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1979 Cricket World Cup
1979 season
England vs New Zealand - 1st Semi-final
Wednesday June 20, 1979 (60-over match)

England reached into final

Venue : Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first
Result : England won by 9 runs


England innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Mike Brearley c Lees b Coney
53 
115 
3 
0
46.09 
»
 Geoff Boycott c Howarth b Hadlee
2 
14 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Wayne Larkins c Coney b McKechnie
7 
37 
0 
0
18.92 
»
 Graham Gooch b McKechnie
71 
84 
1 
3
84.52 
»
 David Gower run out
1 
1 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Sir Ian Botham lbw b Cairns
21 
30 
2 
0
70.00 
»
 Derek Randall Not Out
42 
50 
1 
1
84.00 
»
 Chris Old c Lees b Troup
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bob Taylor run out
12 
25 
1 
0
48.00 
»
 Bob Willis Not Out
1 
2 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras LB 8, W 3
11
Total : (8 wickets in 60.0 overs)
221
 RR : 3.68

did not bat: Mike Hendrick

Fall of wickets : 1-13 (Boycott), 2-38 (Larkins), 3-96 (Brearley), 4-98 (Gower), 5-145 (Botham), 6-177 (Gooch), 7-178 (Old), 8-219 (Taylor)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Sir Richard Hadlee
12
4 
32 
1
2.67
0
0
»
 Gary Troup
12
1 
38 
1
3.17
0
0
»
 Lance Cairns
12
2 
47 
1
3.92
0
0
»
 Jeremy Coney
12
0 
47 
1
3.92
0
0
»
 Brian McKechnie
12
1 
46 
2
3.83
0
0

New Zealand innings
(Target: 222 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 John Wright run out
69 
137 
9 
0
50.36 
»
 Bruce Edgar lbw b Old
17 
38 
1 
0
44.74 
»
 Geoff Howarth lbw b Boycott
7 
12 
1 
0
58.33 
»
 Jeremy Coney lbw b Hendrick
11 
39 
0 
0
28.21 
»
 Glenn Turner lbw b Willis
30 
51 
2 
0
58.82 
»
 Mark Burgess run out
10 
13 
0 
0
76.92 
»
 Sir Richard Hadlee b Botham
15 
32 
0 
0
46.88 
»
 Warren Lees b Hendrick
23 
20 
0 
1
115.00 
»
 Lance Cairns c Brearley b Hendrick
14 
6 
1 
1
233.33 
»
 Brian McKechnie Not Out
4 
9 
0 
0
44.44 
»
 Gary Troup Not Out
3 
3 
0 
0
100.00 
Extras B 5, W 4
9
Total : (9 wickets in 60.0 overs)
212
 RR : 3.53

Fall of wickets : 1-47 (Edgar), 2-58 (Howarth), 3-104 (Coney), 4-112 (Wright), 5-132 (Burgess), 6-162 (Turner), 7-180 (Hadlee), 8-195 (Cairns), 9-208 (Lees)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Sir Ian Botham
12
3 
42 
1
3.50
0
0
»
 Mike Hendrick
12
0 
55 
3
4.58
0
0
»
 Chris Old
12
3 
33 
1
2.75
0
0
»
 Geoff Boycott
9
1 
24 
1
2.67
0
0
»
 Graham Gooch
3
1 
8 
0
2.67
0
0
»
 Bob Willis
12
1 
41 
1
3.42
0
0

Match details
Debuts: W Larkins (England)
Man of the Match: GA Gooch (England)
Umpires : JG Langridge and KE Palmer

Teams:
England Mike Brearley (Capt.), Geoff Boycott, Wayne Larkins, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Sir Ian Botham, Derek Randall, Chris Old, Bob Taylor (wk), Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick
New Zealand John Wright, Bruce Edgar, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Glenn Turner, Mark Burgess (Capt.), Sir Richard Hadlee, Warren Lees (wk), Lance Cairns, Brian McKechnie, Gary Troup
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