Test matches

1981 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Australia	528	149.4	3.52	1	v India	Adelaide	draw	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
🥈 2	Australia	512/9d	152.0	3.36	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	won	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
🥉 3	Pakistan	500/8d	171.3	2.91	1	v Australia	Melbourne	won	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
4	India	487	160.1	3.04	2	v England	Delhi	draw	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
5	England	476/9d	156.4	3.03	1	v India	Delhi	draw	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
6	West Indies	468/9d	155.0	3.01	2	v England	St John's	draw	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
7	West Indies	442	163.1	2.70	2	v England	Kingston	draw	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
8	India	428	150.0	2.85	2	v England	Bengaluru	draw	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
9	West Indies	426/9d	147.0	2.89	1	v England	Port of Spain	won	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
10	Australia	424/8d	138.0	3.07	3	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	won	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
11	India	419	137.4	3.04	2	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
11	Australia	419	156.3	2.67	2	v India	Melbourne	lost	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
13	Australia	406	109.1	3.71	2	v India	Sydney	won	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
14	England	404	151.4	2.66	3	v Australia	Manchester	won	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
15	Australia	402	135.5	2.95	4	v England	Manchester	lost	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
16	Australia	401/9d	155.2	2.58	1	v England	Leeds	lost	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
17	England	400	158.0	2.53	1	v India	Bengaluru	draw	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
18	West Indies	379/7d	109.0	3.47	3	v England	Bridgetown	won	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
19	New Zealand	375	119.0	3.15	1	v India	Wellington	won	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
20	New Zealand	366	186.0	1.96	2	v India	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
21	England	356	87.3	4.06	3	v Australia	Leeds	won	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
22	Australia	352	132.0	2.66	1	v England	The Oval	draw	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
23	Australia	345	118.4	2.90	2	v England	Lord's	draw	2 Jul 1981	Test # 904
24	Australia	344/9d	104.2	3.29	3	v England	The Oval	draw	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
25	India	324	109.1	2.96	3	v Australia	Melbourne	won	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
26	England	314	110.4	2.83	2	v Australia	The Oval	draw	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
27	England	311	124.1	2.50	1	v Australia	Lord's	draw	2 Jul 1981	Test # 904
28	England	302/6d	128.0	2.35	3	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
29	Australia	293	134.1	2.18	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	lost	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
30	Pakistan	291	79.0	3.68	1	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
31	New Zealand	286/5	145.0	1.97	2	v India	Christchurch	draw	6 Mar 1981	Test # 898
32	England	285	83.0	3.43	1	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
33	India	284	120.5	2.35	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
34	England	271	90.2	3.00	1	v West Indies	St John's	draw	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
35	West Indies	265	90.1	2.93	1	v England	Bridgetown	won	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
36	England	265/8d	98.4	2.68	3	v Australia	Lord's	draw	2 Jul 1981	Test # 904
37	England	261/7	95.0	2.74	4	v Australia	The Oval	draw	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
38	Australia	258	86.5	2.97	2	v England	Birmingham	lost	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
39	Pakistan	256	73.5	3.46	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	lost	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
40	India	255	127.0	2.00	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	draw	6 Mar 1981	Test # 898
41	India	238	130.3	1.82	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
42	India	237	84.0	2.82	1	v Australia	Melbourne	won	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
43	England	234/3	93.0	2.51	3	v West Indies	St John's	draw	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
44	England	231	86.1	2.68	1	v Australia	Manchester	won	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
45	India	227	77.3	2.92	3	v England	Wankhede	won	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
46	England	224	91.2	2.45	4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
47	India	223	72.4	3.06	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
47	Pakistan	223	73.0	3.05	3	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
49	Australia	222	82.3	2.69	3	v West Indies	Melbourne	won	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
50	Australia	221/7d	90.0	2.45	3	v India	Adelaide	draw	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
51	England	219	92.0	2.38	3	v Australia	Birmingham	won	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
52	India	201	53.2	3.76	1	v Australia	Sydney	lost	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
52	India	201	62.0	3.24	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
52	West Indies	201	62.3	3.21	2	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
55	Australia	198	68.1	2.90	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	won	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
56	India	190	75.3	2.51	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
57	England	189	69.1	2.73	1	v Australia	Birmingham	won	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
58	England	185	56.4	3.26	1	v Australia	Nottingham	lost	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
59	Australia	180	83.4	2.15	1	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	won	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
60	India	179	57.0	3.14	1	v England	Wankhede	won	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
60	Australia	179	86.5	2.06	2	v England	Nottingham	won	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
62	England	178	78.0	2.28	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
63	England	174	50.5	3.42	2	v Australia	Leeds	won	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
64	England	174/3d	69.0	2.52	3	v India	Bengaluru	draw	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
65	England	169	99.0	1.70	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	lost	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
66	England	166	100.1	1.65	2	v India	Wankhede	lost	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
67	West Indies	161	74.1	2.17	4	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
68	India	135/8	75.0	1.80	4	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
69	Australia	132/6	54.1	2.43	4	v England	Nottingham	won	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
70	Australia	130	30.2	4.28	2	v England	Manchester	lost	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
71	England	125	38.4	3.23	3	v Australia	Nottingham	lost	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
71	Australia	125	72.1	1.73	3	v Pakistan	Melbourne	lost	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
73	England	122	47.5	2.55	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
74	Australia	121	67.0	1.80	4	v England	Birmingham	lost	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
75	Australia	111	36.1	3.06	4	v England	Leeds	lost	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
76	England	102	26.2	3.87	4	v India	Wankhede	lost	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
77	New Zealand	100	49.0	2.04	3	v India	Wellington	won	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
78	New Zealand	95/5	62.0	1.53	4	v India	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
79	Australia	90/4	48.5	1.84	4	v England	Lord's	draw	2 Jul 1981	Test # 904
80	Australia	83	48.4	1.70	4	v India	Melbourne	lost	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
81	England	68/0d	19.0	3.57	3	v India	Delhi	draw	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
82	Pakistan	62	21.2	2.90	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	lost	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
83	Australia	3/0	2.2	1.28	4	v Pakistan	Brisbane	won	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910

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