1979 World Cup, Match 14 - West Indies beat Pakistan by 43 runs in the second semi-final to enter into the Final the Oval in London. Gordon Greenidge was awarded man of the match for his brilliant fifty.


1979 World Cup, 2nd Semi-Final - 20th June 1979, Pakistan vs West Indies at The Oval in London, Scorecard


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⇒ Toss: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first
⇒ Umpires: WL Budd and DJ Constant
⇒ Match Result: West Indies won by 43 runs to enter into the Final
⇒ Man of the Match: Gordon Greenidge


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West Indies Batting


⇒ Gordon Greenidge c Wasim Bari b Asif Iqbal 73
⇒ Desmond Haynes c&b Asif Iqbal 65
⇒ Viv Richards b Asif Iqbal 42
⇒ Clive Lloyd (C) c Mudassar Nazar b Asif Iqbal 37
⇒ Collis King c sub (Wasim Raja) b Sarfraz Nawaz 34
⇒ Alvin Kallicharran b Imran Khan 11
⇒ Andy Roberts not out 7
⇒ Joel Garner not out 1
⇒ Did not Bat - Deryck Murray (WK), Michael Holding, Colin Croft

Extras : 23 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 4 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 17)

Total : 293/6 (Overs: 60.0)

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Fall of Wickets : 1-132 (Greenidge), 2-165 (Haynes), 3-233 (Richards), 4-236 (Lloyd), 5-285 (Kallicharran), 6-285 (King)

Pakistan Bowling


⇒ Imran Khan 9-1-43-1
⇒ Sarfraz Nawaz 12-1-71-1
⇒ Sikander Bakht 6-1-24-0
⇒ Mudassar Nazar 10-0-50-0
⇒ Majid Khan 12-2-26-0
⇒ Asif Iqbal 11-0-56-4


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Pakistan Batting


⇒ Majid Khan c Kallicharran b Croft 81
⇒ Sadiq Mohammad c Murray b Holding 2
⇒ Zaheer Abbas c Murray b Croft 93
⇒ Haroon Rasheed run out 15
⇒ Javed Miandad lbw b Croft 0
⇒ Asif Iqbal (C) c Holding b Richards 17
⇒ Mudassar Nazar c Kallicharran b Richards 2
⇒ Imran Khan c & b Richards 6
⇒ Sarfaraz Nawaz c Haynes b Roberts 12
⇒ Wasim Bari (WK) c Murray b Roberts 9
⇒ Sikander Bakht not out 1

Extras : 12 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 9)

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Total : 250 all out (Overs: 56.2)

Fall of Wickets : 1-10 (Sadiq Mohammad), 2-176 (Zaheer Abbas), 3-187 (Majid Khan), 4-187 (Javed Miandad), 5-208 (Haroon Rasheed), 6-220 (Mudassar Nazar), 7-221 (Asif Iqbal), 8-228 (Imran Khan), 9-246 (Wasim Bari), 10-250 (Sarfraz Nawaz)

West Indies Bowling


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⇒ Roberts 9.2-2-41-2
⇒ Holding 9-1-28-1
⇒ Croft 11-0-29-3
⇒ Garner 12-1-47-0
⇒ King 7-0-41-0
⇒ Richards 8-0-52-3


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