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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The 1979 Cricket World Cup was the second edition of the International Cricket Council&#39;s (ICC) Cricket World Cup. It was held from 9th to 23rd June 1975 in England.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Teams - 6 Test playing teams (Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan &amp; West Indies) and 2 non-test playing nations (Sri Lanka &amp; Canada). The preliminary matches were played in 2 groups of 4 each. The top two teams from each group then played the knock-out rounds of semi-finals and final.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#008080;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">ICC 1979&nbsp;World Cup Trivia and Facts<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">There was no &#39;Man of the Series&#39; awarded in 1979.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Gordon Greenidge<\/strong> <\/span>(West Indies) was the highest scorer of the 1979 cricket world cup. He scored 253 runs in the tournament. <\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Mike Hendrick<\/strong><\/span> (England) was the highest wicket of the 1979 cricket world cup. He took 10 wickets in the tournament<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Vivian Richards<\/strong><\/span> scored the highest individual score of 1979&nbsp;world cup. He scored <span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">138* from 157 balls&nbsp;<\/span>against England in the final.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n",
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