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ODI No. 61

1979 Cricket World Cup
1979 season
India vs West Indies - 1st Match, Group B
Saturday June 09, 1979 (60-over match)
Venue : Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss : West Indies won the toss and elected to field first
Result : West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 8.3 overs remaining)


India innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sunil Gavaskar c Holding b Roberts
8 
7 
1 
0
114.29 
»
 Anshuman Gaekwad c King b Holding
11 
30 
2 
0
36.67 
»
 Dilip Vengsarkar c Kallicharran b Holding
7 
7 
1 
0
100.00 
»
 Gundappa Viswanath b Holding
75 
134 
7 
0
55.97 
»
 Brijesh Patel run out
15 
33 
2 
0
45.45 
»
 Mohinder Amarnath c Murray b Croft
8 
15 
1 
0
53.33 
»
 Kapil Dev b King
12 
12 
1 
0
100.00 
»
 Surinder Khanna c Haynes b Holding
0 
12 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Karsan Ghavri c Murray b Garner
12 
26 
2 
0
46.15 
»
 Srinivas Venkataraghavan Not Out
13 
30 
0 
0
43.33 
»
 Bishan Bedi c Lloyd b Roberts
13 
23 
1 
0
56.52 
Extras B 6, LB 3, W 3, N 4
16
Total : (all out in 53.1 overs)
190
 RR : 3.57

Fall of wickets : 1-10 (Gavaskar), 2-24 (Vengsarkar), 3-29 (Gaekwad), 4-56 (Patel), 5-77 (Amarnath), 6-112 (Kapil Dev), 7-119 (Khanna), 8-155 (Ghavri), 9-163 (Viswanath), 10-190 (Bedi)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Andy Roberts
9
 .1
0 
32 
2
3.49
0
0
»
 Michael Holding
12
2 
33 
4
2.75
0
0
»
 Joel Garner
12
1 
42 
1
3.50
0
0
»
 Colin Croft
10
1 
31 
1
3.10
0
0
»
 Collis King
10
1 
36 
1
3.60
0
0

West Indies innings
(Target: 191 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gordon Greenidge Not Out
106 
173 
9 
1
61.27 
»
 Desmond Haynes lbw b Kapil Dev
47 
99 
2 
1
47.47 
»
 Viv Richards Not Out
28 
44 
1 
1
63.64 
Extras LB 6, N 7
13
Total : (1 wickets in 51.3 overs)
194
 RR : 3.77

did not bat: Alvin Kallicharran, Clive Lloyd, Collis King, Deryck Murray, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft

Fall of wickets : 1-138 (Haynes)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kapil Dev
10
1 
46 
1
4.60
0
0
»
 Karsan Ghavri
10
2 
25 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Srinivas Venkataraghavan
12
3 
30 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Bishan Bedi
12
0 
45 
0
3.75
0
0
»
 Mohinder Amarnath
7
 .3
0 
35 
0
4.67
0
0

Match details
Points: West Indies 4, India 0
Debuts: SC Khanna (India)
Man of the Match: CG Greenidge (West Indies)
Umpires : DGL Evans and JG Langridge

Teams:
India Sunil Gavaskar, Anshuman Gaekwad, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Brijesh Patel, Mohinder Amarnath, Kapil Dev, Surinder Khanna (wk), Karsan Ghavri, Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Capt.), Bishan Bedi
West Indies Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Viv Richards, Alvin Kallicharran, Clive Lloyd (Capt.), Collis King, Deryck Murray (wk), Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft
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