Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1978 in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	47 runs	493	141.4x8	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
New Zealand	72 runs	137	27.3x8	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
Australia	103 runs	283	67.0x8	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
England	166 runs	328	46.1x8	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
England	174 runs	280	27.0x8	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
West Indies	198 runs	293	43.4	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	3 wickets	359	101.0	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
England	7 wickets	138	52.3	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
England	7 wickets	118	30.5	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
England	7 wickets	170	53.5x8	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
Pakistan	8 wickets	126	20.4	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
Pakistan	8 wickets	164	24.5	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
West Indies	9 wickets	141	36.5	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v West Indies at Eden Gardens, 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 839]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 838]

India v West Indies at Bengaluru, 2nd Test, Dec 15-20, 1978 [Test # 837]