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Test matches

Largest margin of victory (by an innings)

Winner	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	inns & 579 runs	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
Australia	inns & 360 runs	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
West Indies	inns & 336 runs	v India	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
Australia	inns & 332 runs	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
Pakistan	inns & 324 runs	v New Zealand	Lahore	1 May 2002	Test # 1600
West Indies	inns & 322 runs	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
West Indies	inns & 310 runs	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
New Zealand	inns & 294 runs	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
England	inns & 285 runs	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
England	inns & 283 runs	v West Indies	Leeds	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
Pakistan	inns & 264 runs	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
England	inns & 261 runs	v Bangladesh	Lord's	26 May 2005	Test # 1751
Australia	inns & 259 runs	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
Sri Lanka	inns & 254 runs	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
Sri Lanka	inns & 240 runs	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 May 2004	Test # 1698
India	inns & 239 runs	v Bangladesh	Dhaka (SBNS)	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
Sri Lanka	inns & 239 runs	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
England	inns & 237 runs	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
Sri Lanka	inns & 234 runs	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
England	inns & 230 runs	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Mar 1892	Test # 38
South Africa	inns & 229 runs	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
Australia	inns & 226 runs	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
West Indies	inns & 226 runs	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
England	inns & 225 runs	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
Australia	inns & 222 runs	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993	Test # 1236
India	inns & 219 runs	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998	Test # 1409
South Africa	inns & 219 runs	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
England	inns & 217 runs	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886	Test # 24
Australia	inns & 217 runs	v West Indies	Brisbane	16 Jan 1931	Test # 203
England	inns & 215 runs	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963	Test # 540
Sri Lanka	inns & 215 runs	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
England	inns & 209 runs	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
South Africa	inns & 208 runs	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
England	inns & 207 runs	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
South Africa	inns & 205 runs	v Bangladesh	Chittagong (CDS)	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
England	inns & 202 runs	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
Australia	inns & 200 runs	v England	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937	Test # 259

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v Australia at Bangalore, 1st Test, Oct 9-13, 2008 [Test # 1887]
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), 3rd Test, Aug 8-11, 2008 [Test # 1886]
England v South Africa at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 7-11, 2008 [Test # 1885]

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