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1979 World Cup in England

Final - West Indies v England
Semi-Final - West Indies v Pakistan
Semi-Final - England v New Zealand
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1979 World Cup Final - West Indies v England - 23rd June, at Lords, London

West Indies innings
CG Greenidge          run out                                   9
DL Haynes             c Hendrick         b Old                 20
IVA Richards          not out                                 138
AI Kallicharran                          b Hendrick             4
*CH Lloyd                            c & b Old                 13
CL King               c Randall          b Edmonds             86
+DL Murray            c Gower            b Edmonds              5
AME Roberts           c Brearley         b Hendrick             0
J Garner              c Taylor           b Botham               0
MA Holding                               b Botham               0
CEH Croft             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 10)                             11
Total                 (9 wickets, 60 overs)                   286

FoW: 1-22, 2-36, 3-55, 4-99, 5-238, 6-252, 7-258, 8-260, 9-272.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Botham                      12      2     44      2
Hendrick                    12      2     50      2
Old                         12      0     55      2
Boycott                      6      0     38      0
Edmonds                     12      2     40      2
Gooch                        4      0     27      0
Larkins                      2      0     21      0

England innings
*JM Brearley          c King             b Holding             64
G Boycott             c Kallicharran     b Holding             57
DW Randall                               b Croft               15
GA Gooch                                 b Garner              32
DI Gower                                 b Garner               0
IT Botham             c Richards         b Croft                4
W Larkins                                b Garner               0
PH Edmonds            not out                                   5
CM Old                                   b Garner               0
+RW Taylor            c Murray           b Garner               0
M Hendrick                               b Croft                0
Extras                (lb 12, w 2, nb 3)                       17
Total                 (all out, 51 overs)                     194

FoW: 1-129, 2-135, 3-183, 4-183, 5-186,
     6-186, 7-192, 8-192, 9-194, 10-194.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                      9      2     33      0
Holding                      8      1     16      2
Croft                       10      1     42      3
Garner                      11      0     38      5
Richards                    10      0     35      0
King                         3      0     13      0


Umpires
HD Bird, BJ Meyer

Man of the Match
Viv Richards

Result
West Indies won by 92 runs
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1979 World Cup Semi Final - West Indies v Pakistan - 20th June, at The Oval, London

West Indies innings
CG Greenidge          c Wasim Bari       b Asif Iqbal          73
DL Haynes                            c & b Asif Iqbal          65
IVA Richards                             b Asif Iqbal          42
*CH Lloyd             c Mudassar Nazar   b Asif Iqbal          37
CL King               c sub              b Sarfraz Nawaz       34
AI Kallicharran                          b Imran Khan          11
AME Roberts           not out                                   7
J Garner              not out                                   1
Extras                (b 1, lb 17, w 1, nb 4)                  23
Total                 (6 wickets, 60 overs)                   293

DNB: +DL Murray, MA Holding, CEH Croft.

FoW: 1-132, 2-165, 3-233, 4-236, 5-285, 6-285.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Imran Khan                   9      1     43      1
Sarfraz Nawaz               12      1     71      1
Sikander Bakht               6      1     24      0
Mudassar Nazar              10      0     50      0
Majid Khan                  12      2     26      0
Asif Iqbal                  11      0     56      4

Pakistan innings 
Majid Khan            c Kallicharran     b Croft               81
Sadiq Mohammad        c Murray           b Holding              2
Zaheer Abbas          c Murray           b Croft               93
Haroon Rashid         run out                                  15
Javed Miandad         lbw                b Croft                0
*Asif Iqbal           c Holding          b Richards            17
Mudassar Nazar        c Kallicharran     b Richards             2
Imran Khan                           c & b Richards             6
Sarfraz Nawaz         c Haynes           b Roberts             12
+Wasim Bari           c Murray           b Roberts              9
Sikander Bakht        not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 9, w 2, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (all out, 56.2 overs)                   250

FoW: 1-10, 2-176, 3-187, 4-187, 5-208,
     6-220, 7-221, 8-228, 9-246, 10-250.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                      9.2    2     41      2
Holding                      9      1     28      1
Croft                       11      0     29      3
Garner                      12      1     47      0
King                         7      0     41      0
Richards                     8      0     52      3

Umpires
WL Budd, DJ Constant

Man of the Match
Gordon Greenidge 

Result
West Indies won by 43 runs
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1979 World Cup Semi Final - England v New Zealand - 20th June, at Old Trafford, Manchester

England innings
*JM Brearley          c Lees             b Coney               53
G Boycott             c Howarth          b Hadlee               2
W Larkins             c Coney            b McKechnie            7
GA Gooch                                 b McKechnie           71
DI Gower              run out                                   1
IT Botham             lbw                b Cairns              21
DW Randall            not out                                  42
CM Old                c Lees             b Troup                0
+RW Taylor            run out                                  12
RGD Willis            not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 8, w 3)                              11
Total                 (8 wickets, 60 overs)                   221

DNB: M Hendrick.

FoW: 1-13, 2-38, 3-96, 4-98, 5-145, 6-177, 7-178, 8-219.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hadlee                      12      4     32      1
Troup                       12      1     38      1
Cairns                      12      2     47      1
Coney                       12      0     47      1
McKechnie                   12      1     46      2

New Zealand innings
JG Wright             run out                                  69
BA Edgar              lbw                b Old                 17
GP Howarth            lbw                b Boycott              7
JV Coney              lbw                b Hendrick            11
GM Turner             lbw                b Willis              30
*MG Burgess           run out                                  10
RJ Hadlee                                b Botham              15
+WK Lees                                 b Hendrick            23
BL Cairns             c Brearley         b Hendrick            14
BJ McKechnie          not out                                   4
GB Troup              not out                                   3
Extras                (b 5, w 4)                                9
Total                 (9 wickets, 60 overs)                   212

FoW: 1-47, 2-58, 3-104, 4-112, 5-132, 6-162, 7-180, 8-195, 9-208.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Botham                      12      3     42      1
Hendrick                    12      0     55      3
Old                         12      1     33      1
Boycott                      9      1     24      1
Gooch                        3      1      8      0
Willis                      12      1     41      1


Umpires
JG Langridge, KE Palmer

Man of the Match
Graham Gooch

Result
England won by 9 runs
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