Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records for Australia vs England in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	2 runs	282	64.3	v Australia	Birmingham	4 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
Australia	3 runs	124	49.4	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1902	Test # 73
England	3 runs	292	96.1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
Australia	6 runs	214	111.1x4	v England	Sydney	20 Feb 1885	Test # 19
Australia	7 runs	85	55.0x4	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
England	10 runs	177	68.0	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1894	Test # 42
Australia	11 runs	375	111.2x8	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
England	12 runs	349	151.5	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
England	12 runs	175	46.4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
England	13 runs	111	107.0x4	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
England	14 runs	311	110.5	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013	Test # 2090
England	18 runs	130	36.1	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
England	19 runs	124	32.1	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
Australia	28 runs	179	63.7x8	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
England	29 runs	151	67.0	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
Australia	32 runs	211	65.3	v England	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
England	38 runs	223	53.4x8	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
Australia	43 runs	371	81.3	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 2023	Test # 2508
Australia	45 runs	154	66.1x4	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
Australia	45 runs	463	112.4x8	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
Australia	49 runs	279	105.1	v England	Sydney	21 Feb 1908	Test # 100
England	49 runs	384	94.4	v Australia	The Oval	27 Jul 2023	Test # 2515
Australia	54 runs	213	82.2	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1892	Test # 35
Australia	54 runs	256	71.4	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
Australia	55 runs	320	114.0	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Australia	61 runs	124	47.0x4	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
England	62 runs	223	62.6x8	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
England	66 runs	111	26.0x5	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
England	69 runs	153	69.2x4	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1883	Test # 12
England	70 runs	363	102.1	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1912	Test # 120
Australia	70 runs	193	38.0x8	v England	Brisbane	1 Dec 1950	Test # 327
England	71 runs	222	110.0x4	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	Test # 26
Australia	72 runs	229	66.2	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
England	74 runs	299	68.3	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	9 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
Australia	81 runs	372	106.3x8	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
England	89 runs	342	85.2	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jun 1972	Test # 698
England	93 runs	429	139.2	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930	Test # 194
England	93 runs	205	49.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
England	94 runs	428	136.1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894	Test # 43
Australia	98 runs	287	66.1	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1439
Australia	103 runs	283	67.0x8	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
England	103 runs	506	135.5	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
England	106 runs	263	61.1	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995	Test # 1284
Australia	111 runs	251	55.1	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1932	Test # 221
England	115 runs	522	107.0	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
Australia	119 runs	490	106.2	v England	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
Australia	120 runs	354	84.2	v England	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
England	126 runs	209	69.2x4	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
Australia	126 runs	214	37.5	v England	Leeds	1 Jul 1909	Test # 103
England	128 runs	240	31.3x8	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
England	135 runs	399	77.0	v Australia	The Oval	12 Sep 2019	Test # 2362
Australia	138 runs	354	90.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Australia	143 runs	339	60.5	v England	Sheffield	3 Jul 1902	Test # 72
Australia	146 runs	438	123.2	v England	Sydney	15 Dec 1911	Test # 116
Australia	146 runs	271	38.5	v England	Hobart	14 Jan 2022	Test # 2449
Australia	148 runs	392	74.0x8	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937	Test # 258
Australia	150 runs	504	103.2	v England	Perth	13 Dec 2013	Test # 2107
England	157 runs	329	72.5	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1904	Test # 81
Australia	159 runs	413	110.0	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1968	Test # 637
England	161 runs	391	81.1	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1993	Test # 1231
Australia	163 runs	405	75.0x8	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
Australia	166 runs	333	56.5x8	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
England	166 runs	328	46.1x8	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
England	169 runs	412	70.3	v Australia	Cardiff	8 Jul 2015	Test # 2170
Australia	171 runs	400	79.5x8	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1975	Test # 751
Australia	179 runs	512	120.2	v England	Manchester	3 Jun 1993	Test # 1223
Australia	184 runs	508	137.2	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1275
England	185 runs	297	29.4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
Australia	185 runs	372	99.2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
Australia	185 runs	383	91.3	v England	Manchester	4 Sep 2019	Test # 2360
Australia	193 runs	605	96.7x8	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
England	197 runs	546	102.2	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931
England	205 runs	366	67.0x8	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
Australia	205 runs	443	89.0	v England	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998	Test # 1434
Australia	206 runs	557	122.2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
Australia	210 runs	402	55.2	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
England	213 runs	402	72.4	v Australia	Nottingham	29 May 1905	Test # 83
Australia	216 runs	495	117.1	v England	Adelaide	15 Jan 1904	Test # 80
Australia	218 runs	320	22.5	v England	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
Australia	218 runs	531	101.4	v England	Adelaide	5 Dec 2013	Test # 2105
Australia	219 runs	422	52.2	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1921	Test # 142
England	225 runs	452	54.0	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
England	226 runs	352	83.3	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
Australia	229 runs	405	79.5	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
Australia	238 runs	380	107.4	v England	Nottingham	8 Jun 1934	Test # 233
Australia	239 runs	420	58.1	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
England	244 runs	310	22.4	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
Australia	245 runs	429	63.4	v England	Adelaide	10 Jan 1908	Test # 98
Australia	251 runs	398	52.3	v England	Birmingham	1 Aug 2019	Test # 2353
Australia	264 runs	451	48.5	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
Australia	267 runs	391	37.0	v England	Perth	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1984
Australia	268 runs	469	73.4	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
Australia	274 runs	503	78.6x8	v England	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
Australia	275 runs	468	113.1	v England	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
Australia	277 runs	648	100.1	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
Australia	281 runs	448	31.4	v England	Sydney	3 Jan 2014	Test # 2113
England	289 runs	415	52.3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
Australia	295 runs	388	42.5	v England	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994	Test # 1279
England	299 runs	416	56.5x8	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1971	Test # 676
Australia	307 runs	454	44.4x8	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
Australia	308 runs	495	68.1	v England	Melbourne	7 Feb 1908	Test # 99
England	322 runs	381	12.3x8	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1936	Test # 255
Australia	329 runs	453	41.0	v England	Perth	3 Feb 1995	Test # 1287
England	338 runs	532	69.2	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933	Test # 222
England	347 runs	583	90.3	v Australia	Lord's	18 Jul 2013	Test # 2091
Australia	365 runs	689	78.6x8	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937	Test # 257
Australia	377 runs	659	102.5	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
Australia	381 runs	561	81.1	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
Australia	382 runs	526	67.1	v England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895	Test # 44
Australia	384 runs	464	28.2	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
Australia	405 runs	509	37.0	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
Australia	409 runs	596	78.1	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
Australia	562 runs	708	63.3	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
England	675 runs	742	25.3	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	1 wicket	263	66.5	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1902	Test # 74
England	1 wicket	282	121.4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908	Test # 97
England	1 wicket	359	125.4	v Australia	Leeds	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2357
England	2 wickets	95	51.0x5	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1890	Test # 34
Australia	2 wickets	274	98.3	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1907	Test # 96
Australia	2 wickets	281	92.3	v England	Birmingham	16 Jun 2023	Test # 2507
Australia	3 wickets	125	84.3x5	v England	Manchester	16 Jul 1896	Test # 51
England	3 wickets	332	159.5	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
England	3 wickets	129	31.5	v Australia	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
England	3 wickets	251	50.0	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 2023	Test # 2509
England	4 wickets	121	52.1x4	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
Australia	4 wickets	199	163.1x4	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1883	Test # 13
England	4 wickets	106	77.2x4	v Australia	Manchester	5 Jul 1886	Test # 22
Australia	4 wickets	315	134.0	v England	Adelaide	17 Jan 1902	Test # 67
Australia	4 wickets	132	54.1	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Australia	4 wickets	127	46.0	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
England	5 wickets	57	33.3x4	v Australia	The Oval	6 Sep 1880	Test # 4
Australia	5 wickets	169	107.1x4	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
England	5 wickets	194	95.5	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903	Test # 78
Australia	5 wickets	286	134.1	v England	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
Australia	5 wickets	105	32.3	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
Australia	5 wickets	214	52.2x8	v England	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
England	5 wickets	94	30.4x8	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
Australia	5 wickets	69	20.5	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
Australia	5 wickets	242	92.2	v England	The Oval	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
England	5 wickets	123	38.4	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
Australia	5 wickets	107	23.1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
Australia	6 wickets	61	49.3x4	v England	Sydney	3 Mar 1882	Test # 7
England	6 wickets	297	88.1	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Mar 1895	Test # 46
England	6 wickets	109	47.1x5	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
Australia	6 wickets	275	62.4	v England	Sydney	26 Feb 1898	Test # 57
England	6 wickets	160	79.4	v Australia	Brisbane	10 Feb 1933	Test # 223
Australia	6 wickets	216	85.3	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Australia	6 wickets	118	40.2	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
England	6 wickets	315	73.2	v Australia	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
Australia	6 wickets	168	32.5	v England	Adelaide	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
England	7 wickets	136	75.0x5	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 1890	Test # 33
Australia	7 wickets	118	36.3	v England	Sydney	14 Feb 1902	Test # 68
England	7 wickets	109	42.2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912	Test # 118
Australia	7 wickets	72	28.2	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1930	Test # 195
Australia	7 wickets	404	114.1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
England	7 wickets	234	64.2x8	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
Australia	7 wickets	109	57.0	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1964	Test # 563
England	7 wickets	189	81.2	v Australia	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977	Test # 806
England	7 wickets	170	53.5x8	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
Australia	7 wickets	188	60.5	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
England	7 wickets	75	22.3	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Australia	7 wickets	64	23.0	v England	Perth	28 Nov 1998	Test # 1431
Australia	7 wickets	158	29.2	v England	Nottingham	2 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
England	8 wickets	66	31.0x4	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1884	Test # 17
Australia	8 wickets	38	24.3x4	v England	Sydney	14 Mar 1885	Test # 20
Australia	8 wickets	115	39.4	v England	Melbourne	29 Jan 1898	Test # 56
England	8 wickets	219	67.1	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
Australia	8 wickets	211	64.2	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
Australia	8 wickets	129	30.3	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
England	8 wickets	15	7.0	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
England	8 wickets	164	71.2	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1933	Test # 224
Australia	8 wickets	98	28.3	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
England	8 wickets	95	29.6x8	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
England	8 wickets	132	63.5	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
Australia	8 wickets	147	51.7x8	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
Australia	8 wickets	39	17.1x8	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
England	8 wickets	59	23.0	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
Australia	8 wickets	65	12.2x8	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
Australia	8 wickets	81	26.5	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
Australia	8 wickets	103	38.4	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
Australia	8 wickets	83	23.5	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
Australia	8 wickets	197	86.0	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
Australia	8 wickets	120	43.3	v England	Birmingham	5 Aug 1993	Test # 1230
Australia	8 wickets	14	3.1	v England	Lord's	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1552
Australia	8 wickets	231	51.5	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
England	8 wickets	121	32.1	v Australia	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015	Test # 2173
Australia	9 wickets	56	53.1x4	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882	Test # 10
England	9 wickets	95	28.0	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1897	Test # 53
Australia	9 wickets	41	15.4	v England	Lord's	14 Jun 1909	Test # 102
Australia	9 wickets	93	34.2	v England	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
Australia	9 wickets	69	12.7x8	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
England	9 wickets	20	10.0	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
Australia	9 wickets	21	3.7x8	v England	Perth	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
England	9 wickets	79	29.1	v Australia	Manchester	7 Jul 1977	Test # 805
England	9 wickets	34	10.2x8	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
Australia	9 wickets	78	32.5	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
Australia	9 wickets	120	31.2	v England	Perth	1 Feb 1991	Test # 1163
England	9 wickets	118	21.3	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
Australia	9 wickets	20	5.1	v England	Brisbane	8 Dec 2021	Test # 2440
Australia	10 wickets	18	2.3x4	v England	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
England	10 wickets	5	1.1x4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885	Test # 18
Australia	10 wickets	26	11.0x5	v England	Lord's	15 Jun 1899	Test # 61
England	10 wickets	105	32.2	v Australia	Birmingham	27 May 1909	Test # 101
Australia	10 wickets	28	6.1	v England	Nottingham	28 May 1921	Test # 140
England	10 wickets	1	0.1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Dec 1932	Test # 220
Australia	10 wickets	35	10.3x8	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
Australia	10 wickets	157	46.0	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1155
Australia	10 wickets	46	10.5	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1826
Australia	10 wickets	170	50.0	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282

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