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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 |
