Match 2 - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge

1979 World Cup, Match 2 - New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets. GP Howarth was awarded man of the match for his unbeaten half century.

1979 World Cup, Match 2 - 9th June 1979, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Trent-Bridge in Nottingham, Scorecard

⇒ Toss: New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first
⇒ Umpires: WL Budd and KE Palmer
⇒ Match Result: New Zealand won by 9 wkts
⇒ Man of the Match: GP Howarth (NZ)

Sri Lanka Batting

⇒ Bandula Warnapura c & b McKechnie 20
⇒ Sidath Wettimuny b Cairns 16
⇒ Anura Tennekoon (C) b Stott 59
⇒ Roy Dias c and b Stott 25
⇒ Duleep Mendis c Turner b Troup 14
⇒ Somachandra de Silva c Burgess b Stott 6
⇒ Sunil Jayasinghe (WK) run out 1
⇒ Sudath Pasqual b Hadlee 1
⇒ Tony Opatha b McKechnie 18
⇒ Stanley de Silva c Wright b McKechnie 10
⇒ Ajit de Silva not out 2

Extras : 17 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 13)

Total : 189 all out (Overs : 56.5)

Fall of Wickets : 1-26 (Wettimuny), 2-57 (Warnapura), 3-107 (Dias), 4-137 (Mendis), 5-149 (Somachandra de Silva), 6-150 (Jayasinghe), 7-150 (Tennekoon), 8-154 (Pasqual), 9-178 (Stanley de Silva), 10-189 (Opatha)

New Zealand Bowling

⇒ Hadlee 12-3-24-1
⇒ Troup 10-0-30-1
⇒ Cairns 12-1-45-1
⇒ McKechnie 10.5-2-25-3
⇒ Stott 12-1-48-3

New Zealand Batting

⇒ John Wright not out 83
⇒ Glenn Turner c Tennekoon b Ajit de Silva 34
⇒ Geoff Howarth not out 63
⇒ Did not bat - Jeremy Coney, Mark Burgess (C), Warren Lees (WK), Brian McKechnie, Lance Cairns, Richard Hadlee, Warren Stott, Gary Troup

Extras : 10 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 7)

Total : 190/1 (Overs: 47.4)

Fall of Wickets : 1-64 (Wright)

Sri Lanka Bowling

⇒ Opatha 7-1-31-0
⇒ Stanley de Silva 8-2-18-0
⇒ Warnapura 7-0-30-0
⇒ Somachandra de Silva 9-0-42-0
⇒ Ajit de Silva 12-1-39-1
⇒ Pasqual 4.4-0-20-0