1979 Cricket World Cup Statistics

The 1979 Cricket World Cup (aka Prudential World Cup, 1979) was the second edition of the tournament. It was held in England. West Indies beat England by 92 runs at Lord's to won their second world cup.

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Top 5 Batsman
Player	Team	Matches	I	R	HS	Avg.	SR	100	50	4s	6s
G Greenidge	WI	4	4	253	106	84.33	62.31	1	2	17	3
Viv Richards	WI	4	4	217	138	108.5	74.06	1	0	13	4
G Gooch	ENG	5	5	210	71	52.50	63.82	0	2	18	4
G Turner	NZ	4	4	176	83*	69.00	69.23	0	1	12	0
J Wright	NZ	4	4	166	69	40.20	77.60	0	1	16	0

 

Top Bowlers
Bowler	Team	M	Wkts	BBI	Avg.	Econ	SR	5w
GM Hendrick	ENG	5	10	4/15	14.90	2.66	33.6	0
B McKechnie	NZ	4	9	3/24	15.66	3.07	30.5	0
Asif Iqbal	PAK	4	9	4/56	17.44	3.34	31.3	0
CM Old	ENG	5	9	4/8	17.44	2.70	38.6	0
MS Holding	WI	4	8	4/33	13.25	2.58	30.7	0

 

Top Individual Scores
Player	Team	Opposition	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Ground
Viv Richards	WI	ENG	138*	157	87.89	11	33	Lord's
DL Amiss	WI	IND	106*	173	61.27	9	1	Birmingham
Zaheer Abbas	PAK	WI	93	122	76.22	8	1	The Oval
CL King	WI	ENG	86	66	130.3	10	3	Lord's
BA Edgar	NZ	IND	84*	167	50.29	8	0	Leeds

 

Top Bowling Figures in an inning
Bowler	Team	Opp.	Bowling Figures	Ground
AG Hurst	AUS	CAN	5/21 in 12 Overs	Birmingham
J Garner	WI	ENG	5/38 in 12 Overs	Lords
CM Old	ENG	CAN	5/48 in 12 Overs	Manchester
RGD Wills	ENG	CAN	4/11 in 12 Overs	Manchester
M Hendrick	ENG	PAK	4/20 in 12 Overs	Leeds

 

Highest Partnerships
Partners	Team	Runs	Wkt	Opp.	Ground
Majid Khan & Zaheer Abbas	PAK	166	2nd	WI	The Oval
IVA Richards & CL King	WI	139	5th	ENG	Lord's
CG Greenidge & DL Haynes	WI	138	1st	IND	Birmingham
CG Greenidge & DL Haynes	WI	132	1st	PAK	The Oval
JM Brearley & G Boycott	ENG	129	1st	WI	Lord's

 

Most Dismissals as Wicket-Keepers
Wicket-Keeper	Team	Matches	Dismissals	Catches	Stumps
Deryck Murray	WI	4	7	7	0
Wasim Bari	PAK	4	7	6	1
Warren Lees	NZ	4	6	6	0
Kevin Wright	AUS	3	5	5	0
Bob Taylor	ENG	5	4	4	0

 

Most Dismissals as Fielders
Player	Team	Matches	Catches	Max
Asif Iqbal	PAK	4	4	2
A.Kallicharan	WI	4	4	2
Mike Brearley	ENG	5	4	2