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46-2
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batCAN
45
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Overs: 13.5 RR: 3.33 vs seam: 2.89
Overs: 40.3 RR: 1.11 vs spin: 0.50
vs seam: 1.01
Wed 13/06/79 England v Canada, Prudential World Cup, Group A, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
ENGLAND WIN England won by 8 wickets
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Canada - 1st Inns 45 (40.3; RR: 1.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CJD Chappell lbw b Botham 5 31 0 0 16.13
GR Sealy c Botham b Hendrick 3 9 0 0 33.33
FA Dennis hit wicket b Willis 21 99 2 0 21.21
Tariq Javed lbw b Old 4 40 0 0 10.00
JCB Vaughan b Old 1 10 0 0 10.00
CA Marshall b Old 2 7 0 0 28.57
BM Mauricette b Willis 0 8 0 0 0.00
MP Stead b Old 0 12 0 0 0.00
JM Patel b Willis 1 14 0 0 7.14
RG Callender b Willis 0 3 0 0 0.00
JN Valentine not out 3 11 0 0 27.27
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 45 all out (40.3 overs; RR: 1.11)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (GR Sealy 0.0 ov), 13-2 (CJD Chappell 0.0 ov), 25-3 (Tariq Javed 0.0 ov), 29-4 (JCB Vaughan 0.0 ov), 37-5 (CA Marshall 0.0 ov), 38-6 (BM Mauricette 0.0 ov), 41-7 (MP Stead 0.0 ov), 41-8 (FA Dennis 0.0 ov), 42-9 (RG Callender 0.0 ov), 45-10 (JM Patel 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 10.3 3 11 4 1.10 0 0
M Hendrick 8.0 4 5 1 0.63 0 0
IT Botham 9.0 5 12 1 1.33 0 0
G Miller 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0
G Boycott 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0
CM Old 10.0 5 8 4 0.80 0 0

England - 1st Inns 46-2 (13.5; RR: 3.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Brearley lbw b Valentine 0 10 0 0 0.00
G Boycott not out 14 36 0 0 38.89
DW Randall b Callender 5 11 1 0 45.45
GA Gooch not out 21 31 2 1 67.74
DI Gower  
IT Botham  
G Miller  
RW Taylor  
CM Old  
RGD Willis  
M Hendrick  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 3w, 3nb) 6  
TOTAL 46-2 (13.5 overs; RR: 3.33)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 11-2 (DW Randall 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JN Valentine 7.0 2 20 1 2.86 0 0
RG Callender 6.0 1 14 1 2.33 0 0
MP Stead 0.5 0 6 0 - 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Canada at Manchester, Prudential World Cup, Group A

Date

Wednesday June 13, 1979

Toss

Canada won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

JG Langridge, BJ Meyer

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, RW Taylor, CM Old, M Hendrick, GA Gooch, JM Brearley, G Miller, DW Randall, IT Botham, DI Gower

Canada Team

Playing XI

CJD Chappell, GR Sealy, FA Dennis, MP Stead, CA Marshall, JCB Vaughan, BM Mauricette, Tariq Javed, JM Patel, JN Valentine, RG Callender