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International cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
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 side 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
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Competition format
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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 side 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
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Note: A number of matches used their allotted reserve day.
Group A
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Points table
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Fixtures
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Api Leka
51
Ramesh Patel 3/27 (12 Overs)
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- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
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Michael Ryan 30*
K Alewa 1/8 (8 Overs)
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- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
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RCK da Silva 33
Charanjive Sharma 3/11 (6 Overs)
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Api Leka
48
Lawrence Young Ken Sen 4/30 (9.1 Overs)
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Rex Martens 26
K Alewa 3/13 (12 Overs)
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Group B
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Points Table
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Fixtures
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- Toss Unknown
- Reserve day used
Fiji
89 (33.5 overs)
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Fiji
81 (35.2 overs)
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- Toss unknown
- Ashraful Haque
became the first bowler to get 7 wickets in a single match in any ICC Trophy.
- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
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Fiji
153 (53.5 overs)
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Group C
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Points table
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Fixtures
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Neil Lashkari 44
Reuben Reuben 4/37 (11.1 Overs)
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Barry Kanpol 24*
Stephen Jones 3/16 (12 Overs)
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Wales won by 26 runs (revised target)
Enville
Umpires: DB Jones (ENG) & DA Duckers (ENG)
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- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
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David Moss 39
Rob van Weelde 3/12 (8 Overs)
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A Bakker 60*
Barry Kanpol 2/14 (8 Overs)
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Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Saints Ground,
Northampton
Umpires: PG Berry (ENG) & PG Bell (ENG)
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- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
Sri Lanka won by 45 runs
Scorers
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Shirley
Umpires: BJ Turner (ENG) & TJ Cox (ENG)
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- Toss unknown
- Reserve day used
- Sri Lanka refused on political grounds to play against Israel
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Knockout Stage
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Statistics
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Most runs
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The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Source:
CricketArchive
Most wickets
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The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by
bowling average
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Source:
CricketArchive
References
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External links
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ICC Trophy
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World Cup Qualifier
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Squads
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Warm-up matches
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