Test matches

1979 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

By runs

RankWinnerMarginTargetOversOppositionGroundMatch DateScorecard
🥇 1
Pakistan71 runs38292.4x8v AustraliaMelbourne10 Mar 1979Test # 849
🥈 2
England93 runs20549.2x8v AustraliaSydney6 Jan 1979Test # 840
🥉 3
Pakistan128 runs30556.0x8v New ZealandChristchurch2 Feb 1979Test # 844
4
India131 runs32251.4v PakistanWankhede16 Dec 1979Test # 865
5
Australia138 runs35490.2v EnglandW.A.C.A14 Dec 1979Test # 864
6
India153 runs27960.2v AustraliaKanpur2 Oct 1979Test # 857
7
England205 runs36667.0x8v AustraliaAdelaide27 Jan 1979Test # 843

By wickets

RankWinnerMarginTargetOversOppositionGroundMatch DateScorecard
🥇 1
India3 wickets12546.2v West IndiesChennai12 Jan 1979Test # 841
🥈 2
Australia7 wickets23648.1x8v PakistanW.A.C.A24 Mar 1979Test # 850
🥉 3
England9 wickets3410.2x8v AustraliaSydney10 Feb 1979Test # 846
4
West Indies10 wickets197.2v AustraliaMelbourne29 Dec 1979Test # 867

Additional Information

Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures