1979 Cricket World Cup final

November 2020 July 2011 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup Final 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies West Indies 40px 286/9 60 overs England England 40px 194 51 overs West Indies won by 92 runs 23 June 1979 Lord's Cricket Ground London 32,654 Viv Richards (WI) Dickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng) 1975 1983 The final of the 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 23 June. This was the second time that Lord's had hosted an ICC Cricket World Cup final. The match was won by the West Indies when they defeated England by 92 runs to lift the trophy. Background The match was the second consecutive World Cup final hosted at Lord's, following the inaugural 1975 final. West Indies reached a second consecutive final after defeating Pakistan by 43 runs in the semi-final. Previously, they had won the 1975 final. England was making their first appearance at a World Cup final after defeating New Zealand by 9 runs in the semi-finals. This was also the first appearance by a European nation at a World Cup final. Bob Willis, England's leading bowler, missed the final after being injured in the semi-final.http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150321.html Prudential World Cup 1979, final 23 June 1979 ESPNcricinfo 12 December 2019 Match report thumb|252x252px|Viv Richards on his way towards century England won the toss and chose to field first. The West Indies got off to a bad start, falling to 99/4 with the loss of Greenidge, Haynes, Kallicharan, and captain Clive Lloyd. However, Vivian Richards (138 from 157 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes) and Collis King (86 from 66 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) consolidated the innings. King especially ripped through the English bowling, with a strike rate of 130.3. The West Indies were already at 5/238 when the 139 run partnership ended with the loss of Collis King. Vivian Richards and the tail then took the West Indies to a very imposing total of 286 (9 wickets, 60 overs). The English batsmen got off to a good start. But the openers, Mike Brearley (64 from 130 balls, 7 fours) and Geoff Boycott (57 from 105 balls, 3 fours) scored very slowly. They put together a very methodical opening partnership of 129 runs in 38 overs, playing as if the match were a five-day Test. By the time both batsmen were out, the run rate had risen too high. Graham Gooch played some hefty strokes in scoring his 32, taking England to 183/2. However, the loss of Derek Randall triggered the most devastating collapse in World Cup history, as England lost 8 wickets for 11 runs. They were eventually all out for 194 in 51 overs. Vivian Richards was declared Man of the Match.England v West Indies https://web.archive.org/web/20090425135637/http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC79/WI_ENG_WC79_ODI-FINAL_23JUN1979.html 25 April 2009 1979 Cricket World Cup Final 23 June 1979 West Indies 286/9 (60 overs) 194 (51 overs) England Viv Richards 138* (157) Phil Edmonds 2/40 (12 overs) Mike Brearley 64 (130) Joel Garner 5/38 (11 overs) West Indies won by 92 runs Scorecard Lord's, London, England Attendance : 32,654 England won the toss and elected to field. Dickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng) Viv Richards (WI) Scorecard WIN batting England v West Indies scorecard https://wisden.com/matches/scorecard/144950/england-v-west-indies-at-lord's-prudential-world-cup-final-23-jun-1979 Wisden 27 December 2022Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England Final 1979 - Score Report ESPNcricinfo.com https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/prudential-world-cup-1979-60806/england-vs-west-indies-final-65063/full-scorecard ESPNcricinfo 27 December 2022 Gordon Greenidge run out (Randall) 9 31 0 0 29.03 Desmond Haynes c Hendrick b Old 20 27 3 0 74.07 Vivian Richards not out 138 157 11 3 87.89 Alvin Kallicharran b Hendrick 4 17 0 0 23.52 Clive Lloyd* c and 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 55.55 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; 60 overs) 286 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) ENG bowling 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 Geoffrey 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 ENG batting Mike Brearley* c King b Holding 64 130 7 0 49.23 Geoffrey 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 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 2, nb 3, w 2) 17 Total (10 wickets; 51 overs) 194 Fall of wickets: 1-129 (Brearley), 2-135 (Boycott), 3-183 (Randall), 4-183 (Gooch), 5-186 (Gower), 6-186 (Larkins), 7-192 (Botham), 8-192 (Old), 9-194 (Taylor), 10-194 (Hendrick) WIN bowling 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 Vivian Richards 10 0 35 0 3.50 0 0 Collis King 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0 See also Caribbean Cricket England London Sports World ICC Cricket World Cup References External links Cricket World Cup 1979 from Cricinfo Final, 1979 Cricket World Cup Category:Cricket World Cup finals Category:International sports competitions in London Cricket World Cup Final, 1979 Category:International cricket competitions from 1975–76 to 1980 Category:1979 in English cricket Cricket World Cup Final Category:Lord's Category:Cricket in London 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 Category:England in international cricket Category:West Indies in international cricket