1979 Cricket World Cup Group B

April 2022 1979 Cricket World Cup main CricketRR complete ESPNcricinfo RR 4 2 WIN, NZ, SRI, IND Q Q #cfc WIN 2 0 1 438 111.3 1 NZ 2 1 0 585 164.4 1 SRI 1 1 1 427 120.0 1 IND 0 3 0 563 180.0 1 India vs West Indies 9 June 1979 IND 190 (53.1 overs) 194/1 (51.3 overs) WIN Gundappa Viswanath 75 (134) Michael Holding 4/33 (12 overs) Gordon Greenidge 106 (173) Kapil Dev 1/46 (10 overs) West Indies won by 9 wickets Scorecard Edgbaston, Birmingham, England David Evans (Eng) and John Langridge (Eng) Gordon Greenidge (WI) Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 9 June 1979 SRI 189 (56.5 overs) 190/1 (47.4 overs) NZ Anura Tennekoon 59 (96) Brian McKechnie 3/25 (10.5 overs) Glenn Turner 83 (143) Ajit de Silva 1/39 (12 overs) New Zealand won by 9 wickets Scorecard Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Lloyd Budd (Eng) and Ken Palmer (Eng) Geoff Howarth (NZ) Sri Lanka vs West Indies 13 June 1979 SRI WIN Match abandoned without a ball bowled No toss Scorecard The Oval, London, England unknown no award 2 reserve days used, no play due to heavy rain. India vs New Zealand 13 June 1979 IND 182 (55.5 overs) 183/2 (57 overs) NZ Sunil Gavaskar 55 (144) Brian McKechnie 3/24 (12 overs) Bruce Edgar 84* (167) Mohinder Amarnath 1/39 (12 overs) New Zealand won by 8 wickets Scorecard Headingley, Leeds, England Lloyd Budd (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng) Bruce Edgar (NZ) Sri Lanka vs India 16, 18 June 1979 SRI 238/5 (60 overs) 191 (54.1 overs) IND Sunil Wettimuny 67 (120) Mohinder Amarnath 3/40 (12 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 36 (57) Somachandra de Silva 3/29 (11 overs) Sri Lanka won by 47 runs Scorecard Old Trafford, Manchester, England Ken Palmer (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng) Duleep Mendis (SL) Reserve day used West Indies vs New Zealand 16 June 1979 WIN 244/7 (60 overs) 212/9 (60 overs) NZ Clive Lloyd 73* (80) Jeremy Coney 2/40 (12 overs) Richard Hadlee 42 (48) Andy Roberts 3/43 (12 overs) West Indies won by 32 runs Scorecard Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Dickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng) Clive Lloyd (WI) References Caribbean Cricket England Sports World External links Cricket World Cup 1979 from Cricinfo Group B, 1979 Cricket World Cup Cricket World Cup Group B, 1979