Prudential World Cup 1979

Final: England vs West Indies  |  West Indies won by 92 runs

Match Details
Toss England, who chose to field Tournament Prudential World Cup 1979
Umpires
HD Bird and BJ Meyer Match Date 23 Jun 1979
Match Referee Ground Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, St John's Wood
Player of Match Viv Richards (West Indies)    

West Indies Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Gordon Greenidge run out Derek Randall 9 31 31 0 0 29.03
2 Desmond Haynes c Mike Hendrick b Chris Old 20 49 27 3 0 74.07
3 Viv Richards not out 138 207 157 11 3 87.90
4 Alvin Kallicharran b Mike Hendrick 4 19 17 0 0 23.53
5 Clive Lloyd * c & b Chris Old 13 42 33 2 0 39.39
6 Collis King c Derek Randall b Phil Edmonds 86 77 66 10 3 130.30
7 Deryck Murray † c David Gower b Phil Edmonds 5 12 9 1 0 55.56
8 Andy Roberts c Mike Brearley b Mike Hendrick 0 8 7 0 0 0.00
9 Joel Garner c Bob Taylor b Ian Botham 0 4 5 0 0 0.00
10 Michael Holding b Ian Botham 0 7 6 0 0 0.00
11 Colin Croft not out 0 6 2 0 0 0.00
Extra b 1, lb 10 11
Total 9 wickets; 60.0 overs; 286 4.77 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-22 ( Gordon Greenidge, 0.0 ) ;   2-36 ( Desmond Haynes, 0.0 ) ;   3-55 ( Alvin Kallicharran, 0.0 ) ;   4-99 ( Clive Lloyd, 0.0 ) ;   5-238 ( Collis King, 0.0 ) ;   6-252 ( Deryck Murray, 0.0 ) ;   7-258 ( Andy Roberts, 0.0 ) ;   8-260 ( Joel Garner, 0.0 ) ;   9-272 ( Michael Holding, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Ian Botham 12.0 2 44 2 0 0
Mike Hendrick 12.0 2 50 2 0 0
Chris Old 12.0 0 55 2 0 0
Geoff Boycott 6.0 0 38 0 0 0
Phil Edmonds 12.0 2 40 2 0 0
Graham Gooch 4.0 0 27 0 0 0
Wayne Larkins 2.0 0 21 0 0 0

England Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Mike Brearley * c Collis King b Michael Holding 64 130 130 7 0 49.23
2 Geoff Boycott c Alvin Kallicharran b Michael Holding 57 137 105 3 0 54.29
3 Derek Randall b Colin Croft 15 36 22 0 0 68.18
4 Graham Gooch b Joel Garner 32 31 28 4 0 114.29
5 David Gower b Joel Garner 0 6 4 0 0 0.00
6 Ian Botham c Viv Richards b Colin Croft 4 7 3 0 0 133.33
7 Wayne Larkins b Joel Garner 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
8 Phil Edmonds not out 5 14 8 0 0 62.50
9 Chris Old b Joel Garner 0 4 2 0 0 0.00
10 Bob Taylor † c Deryck Murray b Joel Garner 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
11 Mike Hendrick b Colin Croft 0 4 5 0 0 0.00
Extra lb 12, w 2, nb 3 17
Total 10 wickets; 51.0 overs; 194 3.8 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-129 ( Mike Brearley, 0.0 ) ;   2-135 ( Geoff Boycott, 0.0 ) ;   3-183 ( Graham Gooch, 0.0 ) ;   4-183 ( David Gower, 0.0 ) ;   5-186 ( Derek Randall, 0.0 ) ;   6-186 ( Wayne Larkins, 0.0 ) ;   7-192 ( Ian Botham, 0.0 ) ;   8-192 ( Chris Old, 0.0 ) ;   9-194 ( Bob Taylor, 0.0 ) ;   10-194 ( Mike Hendrick, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Andy Roberts 9.0 2 33 0 0 0
Michael Holding 8.0 1 16 2 0 0
Colin Croft 10.0 1 42 3 0 0
Joel Garner 11.0 0 38 5 0 0
Viv Richards 10.0 0 35 0 0 0
Collis King 3.0 0 13 0 0 0