1979 Cricket World Cup Home | Squads | Statistics
Scores Upcoming Results
ODI No. 70

1979 Cricket World Cup
1979 season
Australia vs Canada - 11th Match, Group A
Saturday June 16, 1979 (60-over match)
Venue : Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Australia won by 7 wickets (with 34 overs remaining)


Canada innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Glenroy Sealy c Porter b Dymock
25 
30 
4 
0
83.33 
»
 Christopher Chappell lbw b Hurst
19 
42 
2 
0
45.24 
»
 Franklyn Dennis lbw b Hurst
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Tariq Javed c Wright b Porter
8 
30 
1 
0
26.67 
»
 Charles Baksh b Hurst
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 John Vaughan b Porter
29 
43 
4 
0
67.44 
»
 Bryan Mauricette c Hilditch b Cosier
5 
22 
0 
0
22.73 
»
 Jitendra Patel b Cosier
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Robert Callender c Wright b Hurst
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Cornelius Henry c Hughes b Hurst
5 
11 
1 
0
45.45 
»
 John Valentine Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 5, W 1, N 1
11
Total : (all out in 33.2 overs)
105
 RR : 3.15

Fall of wickets : 1-44 (Sealy), 2-50 (Dennis), 3-51 (Chappell), 4-51 (Baksh), 5-78 (Tariq Javed), 6-97 (Vaughan), 7-97 (Mauricette), 8-98 (Callender), 9-104 (Henry), 10-105 (Patel)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Rodney Hogg
2
0 
26 
0
13.00
0
0
»
 Alan Hurst
10
3 
21 
5
2.10
0
0
»
 Geoff Dymock
8
2 
17 
1
2.13
0
0
»
 Graeme Porter
6
2 
13 
2
2.17
0
0
»
 Gary Cosier
7
 .2
2 
17 
2
2.32
0
0

Australia innings
(Target: 106 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Hilditch c Valentine b Henry
24 
30 
3 
0
80.00 
»
 Rick Darling lbw b Valentine
13 
16 
2 
0
81.25 
»
 Allan Border b Henry
25 
53 
4 
0
47.17 
»
 Kim Hughes Not Out
27 
40 
2 
0
67.50 
»
 Graham Yallop Not Out
13 
20 
0 
0
65.00 
Extras LB 1, N 3
4
Total : (3 wickets in 26.0 overs)
106
 RR : 4.08

did not bat: Gary Cosier, Kevin Wright, Graeme Porter, Rodney Hogg, Geoff Dymock, Alan Hurst

Fall of wickets : 1-23 (Darling), 2-53 (Hilditch), 3-72 (Border)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 John Valentine
3
0 
28 
1
9.33
0
0
»
 Robert Callender
3
0 
12 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Cornelius Henry
10
0 
27 
2
2.70
0
0
»
 John Vaughan
6
0 
15 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Jitendra Patel
4
0 
20 
0
5.00
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 4, Canada 0
Debuts: S Baksh (Canada)
Man of the Match: AG Hurst (Australia)
Umpires : DJ Constant and JG Langridge

Teams:
Australia Andrew Hilditch, Rick Darling, Allan Border, Kim Hughes (Capt.), Graham Yallop, Gary Cosier, Kevin Wright (wk), Graeme Porter, Rodney Hogg, Geoff Dymock, Alan Hurst
Canada Glenroy Sealy, Christopher Chappell, Franklyn Dennis, Tariq Javed, Charles Baksh, John Vaughan, Bryan Mauricette (Capt. & wk), Jitendra Patel, Robert Callender, Cornelius Henry, John Valentine
Scores Upcoming Results
Latest News
Bangladesh secure historic first Test win over Pakistan [+]
Bangladesh beat Pakistan for the first time in Test cricket by completing a 10-wicket win in Rawalpindi
Wood takes five as England win third Test [+]
Captain Ben Stokes scores 24-ball fifty seals 10-wicket thrashing as England wrapped up a 3-0 series
Tucker and McBrine steer Irish to win over Zimbabwe [+]
A record 84-run stand between Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine helped Ireland to a four-wicket Test victory over Zimbabwe at Stormont.
England dismantle Windies to win Test and series [+]
England surged to a series win by blowing away West Indies in a single session on the fourth day of the second Test at Trent Bridge.
Rohit to lead India in ODI series against Sri Lanka [+]
Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul made comebacks in the ODI squad for upcoming series against Sri Lanka.
Mukesh, Samson shine as India to secure T20I Series [+]
India beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs as India has won the series 4-1.
England complete innings win in emotional final day [+]
James Anderson bows out with 704 as Gus Atkinson takes 12 to rout West Indies.
England close in on innings win as West Indies fail again [+]
Anderson, Atkinson and Stokes share six wickets after England build big lead.
Atkinson seven puts England on top against Windies [+]
Anderson nipped in to have last man Jayden Seales lbw, leaving West Indies 121 all out.
Smith, Pennington win first England Test call-ups [+]
No place for Foakes or Bairstow with Smith set to make Test debut as wicketkeeper.

Top