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Match Date : June 13 & 14, 1979
Venue : Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss : Canada won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : JG Langridge and BJ Meyer
Match Result : England won by 8 wkts
Man of the Match : Chris Old
Canada (60 Overs Maximum)
Christopher Chappell lbw b Botham 5
Glenroy Sealy c Botham b Hendrick 3
Franklyn Dennis hit wkt b Willis 21
Tariq Javed lbw b Old 4
John Vaughan b Old 1
Cecil Marshall b Old 2
Bryan Mauricette (C,WK) b Willis 0
Martin Stead b Old 0
Jitendra Patel b Willis 1
Robert Callender b Willis 0
John Valentine not out 3
Extras : 5 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 45 all out (Overs: 40.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Sealy), 2-13 (Chappell), 3-25 (Tariq Javed), 4-29 (Vaughan), 5-37 (Marshall), 6-38 (Mauricette), 7-41 (Stead), 8-41 (Dennis), 9-42 (Callender), 10-45 (Patel)
England Bowling
Willis 10.3-3-11-4
Hendrick 8-4-5-1
Botham 9-5-12-1
Miller 2-1-1-0
Boycott 1-0-3-0
Old 10-5-8-4
England (Target: 46 from 60 Overs)
Mike Brearley (C) lbw b Valentine 0
Geoffery Boycott not out 14
Derek Randall b Callender 5
Graham Gooch not out 21
David Gower
Ian Botham
Geoff Miller
Bob Taylor (WK)
Chris Old
Bob Willis
Mike Hendrick
Extras : 6 (Wides: 3 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 46/2 (Overs: 13.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-3 (Brearley), 2-11 (Randall)
Canada Bowling
Valentine 7-2-20-1
Callender 6-1-14-1
Stead 0.5-0-6-0