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1979PRUDENTIAL WORLD CUP 1979 - A STATISTICAL SURVEY




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Mohandas Menon

SUMMARY OF MATCHES

Countries Matches Played Won Lost No Result Semi Final Runner Up Winner
West Indies 4 4 - - - - 1
England 5 4 1 - - 1 -
Pakistan 4 2 2 - 1 - -
New Zealand 4 2 2 - 1 - -
Sri Lanka 2 1 1 - - - -
Australia 3 1 2 - - - -
India 3 - 3 - - - -
Canada 3 - 3 - - - -

The abandoned match (without a ball being bowled) between Sri Lanka and West Indies at the Oval, has not been included in the above summary.

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS

Score Overs Match Venue Date
293-6 (60 overs) West Indies v Pakistan The Oval 20-06-79
286-7 (60 overs) Pakistan v Australia Nottingham 13-06-79
286-9 (60 overs) West Indies v England Lord's 23-06-79

HIGHEST TEAM AGGREGATES

Score Overs Match Venue Date
543-16 (116.2 overs) W Indies(293-6)v Pakistan (250) The Oval 20-06-79

LOWEST COMPLETED TEAM TOTALS

Score Overs Match Venue Date
45 (40.3 overs) Canada v England Manchester 14-06-79
105 (33.2 overs) Canada v Australia Birmingham 16-06-79

LOWEST MATCH AGGREGATES

Score Overs Match Venue Date
91-12 (54.2 overs) Canada (45) v England (46-2) Manchester 14-06-79

INDIVIDUAL HUNDREDS(2)

Batsmen Match Venue Date Score
IVA Richards W Indies v England Lord's 23-06-79 138*
CG Greenidge W Indies v India Birmingham 09-06-79 106*

HIGHEST RUN AGGREGATES

Player Matches Ins No Runs HS Avg 100 50
CG Greenidge (WI) 4 4 1 253 106* 84.33 1 2
IVA Richards (WI) 4 4 2 217 138* 108.50 1 -
GA Gooch (Eng) 5 5 1 210 71 52.50 - 2

CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET (8)

1st wkt (4)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
138 CG Greenidge (106*) / DL Haynes (47) Wi v Ind Birmingham 09-06-79
132 CG Greenidge (73) / DL Haynes (65) WI v Pak The Oval 20-06-79
129 JM Brearley (64) / G Boycott (57) Eng v WI Lord's 23-06-79
100 JG Wright (48) / BA Edgar (84*) NZ v Ind Leeds 13-06-79

2nd wkt (2)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
166 Majid Khan (81) / Zaheer Abbas (93) Pak v WI The Oval 20-06-79
126* GM Turner (83*) / GP Howarth (63*) NZ v SL Nottingham 09-06-79

3rd wkt (1)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
108 JM Brearley (44) / GA Gooch (53) Eng v Aus Lord's 09-06-79

4th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
71 AMJ Hilditch (72) / GN Yallop (37) Aus v Pak Nottingham 13-06-79

5th wkt (1)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
139 IVA Richards (138*) / CL King (86) WI v Eng Lord's 23-06-79

6th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
40 SM Gavaskar (55) / Kapil Dev (25) Ind v NZ Leeds 13-06-79

7th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
52 Asif Iqbal (51) / Wasim Raja (21) Pak v Eng Leeds 16-06-79

8th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
41 DW Randall (42*) / RW Taylor (12) Eng v NZ Manchester 20-06-79

9th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
43 RW Taylor (20*) / RGD Willis (24) Eng v Pak Leeds 16-06-79

10th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
27 S Venkataraghavan (13*) / BS Bedi (13) Ind v WI Birmingham 09-06-79

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH (7)

Analysis Bowler Match Venue Date
5-21 AG Hurst Australia v Canada Birmingham 16-06-79
5-38 J Garner West Indies v England Lord's 23-06-79
4- 8 CM Old England v Canada Manchester 14-06-79
4-11 RGD Willis England v Canada Manchester 14-06-79
4-15 M Hendrick England v Pakistan Leeds 16-06-79
4-33 MA Holding West Indies v India Birmingham 09-06-79
4-56 Asif Iqbal Pakistan v West Indies The Oval 20-06-79

HIGHEST WICKET AGGREGATES

Player Country Matches Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average 4 wickets Best
M Hendrick Eng 5 56 14 149 10 14.90 1 4-15
BJ McKechnie NZ 4 45.5 4 141 9 15.67 - 3-24
CM Old Eng 5 58 10 157 9 17.44 1 4-8
Asif Iqbal Pak 4 47 5 157 9 17.44 1 4-56

MOST DISMISSALS IN A MATCH

Dismissals Wicketkeeper Match Venue Date
3 (3ct) WK Lees New Zealand v India Leeds 13-06-79
3 (3ct) DL Murray West Indies v Pakistan The Oval 20-06-79

LEADING WICKET-KEEPERS

Player Country Matches Dismissals Catches stumpings
DL Murray West Indies 4 7 7 0
Wasim Bari Pakistan 4 7 6 1

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDER IN A MATCH

Nine fielders have held two catches each

LEADING FIELDERS

Name Country Matches Catches
Asif Iqbal Pakistan 4 4
AI Kallicharran West Indies 4 4
JM Brearley England 5 4

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