Prudential World Cup 1979
Group A: England vs Canada | England won by 8 wickets
| Toss | Canada, who chose to bat | Tournament | Prudential World Cup 1979 |
| Umpires
|
JG Langridge and BJ Meyer | Match Date | 13, 14 Jun 1979 |
| Match Referee | Ground | Old Trafford, | |
| Player of Match | Chris Old (England) |
Canada Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Chappell | lbw Ian Botham | 5 | 36 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 16.13 |
| 2 | Glenroy Sealy | c Ian Botham b Mike Hendrick | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 3 | Franklyn Dennis | Did not bat | 21 | 116 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 21.21 |
| 4 | Tariq Javed | lbw Chris Old | 4 | 46 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| 5 | John Vaughan | b Chris Old | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| 6 | Cecil Marshall | b Chris Old | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| 7 | Bryan Mauricette * | b Bob Willis | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Martin Stead | b Chris Old | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Jitendra Patel | b Bob Willis | 1 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 |
| 10 | Robert Callender | b Bob Willis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 11 | John Valentine | not out | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 |
| Extra | lb 4, nb 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 40.3 overs; | 45 | 1.11 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-5 ( Glenroy Sealy, 0.0 ) ; 2-13 ( Christopher Chappell, 0.0 ) ; 3-25 ( Tariq Javed, 0.0 ) ; 4-29 ( John Vaughan, 0.0 ) ; 5-37 ( Cecil Marshall, 0.0 ) ; 6-38 ( Bryan Mauricette, 0.0 ) ; 7-41 ( Martin Stead, 0.0 ) ; 8-41 ( Franklyn Dennis, 0.0 ) ; 9-42 ( Robert Callender, 0.0 ) ; 10-45 ( Jitendra Patel, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 10.3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 8.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 9.0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Boycott | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Old | 10.0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
England Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Brearley * | lbw John Valentine | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Geoff Boycott | not out | 14 | 58 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 38.89 |
| 3 | Derek Randall | b Robert Callender | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| 4 | Graham Gooch | not out | 21 | 27 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 67.74 |
| 5 | David Gower | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ian Botham | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Geoff Miller | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Bob Taylor † | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Chris Old | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Bob Willis | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Mike Hendrick | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | w 3, nb 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 2 wickets; 13.5 overs; | 46 | 3.33 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-3 ( Mike Brearley, 0.0 ) ; 2-11 ( Derek Randall, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Valentine | 7.0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Callender | 6.0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Stead | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

