1979 World Cup, Match 8 - England comfortably beat Canada by 8 wickets in a one sided match. Canada was bowled out for just 45.Chris Old was awarded man of the match for his magical bowling of 4/10.


1979 World Cup, Match 8 - 13th June 1979, England vs Canada at Old Trafford in Manchester, Scorecard


⇒ Toss: Canada won the toss and elected to bat first
⇒ Umpires: JG Langridge and BJ Meyer
⇒ Match Result: England won by 8 wkts
⇒ Man of the Match: Chris Old (England)

Canada Batting


⇒ Christopher Chappell lbw b Botham 5
⇒ Glenroy Sealy c Botham b Hendrick 3
⇒ Franklyn Dennis hit wkt b Willis 21
⇒ Tariq Javed lbw b Old 4
⇒ John Vaughan b Old 1
⇒ Cecil Marshall b Old 2
⇒ Bryan Mauricette (C,WK) b Willis 0
⇒ Martin Stead b Old 0
⇒ Jitendra Patel b Willis 1
⇒ Robert Callender b Willis 0
⇒ John Valentine not out 3

Extras : 5 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)

Total : 45 all out (Overs: 40.3)

Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Sealy), 2-13 (Chappell), 3-25 (Tariq Javed), 4-29 (Vaughan), 5-37 (Marshall), 6-38 (Mauricette), 7-41 (Stead), 8-41 (Dennis), 9-42 (Callender), 10-45 (Patel)

England Bowling


⇒ Willis 10.3-3-11-4
⇒ Hendrick 8-4-5-1
⇒ Botham 9-5-12-1
⇒ Miller 2-1-1-0
⇒ Boycott 1-0-3-0
⇒ Old 10-5-8-4

England Batting


⇒ Mike Brearley (C) lbw b Valentine 0
⇒ Geoffery Boycott not out 14
⇒ Derek Randall b Callender 5
⇒ Graham Gooch not out 21
⇒ Did not bat - David Gower, Ian Botham, Geoff Miller, Bob Taylor (WK), Chris Old, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick

Extras : 6 (Wides: 3 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)

Total : 46/2 (Overs: 13.5)

Fall of Wickets : 1-3 (Brearley), 2-11 (Randall)

Canada Bowling


⇒ Valentine 7-2-20-1
⇒ Callender 6-1-14-1
⇒ Stead 0.5-0-6-0


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