1979 Cricket World Cup Statistics

The 1979 Cricket World Cup (aka Prudential World Cup, 1979) was the second edition of the tournament. It was held in England. West Indies beat England by 92 runs at Lord's to won their second world cup.

Top 5 Batsman  Player Team Matches   I   R HS Avg. SR 100 50 4s 6s  G Greenidge WI 4 4 253 106 84.33 62.31 1 2 17 3  Viv Richards WI 4 4 217 138 108.5 74.06 1 0 13 4  G Gooch ENG 5 5 210 71 52.50 63.82 0 2 18 4  G Turner NZ 4 4 176 83* 69.00 69.23 0 1 12 0  J Wright NZ 4 4 166 69 40.20 77.60 0 1 16 0 Top Bowlers Bowler Team M Wkts BBI Avg. Econ SR 5w GM Hendrick ENG 5 10 4/15 14.90 2.66 33.6 0 B McKechnie NZ 4 9 3/24 15.66 3.07 30.5 0 Asif Iqbal PAK 4 9 4/56 17.44 3.34 31.3 0 CM Old ENG 5 9 4/8 17.44 2.70 38.6 0 MS Holding WI 4 8 4/33 13.25 2.58 30.7 0 Top Individual Scores Player Team Opposition Runs Balls SR 4s 6s Ground Viv Richards WI ENG  138* 157 87.89 11 33 Lord's DL Amiss WI IND 106* 173 61.27 9 1 Birmingham Zaheer Abbas PAK WI 93 122 76.22 8 1 The Oval CL King WI ENG  86 66 130.3 10 3 Lord's BA Edgar NZ IND 84* 167 50.29 8 0 Leeds Top Bowling Figures in an inning Bowler Team Opp. Bowling Figures Ground AG Hurst AUS CAN 5/21 in 12 Overs Birmingham J Garner WI ENG 5/38 in 12 Overs Lords CM Old ENG CAN 5/48 in 12 Overs Manchester RGD Wills ENG CAN 4/11 in 12 Overs Manchester M Hendrick ENG PAK 4/20 in 12 Overs Leeds Highest Partnerships Partners Team Runs Wkt Opp. Ground Majid Khan & Zaheer Abbas PAK 166 2nd WI The Oval IVA Richards & CL King WI 139 5th ENG Lord's CG Greenidge & DL Haynes WI 138 1st IND Birmingham CG Greenidge & DL Haynes WI 132 1st PAK The Oval JM Brearley & G Boycott ENG 129 1st WI Lord's Most Dismissals as Wicket-Keepers Wicket-Keeper Team Matches Dismissals Catches Stumps Deryck Murray WI 4 7 7 0 Wasim Bari PAK 4 7 6 1 Warren Lees NZ 4 6 6 0 Kevin Wright AUS 3 5 5 0 Bob Taylor ENG 5 4 4 0 Most Dismissals as Fielders Player Team Matches Catches Max Asif Iqbal PAK 4 4 2 A.Kallicharan WI 4 4 2 Mike Brearley ENG 5 4 2