1979 World Cup, Match 11 -Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Alan Hurst was awarded man of the match for his five-wicket haul.

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1979 World Cup, Match 11 - 16th June 1979, Australia vs Canada at Edgbaston in Birmingham, Scorecard

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⇒ Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to field first
⇒ Umpires: DJ Constant and JG Langridge
⇒ Match Result: Australia won by 7 wkts
⇒ Man of the Match: Alan Hurst

Canada Batting

⇒ Glenroy Sealy c Porter b Dymock 25
⇒ Christopher Chappell lbw b Hurst 19
⇒ Franklyn Dennis lbw b Hurst 1
⇒ Tariq Javed c Wright b Porter 8
⇒ Charles Baksh b Hurst 0
⇒ John Vaughan b Porter 29
⇒ Bryan Mauricette (C, WK) c Hilditch b Cosier 5
⇒ Jitendra Patel b Cosier 2
⇒ Robert Callender c Wright b Hurst 0
⇒ Cornelius Henry c Hughes b Hurst 5
⇒ John Valentine not out 0

Extras : 11 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 1 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 5)

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Total : 105 all out (Overs: 33.2)

Fall of Wickets : 1-44 (Sealy), 2-50 (Dennis), 3-51 (Chappell), 4-51 (Baksh), 5-78 (Tariq Javed), 6-97 (Vaughan), 7-97 (Mauricette), 8-98 (Callender), 9-104 (Henry), 10-105 (Patel)

Australia Bowling

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⇒ Hogg 2-0-26-0
⇒ Hurst 10-3-21-5
⇒ Dymock 8-2-17-1
⇒ Porter 6-2-13-2
⇒ Cosier 7.2-2-17-2

Australia Batting

⇒ Andrew Hilditch c Valentine b Henry 24
⇒ Rick Darling lbw b Valentine 13
⇒ Allan Border b Henry 25
⇒ Kim Hughes (C) not out 27
⇒ Graham Yallop not out 13
⇒ Did not Bat - Gary Cosier, Graeme Porter, Kevin Wright (WK), Rodney Hogg, Alan Hurst, Geoff Dymock

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Extras : 4 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)

Total : 106/3 (Overs: 26.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-23 (Darling), 2-53 (Hilditch), 3-72 (Border)

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Canada Bowling

⇒ Valentine 3-0-28-1
⇒ Callender 3-0-12-0
⇒ Henry 10-0-27-2
⇒ Vaughan 6-0-15-0
⇒ Patel 4-0-20-0

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