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Match Date : June 23, 1979
Venue : Lord’s, London
Toss : England won the toss and elect to field
Umpires : Dickie Bird and Barrie Meyer
Match Result : West Indies won by 92 runs to lift the Prudential World Cup 1979
Man of the Match : Vivian Richards
West Indies (60 Overs Maximum)
Gordon Greenidge run out (Randall) 9 (31)
Desmond Haynes c Hendrick b Chris Old 20 (27) 3 ‘4s’
Vivian Richards not out 138 (157) 11 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Alvin Kallicharran b Mike Hendrick 4 (17)
Clive Lloyd (C) c&b Chris Old 13 (33) 2 ‘4s’
Collis King c Randall b Phil Edmonds 86 (66) 10 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Deryck Murray (WK) c Gower b Phil Edmonds 5 (9) 1 ‘4s’
Andy Roberts c Brearley b Mike Hendrick 0 (7)
Joel Garner c Taylor b Ian Botham 0 (5)
Michael Holding b Ian Botham 0 (6)
Colin Croft not out 0 (2)
Extras : 11 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 10)
Total : 286/9 (Overs: 60.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-22 (Greenidge), 2-36 (Haynes), 3-55 (Kallicharran), 4-99 (Lloyd), 5-238 (King), 6-252 (Murray), 7-258 (Roberts), 8-260 (Garner), 9-272 (Holding)
England Bowling
Ian Botham 12-2-44-2
Mike Hendrick 12-2-50-2
Chris Old 12-0-55-2
Geoff Boycott 6-0-38-0
Phil Edmonds 12-2-40-2
Graham Gooch 4-0-27-0
Wayne Larkins 2-0-21-0
England (Target : 287 from 60 Overs)
Mike Brearley (C) c King b Michael Holding 64 (130) 7 ‘4s’
Geoff Boycott c Kallicharran b Michael Holding 57 (105) 3 ‘4s’
Derek Randall b Colin Croft 15 (22)
Graham Gooch b Joel Garner 32 (28) 4 ‘4s’
David Gower b Joel Garner 0 (4)
Ian Botham c Richards b Colin Croft 4 (3)
Wayne Larkins b Joel Garner 0 (1)
Phil Edmonds not out 5 (8)
Chris Old b Joel Garner 0 (2)
Bob Taylor (WK) c Murray b Joel Garner 0 (1)
Mike Hendrick b Colin Croft 0 (5)
Extras : 17 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 12)
Total : 194 all out (Overs: 51.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-129 (Brearley), 2-135 (Boycott), 3-183 (Gooch), 4-183 (Gower), 5-186 (Randall), 6-186 (Larkins), 7-192 (Botham), 8-192 (Old), 9-194 (Taylor), 10-194 (Hendrick)
West Indies Bowling
Andy Roberts 9-2-33-0
Michael Holding 8-1-16-2
Colin Croft 10-1-42-3
Joel Garner 11-0-38-5
Vivian Richards 10-0-35-0
Collis King 3-0-13-0