Prudential World Cup 1979

Group B: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka  |  New Zealand won by 9 wickets

Match Details
Toss New Zealand, who chose to field Tournament Prudential World Cup 1979
Umpires
WL Budd and KE Palmer Match Date 09 Jun 1979
Match Referee Ground Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Player of Match Geoff Howarth (New Zealand)    

Sri Lanka Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Bandula Warnapura c & b Brian McKechnie 20 0 58 2 0 34.48
2 Sunil Wettimuny b Lance Cairns 16 0 20 1 0 80.00
3 Anura Tennekoon * b Warren Stott 59 0 96 6 0 61.46
4 Roy Dias c & b Warren Stott 25 0 46 2 0 54.35
5 Duleep Mendis c Glenn Turner b Gary Troup 14 0 27 2 0 51.85
6 Somachandra de Silva c Mark Burgess b Warren Stott 6 0 24 0 0 25.00
7 Sunil Jayasinghe † run out 1 0 3 0 0 33.33
8 Sudath Pasqual b Sir Richard Hadlee 1 0 2 0 0 50.00
9 Tony Opatha b Brian McKechnie 18 0 27 2 0 66.67
10 Stanley de Silva c John Wright b Brian McKechnie 10 0 35 0 0 28.57
11 Ajit de Silva not out 2 0 11 0 0 18.18
Extra lb 13, w 2, nb 2 17
Total 10 wickets; 56.5 overs; 189 3.33 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-26 ( Sunil Wettimuny, 0.0 ) ;   2-57 ( Bandula Warnapura, 0.0 ) ;   3-107 ( Roy Dias, 0.0 ) ;   4-137 ( Duleep Mendis, 0.0 ) ;   5-149 ( Somachandra de Silva, 0.0 ) ;   6-150 ( Sunil Jayasinghe, 0.0 ) ;   7-150 ( Anura Tennekoon, 0.0 ) ;   8-154 ( Sudath Pasqual, 0.0 ) ;   9-178 ( Stanley de Silva, 0.0 ) ;   10-189 ( Tony Opatha, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Sir Richard Hadlee 12.0 3 24 1 0 0
Gary Troup 10.0 0 30 1 0 0
Lance Cairns 12.0 1 45 1 0 0
Brian McKechnie 10.5 2 25 3 0 0
Warren Stott 12.0 1 48 3 0 0

New Zealand Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Glenn Turner not out 83 0 143 4 0 58.04
2 John Wright c Anura Tennekoon b Ajit de Silva 34 0 69 6 0 49.28
3 Geoff Howarth not out 63 0 75 8 1 84.00
4 Jeremy Coney Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
5 Mark Burgess * Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
6 Warren Lees † Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
7 Brian McKechnie Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lance Cairns Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sir Richard Hadlee Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Warren Stott Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Gary Troup Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 7, w 2, nb 1 10
Total 1 wickets; 47.4 overs; 190 3.99 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-64 ( John Wright, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Tony Opatha 7.0 1 31 0 0 0
Stanley de Silva 8.0 2 18 0 0 0
Bandula Warnapura 7.0 0 30 0 0 0
Somachandra de Silva 9.0 0 42 0 0 0
Ajit de Silva 12.0 1 39 1 0 0
Sudath Pasqual 4.4 0 20 0 0 0