1979 World Cup, Match 3 - Pakistan beat Canada by 8 wickets. Sadiq Mohammad was awarded man of the match for his well played half century.


1979 World Cup, Match 3 - 9th June 1979, Pakistan vs Canada at Headingley in Leeds, Scorecard


⇒ Toss: Canada won the toss and elected to bat first
⇒ Umpires: Dickie Bird and AGT Whitehead
⇒ Match Result: Pakistan won by 8 wkts
⇒ Man of the Match: Sadiq Mohammad (Pakistan)


Canada Batting


⇒ Christopher Chappell c & b Sikander Bakht 14
⇒ Glenroy Sealy c & b Asif Iqbal 45
⇒ Franklyn Dennis c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 25
⇒ Martin Stead c Zaheer Abbas b Asif Iqbal 10
⇒ Cecil Marshall b Imran Khan 8
⇒ John Vaughan c & b Asif Iqbal 0
⇒ Bryan Mauricette (C&WK) c Zaheer Abbas b Sarfraz Nawaz 15
⇒ Tariq Javed st Wasim Bari b Majid Khan 3
⇒ Jitendra Patel b Sarfraz Nawaz 0
⇒ Cornelius Henry not out 1
⇒ Did not bat - John Valentine

Extras : 18 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 10)

Total : 139/9 (60.0 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-54 (Chappell), 2-85 (Sealy), 3-103 (Dennis), 4-110 (Stead), 5-110 (Vaughan), 6-129 (Marshall), 7-134 (Tariq Javed), 8-138 (Patel), 9-139 (Mauricette)

Pakistan Bowling


⇒ Imran Khan 11-1-27-1
⇒ Sarfraz Nawaz 10-1-26-3
⇒ Mudassar Nazar 4-1-11-0
⇒ Sikander Bakht 12-5-18-1
⇒ Majid Khan 11-4-11-1
⇒ Asif Iqbal 12-2-28-3

Pakistan Batting


⇒ Majid Khan b Valentine 1
⇒ Sadiq Mohammad not out 57
⇒ Zaheer Abbas run out 36
⇒ Haroon Rasheed not out 37
⇒ Did not Bat - Javed Miandad, Asif Iqbal (C), Mudassar Nazar, Imran Khan, Wasim Bari (WK), Sarfaraz Nawaz, Sikander Bakht

Extras : 10 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 4 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 3)

Total : 140/2 (40.1 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Majid Khan), 2-61 (Zaheer Abbas)

Canada Bowling


⇒ Valentine 9-3-18 1
⇒ Vaughan 5-1-21-0
⇒ Henry 5-0-26-0
⇒ Patel 11.1-0-27-0
⇒ Sealy 6-0-21-0
⇒ Stead 4-0-18-0


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