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Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	71 runs	183	57.4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
England	92 runs	244	87.4	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
Australia	96 runs	337	107.0x8	v South Africa	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
England	131 runs	204	33.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
England	312 runs	385	50.1x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	4 wickets	163	62.1	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
Australia	5 wickets	336	123.6x8	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
Australia	8 wickets	68	12.4x8	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
England	9 wickets	139	51.3	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
England	10 wickets	16	3.5	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
Australia	10 wickets	1	0.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449

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Performances in matches that overlap decades 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 Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]