v India	Delhi	draw	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
58	Australia	236/3	48.1x8	3.67	4	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	won	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
59	Pakistan	234/3d	86.0x8	2.04	3	v New Zealand	Napier	draw	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
60	West Indies	228	72.5	3.13	1	v India	Chennai	lost	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
60	England	228	91.1	2.50	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	lost	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
62	India	223/6	110.0	2.02	2	v England	Leeds	draw	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
63	England	215	90.2	2.38	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	lost	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
64	Australia	212/7	113.4	1.86	3	v India	Chennai	draw	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
65	India	202	79.3	2.54	2	v England	The Oval	draw	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
66	India	200/4	63.2	3.15	4	v Australia	Eden Gardens	draw	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
67	Australia	198	73.1	2.70	3	v India	Wankhede	lost	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
67	Australia	198	60.7x8	2.43	1	v England	Sydney	lost	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
69	Pakistan	196	61.7x8	2.37	1	v Australia	Melbourne	won	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
70	India	193/2	77.2	2.49	3	v Pakistan	Kanpur	draw	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
71	Pakistan	190	51.4	3.67	4	v India	Wankhede	lost	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
72	West Indies	179/3	58.0	3.08	3	v India	Delhi	draw	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
73	New Zealand	176	56.0x8	2.35	4	v Pakistan	Christchurch	lost	2 Feb 1979	Test # 844
74	Pakistan	173	68.3	2.52	2	v India	Wankhede	lost	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
75	West Indies	172	56.4	3.03	2	v India	Delhi	draw	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
76	England	169	40.4x8	3.12	1	v Australia	Adelaide	won	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
77	Australia	168	61.6x8	2.04	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	lost	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
78	Australia	164	53.4x8	2.29	2	v England	Adelaide	lost	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
79	India	162	68.4	2.35	1	v Pakistan	Kanpur	draw	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
80	Australia	160	61.5	2.58	2	v India	Wankhede	lost	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
80	India	160	69.5	2.29	3	v Pakistan	Wankhede	won	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
80	Australia	160	67.0x8	1.79	4	v England	Adelaide	lost	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
83	Australia	156	56.3	2.76	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	lost	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
84	England	152	52.6x8	2.16	1	v Australia	Sydney	won	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
85	West Indies	151	45.5	3.29	3	v India	Chennai	lost	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
86	Australia	151/6d	57.3	2.62	3	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
87	Australia	143	61.1x8	1.75	3	v England	Sydney	lost	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
88	India	126	41.5	3.01	2	v Pakistan	Delhi	draw	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
89	India	125/7	46.2	2.69	4	v West Indies	Chennai	won	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
90	Australia	125	60.2	2.07	4	v India	Kanpur	lost	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
91	Australia	111	49.2x8	1.69	4	v England	Sydney	lost	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
92	Pakistan	108/2	42.0	2.57	3	v India	Bengaluru	draw	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
93	India	96	55.5	1.71	1	v England	Lord's	draw	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
94	Australia	77/3	37.4	2.04	3	v India	Bengaluru	draw	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
95	West Indies	40/3	14.0	2.85	4	v Australia	Brisbane	draw	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
96	England	35/1	10.2x8	2.56	4	v Australia	Sydney	won	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
97	West Indies	22/0	7.2	3.00	4	v Australia	Melbourne	won	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
98	Pakistan	8/0	0.6x8	8.00	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848

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