Prudential World Cup 1979
Group A: Australia vs Canada | Australia won by 7 wickets
| Toss | Australia, who chose to field | Tournament | Prudential World Cup 1979 |
| Umpires
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DJ Constant and JG Langridge | Match Date | 16 Jun 1979 |
| Match Referee | Ground | Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
| Player of Match | Alan Hurst (Australia) |
Canada Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenroy Sealy | c Graeme Porter b Geoff Dymock | 25 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 83.33 |
| 2 | Christopher Chappell | lbw Alan Hurst | 19 | 54 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 45.24 |
| 3 | Franklyn Dennis | lbw Alan Hurst | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| 4 | Tariq Javed | c Kevin Wright b Graeme Porter | 8 | 38 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 26.67 |
| 5 | Charlie Baksh | b Alan Hurst | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 6 | John Vaughan | b Graeme Porter | 29 | 48 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 67.44 |
| 7 | Bryan Mauricette * | c Andrew Hilditch b Gary Cosier | 5 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.73 |
| 8 | Jitendra Patel | b Gary Cosier | 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 9 | Robert Callender | c Kevin Wright b Alan Hurst | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 10 | Cornelius Henry | c Kim Hughes b Alan Hurst | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| 11 | John Valentine | not out | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extra | b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 33.2 overs; | 105 | 3.15 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-44 ( Glenroy Sealy, 0.0 ) ; 2-50 ( Franklyn Dennis, 0.0 ) ; 3-51 ( Christopher Chappell, 0.0 ) ; 4-51 ( Charlie Baksh, 0.0 ) ; 5-78 ( Tariq Javed, 0.0 ) ; 6-97 ( John Vaughan, 0.0 ) ; 7-97 ( Bryan Mauricette, 0.0 ) ; 8-98 ( Robert Callender, 0.0 ) ; 9-104 ( Cornelius Henry, 0.0 ) ; 10-105 ( Jitendra Patel, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Hogg | 2.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Hurst | 10.0 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Dymock | 8.0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Porter | 6.0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Cosier | 7.2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Australia Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Hilditch | c John Valentine b Cornelius Henry | 24 | 49 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 2 | Rick Darling | lbw John Valentine | 13 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 81.25 |
| 3 | Allan Border | b Cornelius Henry | 25 | 53 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 47.17 |
| 4 | Kim Hughes * | not out | 27 | 48 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 67.50 |
| 5 | Graham Yallop | not out | 13 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 65.00 |
| 6 | Gary Cosier | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Kevin Wright † | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Graeme Porter | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Rodney Hogg | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Geoff Dymock | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Alan Hurst | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | lb 1, nb 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 3 wickets; 26.0 overs; | 106 | 4.08 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-23 ( Rick Darling, 0.0 ) ; 2-53 ( Andrew Hilditch, 0.0 ) ; 3-72 ( Allan Border, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Valentine | 3.0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Callender | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornelius Henry | 10.0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Vaughan | 6.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jitendra Patel | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

