1979 ICC Trophy

International cricket tournament April 2022 1979 ICC Trophy 22 May 21 June 1979 International Cricket Council Limited overs cricket Round-robin and Knockout England SRI CAN 1 15 SRI Duleep Mendis (221) CAN John Vaughan (14) 1982 1982 ICC Trophy The 1979 ICC Trophy was a limited overs cricket tournament held in England between 22 May and 21 June 1979. It was the inaugural ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, with matches between the 15 participating teams played over 60 overs a team and with white clothing and red balls. All matches were played in the Midlands. The tournament served as the Cricket World Cup qualification process – the two finalists, Sri Lanka and Canada, qualified to take part in the 1979 World Cup. The World Cup began on 9 June, just three days after Sri Lanka and Canada qualified for it by winning their ICC Trophy semi-finals. The ICC Trophy final was held on 21 June at Worcestershire's ground at New Road, two days before the World Cup final. Sri Lanka won the first ICC Trophy defeating Canada by 60 runs in the final. East Africa who played in the first World Cup did not qualify this time, which meant there would be no nation from the African region participating in the 1979 World Cup. Squads 1979 ICC Trophy squads Competition format The 15 teams were divided into three groups of five. Each team played each other team in its group once in matches played between 22 May and 4 June, scoring four points for a win and two for a no-result (match started but not finished) or abandoned entirely without a ball being bowled. The three group winners and the team with the fourth-highest points total after the group stage went forward to the semi-finals, the top team playing the fourth-ranked team and the team with the second-highest number of points playing the third. Where teams finished with equal points totals, run rate was used to separate them. Group matches Note: A number of matches used their allotted reserve day. Group A Points table main CricketRR complete 4 2 2 yes Ab RR ESPNcricinfo 3 0 0 1 2.591 2 1 1 -0.279 1 2 1 -0.589 0 3 1 -0.897 1 1 2 0.052 BER ESTA SIN PNG ARG BER 1910 East Africa East Africa SIN PNG ARG #cfc Q Host Q Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner Fixtures May 22, 1979 ARG 154/9 (60.0 overs) 155/9 (59.2 overs) SIN Tony Ferguson 43 Lawrence Young Ken Sen 5/44 (12 overs) Goh Swee Heng 40 Alan Morris 4/25 (12 overs) Singapore won by 1 wicket Toss unknown Scorecard Pickwick Cricket Club Ground, Birmingham PD Ogden (ENG) May 22–23, 1979 PNG 101/8 (40.2 overs) East Africa Api Leka 51 Ramesh Patel 3/27 (12 Overs) Toss unknown No result Scorecard Fordhouses Cricket Club Ground, Wolverhampton unknown Reserve day used May 24, 1979 ARG 147 (59.2 overs) 148/5 (53.2 overs) East Africa Tony Ferguson 44 Jaswinder Warah 3/13 (3.4 overs) Narendra Thakker 44 Peter Stocks 3/18 (12 overs) East Africa won by 5 wickets Scorecard Bulls Head Ground, Coventry unknown Toss unknown 24 May 1979 PNG 90 (38.5 overs) 92/3 (23.2 overs) BER 1910 Charles Harrison 25 Clevie Wade 3/16 (3.5 Overs) Lionel Thomas 27 Api Leka 1/13 (3 Overs) Bermuda won by 7 wickets Scorecard War Memorial Athletic Ground, Amblecote, Stourbridge unknown Toss unknown May 29–30, 1979 ARG 86/4 (33.0 overs) PNG Michael Ryan 30* K Alewa 1/8 (8 Overs) No result Scorecard Banbury Cricket Club Ground, Banbury unknown Toss unknown Reserve day used May 29–30, 1979 BER 1910 SIN Match abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard Fordhouses Cricket Club Ground, Wolverhampton unknown Reserve day used May 31 – June 1st, 1979 ARG 81 (54.4 overs) 85/1 (15.5 overs) BER 1910 Malcolm Gibson 18 Clarence Parfitt 3/16 (12 Overs) Winston Reid 43* Douglas Annand 1/35 (7 Overs) Bermuda won by 9 wickets Scorecard Haden Hill Park, Old Hill unknown Toss unknown Reserve day used May 31st, 1979 SIN 131/9 (60.0 overs) 132/5 (52.2 overs) East Africa RCK da Silva 33 Charanjive Sharma 3/11 (6 Overs) Jawahir Shah 38 RCK da Silva 1/12 (6 Overs) East Africa won by 5 wickets Scorecard London Road, Shrewsbury MV Panting (ENG) & WH Miles (ENG) Toss unknown June 4, 1979 East Africa 94/9 (60.0 overs) 100/1 (29.0 overs) BER 1910 Jawahir Shah 15 Winston Trott 3/8 (12 Overs) Winston Reid (Bermudian cricketer) 59* Hitesh Mehta 1/20 (10 Overs) Bermuda won by 9 wickets Scorecard Bournville Cricket Ground, Bournville unknown Toss unknown June 4, 1979 PNG 174 (55.1 overs) 87 (54.3 overs) SIN Api Leka 48 Lawrence Young Ken Sen 4/30 (9.1 Overs) Rex Martens 26 K Alewa 3/13 (12 Overs) Papua New Guinea won by 87 runs Scorecard West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club Ground, West Bromwich unknown Toss unknown Group B Points Table main CricketRR complete 4 2 2 yes Ab RR ESPNcricinfo 4 0 0 0 0.759 3 1 0 0.429 2 2 0 0.031 0 3 1 -0.816 0 3 1 -0.941 BER ESTA PNG SIN ARG DEN CAN FIJ BAN Malaysia #cfc #ffc Q E Host Q Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner Advanced to Semi-finals 4th team because of highest points Fixtures May 22–23, 1979 CAN 185 (59.3 overs) 141 (52.3 overs) MAS Cecil Marshall 77 Rasiah Ratnalingham 3/18 (12 Overs) Mahinder Singh 35* John Vaughan 4/33 (12 Overs) Canada won by 44 runs Scorecard Warwick Cricket Club, Warwick Unknown Toss Unknown Reserve day used May 22, 1979 FIJ 89 (33.5 overs) 93/2 (35.1 overs) DEN Roderick Jepsen 14 Ole Mortensen 4/14 (12 Overs) Henrik Mortensen 52* P Dakai 2/18 (10 Overs) Denmark won by 8 wickets Scorecard Orleton Park, Wellington Unknown Toss Unknown May 24, 1979 BAN 103 (43.0 overs) 81 (35.2 overs) FIJ Omar Khaled 28 Metusela Isimeli 3/14 (9 Overs) Jaswant Singh 12 Ashraful Haq 7/23 (9.1 Overs) Bangladesh won by 22 runs Scorecard Water Orton Cricket Club Ground, Water Orton Unknown Toss unknown Ashraful Haque became the first bowler to get 7 wickets in a single match in any ICC Trophy. May 24, 1979 MAS 150 (60.0 overs) 151/3 (40.0 overs) DEN Chan Yow Choy 28 Carsten Morild 3/32 (12 Overs) Carsten Morild 66* Bhupinder Singh Gill 2/27 (8 Overs) Denmark won by 7 wickets Scorecard Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster Unknown Toss unknown May 29, 1979 CAN 190/9 (60.0 overs) 141 (50.3 overs) BAN Franklyn Dennis 61 Jahangir Shah 4/17 (12 Overs) Raqibul Hasan 34 John Vaughan 3/28 (12 Overs) Canada won by 49 runs Scorecard Lichfield Cricket Club Ground, Lichfield Unknown Toss unknown May 29–30, 1979 FIJ MAS Match abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard Kenilworth Wardens Cricket Club, Kenilworth Unknown Reserve day used May 31 – June 1, 1979 MAS 114 (45.5 overs) 115/3 (41.2 overs) BAN P Banerji Nair 34 Daulat Zaman 4/23 (9 Overs) Jahangir Shah 39* S Marimuthu 1/15 (10 Overs) Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Scorecard Gorway Ground, Walsall Unknown Toss unknown Reserve day used May 31 – June 1, 1979 DEN 118 (57.0 overs) 72 (32.4 overs) CAN Henrik Mortensen 36 Martin Stead 4/16 (9 Overs) John Vaughan 16 Carsten Morild 4/16 (12 Overs) Denmark won by 46 runs Scorecard Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club Ground, Knowle Unknown Toss unknown Reserve day used June 4, 1979 DEN 165/8 (60.0 overs) 155 (58.5 overs) BAN Keld Kristensen 74 Daulat Zaman 2/42 (12 Overs) Ashraful Haq 31 Torben Nielsen 3/16 (12 Overs) Denmark won by 10 runs Scorecard Kings Heath Cricket Club Ground, Kings Heath Unknown Toss unknown June 4, 1979 CAN 209/6 (60.0 overs) 153 (53.5 overs) FIJ John Vaughan 68* Frederick Valentine 2/34 (12 Overs) CAC Browne 34 Jitendra Patel 3/22 (12 Overs) Canada won by 56 runs Scorecard Solihull Cricket Club Ground, Solihull Unknown Toss unknown Group C Points table main CricketRR complete 4 2 2 yes Ab RR ESPNcricinfo 2 1 0 1 1.028 2 1 1 0.653 2 1 1 -0.042 1 2 1 0.119 1 3 0 -1.219 BER ESTA PNG SIN ARG SL Wales NED USA ISR #cfc Q Q Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner Fixtures May 22, 1979 USA 126 (49.1 overs) 85 (46.0 overs) ISR Neil Lashkari 44 Reuben Reuben 4/37 (11.1 Overs) Barry Kanpol 24* Stephen Jones 3/16 (12 Overs) United States won by 41 runs Scorecard Blossomfield Cricket Club, Blossomfield AJ Inman (Eng), L. Burton (Eng) Toss unknown 22–23 May 1979 WAL 170/7 (60.0 overs) 59/2 (30.0 overs) NED Jeffris Hopkins 71 Peter van Wel 2/11 (9 Overs) Chris van Schouwenburg Nigel Owen 2/20 (12 Overs) Wales won by 26 runs (revised target) Scorecard Enville DB Jones (ENG) & DA Duckers (ENG) Toss unknown Reserve day used May 24, 1979 ISR 105 (51.5 overs) 107/2 (32.1 overs) NED David Moss 39 Rob van Weelde 3/12 (8 Overs) A Bakker 60* Barry Kanpol 2/14 (8 Overs) Netherlands won by 8 wickets Scorecard Banbury XX Cricket Club, Banbury K Turner (ENG) & GA Brown (ENG) Toss unknown May 24, 1979 USA 168 (56.3 overs) 170/4 (40.0 overs) SRI Wayne Stuger 48 Sridharan Jeganathan 2/30 (12 overs) Roy Dias 76 WG Bovell 2/30 (6 over) Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Scorecard Saints Ground, Northampton PG Berry (ENG) & PG Bell (ENG) Toss unknown May 29–30, 1979 SRI WAL Match abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard Leicester Road, Hinckley Unknown Reserve day used May 29–30, 1979 NED USA Match abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard Leamington Cricket Club Ground, Leamington Spa Unknown June 1, 1979 WAL 234/5 (60.0 overs) 143/9 (60.0 overs) ISR Jeffris Hopkins 92 Nissam Reube 2/38 (12 overs) Jerrold Kessel 32 Alan Geoghegan 3/23 (12 overs) Wales won by 91 runs Scorecard Astwood Bank Cricket Club Ground, Redditch Unknown Toss unknown Reserve day used June 1st, 1979 SRI 212/8 (60.0 overs) 167/8 (60.0 overs) NED Duleep Mendis 51 Rob van Weelde 3/22 (12 overs) A Bakker 74 Bandula Warnapura 2/21 (12 overs) Sri Lanka won by 45 runs Scorecard Scorers, Shirley BJ Turner (ENG) & TJ Cox (ENG) Toss unknown Reserve day used June 4, 1979 USA 190 (54.3 overs) 182 (58.5 overs) WAL Anil Lashkari 73 Stuart Carey 3/18 (8 overs) Geoff Ellis Kamaran Rasheed 5/17 (8 overs) United States won by 8 runs Scorecard Olton and West Warwickshire Cricket Club, Solihull S Grainger (ENG) & WP Judd (ENG) Toss unknown June 4, 1979 ISR SRI Israel won by a walkover Scorecard Kenilworth Cricket Club Ground, Warwick Road N/A Sri Lanka refused on political grounds to play against Israel2015-11-01 Sri Lanka's Blind Alignment With US-Israeli War Mongers https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/sri-lankas-blind-alignment-with-us-israeli-war-mongers/ 2021-10-07 Colombo Telegraph en-US Knockout Stage Semi-finals June 6, 1979 SRI 318/8 (60 overs) 110 (42.5 over) DEN Roy Dias 88 Henrik Mortensen 2/54 (12 Overs) Keld Kristensen 34 Sudath Pasqual 3/7 (6.5 overs) Sri Lanka won by 208 runs Scorecard Allied Breweries Ground, Burton-on-Trent Unknown Toss unknown June 6, 1979 BER 1910 181 (58.1 overs) 186/6 (57.5 overs) CAN John Tucker 49 Cornelius Henry 2/17 (5.1 Overs) Bryan Mauricette 72 Winston Trott 2/14 (12 overs) Canada won by 4 wickets Scorecard Mitchells and Butlers' Ground, Birmingham PG Berry (ENG) & GA Wenman (ENG) Toss unknown Final June 21, 1979 SRI 324/8 (60 overs) 264/5 (60 overs) CAN Duleep Mendis 66 Glenroy Sealy 2/49 (12 Overs) John Vaughan 80* Somachandra de Silva 1/42 (12 overs) Sri Lanka won by 60 runs Scorecard New Road, Worcester Sam Hale (ENG) & FJ Law (ENG) Toss unknown Sri Lanka made the highest total in ICC Trophy. Statistics Most runs The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table. Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s Duleep Mendis LKA 221 4 55.25 68 0 3 Roy Dias LKA 214 4 71.33 88 0 2 John Vaughan CAN 211 6 70.33 80* 0 2 Henrik Mortensen DEN 196 5 98.00 55* 0 2 Franklyn Dennis CAN 172 6 28.66 61 0 1 Source: CricketArchive Most wickets The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ Best John Vaughan CAN 67.5 14 16.21 29.07 3.34 4/33 Winston Trott BER 1910 47.0 10 8.00 28.20 1.70 3/8 Lawrence Young Ken Sen SIN 31.1 10 10.10 18.70 3.24 5/44 Ashraful Haque BAN 36.2 10 10.70 21.80 2.94 7/23 Ole Mortensen DEN 56.4 10 12.90 34.00 2.27 4/15 Source: CricketArchive References External links ICC Trophy 1979 ICC Trophy ICC Trophy Category:Cricket World Cup Qualifier Category:International cricket competitions in England