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ODI No. 74

1979 Cricket World Cup
1979 season
England vs West Indies - The Final
Saturday June 23, 1979 (60-over match)

West Indies won the 1979 Prudential World Cup

Venue : Lord's, London
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Result : West Indies won by 92 runs


West Indies innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gordon Greenidge run out
9 
31 
0 
0
29.03 
»
 Desmond Haynes c Hendrick b Old
20 
27 
3 
0
74.07 
»
 Viv Richards Not Out
138 
157 
11 
3
87.90 
»
 Alvin Kallicharran b Hendrick
4 
17 
0 
0
23.53 
»
 Clive Lloyd c & b Old
13 
33 
2 
0
39.39 
»
 Collis King c Randall b Edmonds
86 
66 
10 
3
130.30 
»
 Deryck Murray c Gower b Edmonds
5 
9 
1 
0
55.56 
»
 Andy Roberts c Brearley b Hendrick
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Joel Garner c Taylor b Botham
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Michael Holding b Botham
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Colin Croft Not Out
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 1, LB 10
11
Total : (9 wickets in 60.0 overs)
286
 RR : 4.77

Fall of wickets : 1-22 (Greenidge), 2-36 (Haynes), 3-55 (Kallicharran), 4-99 (Lloyd), 5-238 (King), 6-252 (Murray), 7-258 (Roberts), 8-260 (Garner), 9-272 (Holding)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Sir Ian Botham
12
2 
44 
2
3.67
0
0
»
 Mike Hendrick
12
2 
50 
2
4.17
0
0
»
 Chris Old
12
0 
55 
2
4.58
0
0
»
 Geoff Boycott
6
0 
38 
0
6.33
0
0
»
 Phil Edmonds
12
2 
40 
2
3.33
0
0
»
 Graham Gooch
4
0 
27 
0
6.75
0
0
»
 Wayne Larkins
2
0 
21 
0
10.50
0
0

England innings
(Target: 287 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Mike Brearley c King b Holding
64 
130 
7 
0
49.23 
»
 Geoff Boycott c Kallicharran b Holding
57 
105 
3 
0
54.29 
»
 Derek Randall b Croft
15 
22 
0 
0
68.18 
»
 Graham Gooch b Garner
32 
28 
4 
0
114.29 
»
 David Gower b Garner
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sir Ian Botham c Richards b Croft
4 
3 
0 
0
133.33 
»
 Wayne Larkins b Garner
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Phil Edmonds Not Out
5 
8 
0 
0
62.50 
»
 Chris Old b Garner
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bob Taylor c Murray b Garner
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mike Hendrick b Croft
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 12, W 2, N 3
17
Total : (all out in 51.0 overs)
194
 RR : 3.80

Fall of wickets : 1-129 (Brearley), 2-135 (Boycott), 3-183 (Gooch), 4-183 (Gower), 5-186 (Randall), 6-186 (Larkins), 7-192 (Botham), 8-192 (Old), 9-194 (Taylor), 10-194 (Hendrick)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Andy Roberts
9
2 
33 
0
3.67
0
0
»
 Michael Holding
8
1 
16 
2
2.00
0
0
»
 Colin Croft
10
1 
42 
3
4.20
0
0
»
 Joel Garner
11
0 
38 
5
3.45
0
0
»
 Viv Richards
10
0 
35 
0
3.50
0
0
»
 Collis King
3
0 
13 
0
4.33
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: IVA Richards (West Indies)
Umpires : HD Bird and BJ Meyer

Teams:
England Mike Brearley (Capt.), Derek Randall, Geoff Boycott, David Gower, Graham Gooch, Sir Ian Botham, Wayne Larkins, Phil Edmonds, Chris Old, Bob Taylor (wk), Mike Hendrick
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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