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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bowl
194
Series badge WI
286-9
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Overs: 51.0 RR: 3.80 vs seam: 3.46
Overs: 60.0 RR: 4.77 vs spin: 3.33
vs seam: 4.90
Sat 23/06/79 England v West Indies at Lord's, Prudential World Cup, Final, Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 92 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 286-9 (60.0; RR: 4.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CG Greenidge run out 9 31 0 0 29.03
DL Haynes c Hendrick b Old 20 27 3 0 74.07
IVA Richards not out 138 157 11 3 87.90
AI Kallicharran b Hendrick 4 17 0 0 23.53
CH Lloyd c & b Old 13 33 2 0 39.39
CL King c Randall b Edmonds 86 66 10 3 130.30
DL Murray c Gower b Edmonds 5 9 1 0 55.56
AME Roberts c Brearley b Hendrick 0 7 0 0 0.00
J Garner c Taylor b Botham 0 5 0 0 0.00
MA Holding b Botham 0 6 0 0 0.00
CEH Croft not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 10lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 286-9 (60.0 overs; RR: 4.77)

Fall of wickets

22-1 (CG Greenidge 0.0 ov), 36-2 (DL Haynes 0.0 ov), 55-3 (AI Kallicharran 0.0 ov), 99-4 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 238-5 (CL King 0.0 ov), 252-6 (DL Murray 0.0 ov), 258-7 (AME Roberts 0.0 ov), 260-8 (J Garner 0.0 ov), 272-9 (MA Holding 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 12.0 2 44 2 3.67 0 0
M Hendrick 12.0 2 50 2 4.17 0 0
CM Old 12.0 0 55 2 4.58 0 0
G Boycott 6.0 0 38 0 6.33 0 0
PH Edmonds 12.0 2 40 2 3.33 0 0
GA Gooch 4.0 0 27 0 6.75 0 0
W Larkins 2.0 0 21 0 10.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 194 (51.0; RR: 3.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Brearley c King b Holding 64 130 7 0 49.23
G Boycott c Kallicharran b Holding 57 105 3 0 54.29
DW Randall b Croft 15 22 0 0 68.18
GA Gooch b Garner 32 28 4 0 114.29
DI Gower b Garner 0 4 0 0 0.00
IT Botham c Richards b Croft 4 3 0 0 133.33
W Larkins b Garner 0 1 0 0 0.00
PH Edmonds not out 5 8 0 0 62.50
CM Old b Garner 0 2 0 0 0.00
RW Taylor c Murray b Garner 0 1 0 0 0.00
M Hendrick b Croft 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 12lb, 2w, 3nb) 17  
TOTAL 194 all out (51.0 overs; RR: 3.80)

Fall of wickets

129-1 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 135-2 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 183-3 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 183-4 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 186-5 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 186-6 (W Larkins 0.0 ov), 192-7 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 192-8 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 194-9 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 194-10 (M Hendrick 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AME Roberts 9.0 2 33 0 3.67 0 0
MA Holding 8.0 1 16 2 2.00 0 0
CEH Croft 10.0 1 42 3 4.20 0 0
J Garner 11.0 0 38 5 3.45 0 0
IVA Richards 10.0 0 35 0 3.50 0 0
CL King 3.0 0 13 0 4.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at Lord's, Prudential World Cup, Final

Date

Saturday June 23, 1979

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood

Umpires

HD Bird, BJ Meyer

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RW Taylor, CM Old, M Hendrick, GA Gooch, PH Edmonds, JM Brearley, DW Randall, IT Botham, DI Gower, W Larkins

West Indies Team

Playing XI

DL Murray, CH Lloyd, AI Kallicharran, AME Roberts, CG Greenidge, IVA Richards, MA Holding, CL King, CEH Croft, J Garner, DL Haynes