1979 World Cup, Match 7 - Pakistan beat Australia in an important encounter to enter the semi-final of the tournament. One of the favourites of the cup Australia not only lost the match but also the hopes to enter the semi-final. Asif Iqbal was awarded man of the match for his 61 runs innings and tight bowling.


1979 World Cup, Match 7 - 13th June 1979, Pakistan vs Australia at at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, Scorecard


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⇒ Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to field first
⇒ Umpires: Dickie Bird and KE Palmer
⇒ Match Result: Pakistan won by 89 runs
⇒ Man of the Match: Asif Iqbal (Pakistan)

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Pakistan Batting


⇒ Sadiq Mohammad c Moss b Porter 27
⇒ Majid Khan b Dymock 61
⇒ Zaheer Abbas c & b Cosier 16
⇒ Haroon Rasheed c Wright b Cosier 16
⇒ Javed Miandad c Border b Cosier 46
⇒ Asif Iqbal (C) c sub (DF Whatmore) b Hurst 61
⇒ Wasim Raja c Moss b Border 18
⇒ Imran Khan not out 15
⇒ Mudassar Nazar not out 1
⇒ Did not bat - Wasim Bari (WK), Sikander Bakht

Extras : 25 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 10 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 4)

Total : 286/7 (Overs: 60.0)

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Fall of Wickets : 1-99 (Sadiq Mohammad), 2-99 (Majid Khan), 3-133 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-152 (Haroon Rasheed), 5-239 (Javed Miandad), 6-268 (Asif Iqbal), 7-274 (Wasim Raja)

Australia Bowling


⇒ Porter 12-3-20-1
⇒ Dymock 12-3-28-1
⇒ Cosier 12-1-54-3
⇒ Hurst 12-0-65-1
⇒ Yallop 8-0-56-0
⇒ Border 4-0-38-1

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Australia Batting


⇒ Rick Darling lbw b Willis 25
⇒ Andrew Hilditch b Boycott 47
⇒ Allan Border c Taylor b Edmonds 34
⇒ Kim Hughes (C) c Hendrick b Boycott 6
⇒ Graham Yallop run out 10
⇒ Jeff Moss run out 8
⇒ Gary Cosier run out 6
⇒ Kevin Wright (WK) lbw b Old 6
⇒ Graeme Porter run out 0
⇒ Geoff Dymock not out 4
⇒ Alan Hurst not out 3

Extras : 14 (Wides: 8 No Balls: 0 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 5)

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Total : 197 all out (Overs: 57.1)

Fall of Wickets : 1-22 (Darling), 2-24 (Border), 3-46 (Hughes), 4-117 (Hilditch), 5-136 (Moss), 6-137 (Cosier), 7-172 (Yallop), 8-175 (Porter), 9-193 (Dymock), 10-197 (Wright)

Pakistan Bowling


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⇒ Asif Iqbal 12-0-36-0
⇒ Majid Khan 12-0-53-3
⇒ Mudassar Nazar 12-0-31-1
⇒ Imran Khan 10.1-2-29-2
⇒ Sikander Bakht 11-1-34-3


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