England vs West Indies , Final at London , , Jun 23 1979 - Full Scorecard

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	run out (Randall)	9	31	31	0	0	29.03
Desmond Haynes	c Hendrick b Old	20	27	49	3	0	74.07
Viv Richards	not out	138	157	207	11	3	87.89
Alvin Kallicharran	b Hendrick	4	17	19	0	0	23.52
Clive Lloyd (c)	c & b Old	13	33	42	2	0	39.39
Collis King	c Randall b Edmonds	86	66	77	10	3	130.30
Deryck Murray †	c Gower b Edmonds	5	9	12	1	0	55.55
Andy Roberts	c Brearley b Hendrick	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Joel Garner	c †Taylor b Botham	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Michael Holding	b Botham	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Colin Croft	not out	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 10)	11
TOTAL	60 Ov (RR: 4.76)	286 /9
Fall of wickets : 1 - 22 ( Gordon Greenidge ) , 2 - 36 ( Desmond Haynes ) , 3 - 55 ( Alvin Kallicharran ) , 4 - 99 ( Clive Lloyd ) , 5 - 238 ( Collis King ) , 6 - 252 ( Deryck Murray ) , 7 - 258 ( Andy Roberts ) , 8 - 260 ( Joel Garner ) , 9 - 272 ( Michael Holding )

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ian Botham	12	2	44	2	3.66	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	12	2	50	2	4.16	-	-	-
Chris Old	12	0	55	2	4.58	-	-	-
Geoff Boycott	6	0	38	0	6.33	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	12	2	40	2	3.33	-	-	-
Graham Gooch	4	0	27	0	6.75	-	-	-
Wayne Larkins	2	0	21	0	10.50	-	-	-

England (T: 287 runs from 60 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Brearley (c)	c King b Holding	64	130	130	7	0	49.23
Geoff Boycott	c Kallicharran b Holding	57	105	137	3	0	54.28
Derek Randall	b Croft	15	22	36	0	0	68.18
Graham Gooch	b Garner	32	28	31	4	0	114.28
David Gower	b Garner	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Ian Botham	c Richards b Croft	4	3	7	0	0	133.33
Wayne Larkins	b Garner	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Phil Edmonds	not out	5	8	14	0	0	62.50
Chris Old	b Garner	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Bob Taylor †	c †Murray b Garner	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mike Hendrick	b Croft	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 12, nb 3, w 2)	17
TOTAL	51 Ov (RR: 3.80)	194
Fall of wickets : 1 - 129 ( Mike Brearley ) , 2 - 135 ( Geoff Boycott ) , 3 - 183 ( Derek Randall ) , 4 - 183 ( Graham Gooch ) , 5 - 186 ( David Gower ) , 6 - 186 ( Wayne Larkins ) , 7 - 192 ( Ian Botham ) , 8 - 192 ( Chris Old ) , 9 - 194 ( Bob Taylor ) , 10 - 194 ( Mike Hendrick )

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	9	2	33	0	3.66	-	-	-
Michael Holding	8	1	16	2	2.00	-	-	-
Colin Croft	10	1	42	3	4.20	-	-	-
Joel Garner	11	0	38	5	3.45	-	-	-
Viv Richards	10	0	35	0	3.50	-	-	-
Collis King	3	0	13	0	4.33	-	-	-

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MATCH DETAILS

Lord's, London
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	Prudential World Cup
Season	1979
Player Of The Match	Viv Richards
Series result	West Indies won the 1979 Prudential World Cup
Match number	ODI no. 74
Match days	day (60-over match)
Umpires	Barrie Meyer Dickie Bird

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
JM Brearley	caught	64	130
G Boycott	caught	57	105
DW Randall	bowled	15	22
GA Gooch	bowled	32	28
DI Gower	bowled	0	4
IT Botham	caught	4	3
W Larkins	bowled	0	1
PH Edmonds	not out	5	8
CM Old	bowled	0	2
RW Taylor	caught	0	1
M Hendrick	bowled	0	5
Extras	( lb 12, nb 3, w 2 )
Total	194 (10 wkts; 51 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AME Roberts	9	2	33	0	3.66
MA Holding	8	1	16	2	2
CEH Croft	10	1	42	3	4.2
J Garner	11	0	38	5	3.45
IVA Richards	10	0	35	0	3.5
CL King	3	0	13	0	4.33

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	129	Geoff Boycott	Mike Brearley
2nd	6	Geoff Boycott	Derek Randall
3rd	48	Graham Gooch	Derek Randall
4th	0	Graham Gooch	David Gower
5th	3	Ian Botham	David Gower
6th	0	Ian Botham	Wayne Larkins
7th	6	Phil Edmonds	Ian Botham
8th	0	Chris Old	Phil Edmonds
9th	2	Bob Taylor	Phil Edmonds
10th	0	Mike Hendrick	Phil Edmonds

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Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ENG	3	3	0	12	-
PAK	3	2	1	8	-
AUS	3	1	2	4	-
CAN	3	0	3	0	-

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	3	2	0	10	-
NZ	3	2	1	8	-
SL	3	1	1	6	-
IND	3	0	3	0	-

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