1979 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Team statistics

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Highest team totals

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The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.[1]

Team Total Opponent Ground
  West Indies 293/6   Pakistan The Oval, London
  Pakistan 286/7   Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham
  West Indies 286/9   England Lord's, London
  Pakistan 250   West Indies] The Oval, London
  West Indies 244/7   New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham
  Sri Lanka 238/5   India Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
  England 221/8   New Zealand Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
  New Zealand 212/9   West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham
  New Zealand 212/9   England Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
  Australia 197   Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Batting statistics

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Most runs

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The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.[2]

Player Team Runs Matches Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s
Gordon Greenidge   West Indies 253 4 4 84.33 62.31 106* 1 2 17 3
Sir Viv Richards   West Indies 217 4 4 108.50 74.06 138* 1 0 13+ 4+
Graham Gooch   England 210 5 5 52.50 63.82 71 0 2 18 4
Glenn Turner   New Zealand 176 4 4 88.00 56.05 83* 0 1 12+ 0+
John Wright   New Zealand 166 4 4 41.50 50.00 69 0 1 16+ 0+

Highest scores

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This table contains the top five highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.[3]

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground
Sir Viv Richards   West Indies 138* 157 11 3   England Lord's, London
Gordon Greenidge   West Indies 106* 173 9 1   India Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Zaheer Abbas   Pakistan 93 122 8 1   West Indies The Oval, London
Collis King   West Indies 86 66 10 3   England Lord's, London
Bruce Edgar   New Zealand 84* 167 8 0   India Headingley, Leeds

Highest partnerships

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The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.[4][5]

By wicket
Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Ground
1st 138   West Indies Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes   India Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
2nd 166   Pakistan Majid Khan Zaheer Abbas   West Indies The Oval, London
3rd 108   England Mike Brearley Graham Gooch   Australia Lord's, London
4th 71   Australia Andrew Hilditch Graham Yallop   Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham
5th 139   West Indies Sir Viv Richards Collis King   England Lord's, London
6th 40   India Sunil Gavaskar Kapil Dev   New Zealand Headingley, Leeds
7th 52   Pakistan Asif Iqbal Wasim Raja   England Headingley, Leeds
8th 41   England Derek Randall Bob Taylor   New Zealand Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
9th 43   England Bob Taylor Bob Willis   Pakistan Headingley, Leeds
10th 27   India Srinivas Venkataraghavan Bishan Bedi   West Indies Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
By runs
2nd 166   Pakistan Majid Khan Zaheer Abbas   West Indies The Oval, London
5th 139   West Indies Sir Viv Richards Collis King   England Lord's, London
1st 138   West Indies Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes   India Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
1st 132   West Indies Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes   Pakistan The Oval, London
1st 129   England Mike Brearley Geoff Boycott   West Indies Lord's, London
2nd 126*   New Zealand Glenn Turner Geoff Howarth   Sri Lanka Trent Bridge, Nottingham
3rd 108   England Mike Brearley Graham Gooch   Australia Lord's, London
1st 100   New Zealand John Wright Bruce Edgar   India Headingley, Leeds
1st 99   Pakistan Sadiq Mohammad Majid Khan   Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham
2nd 96   Sri Lanka Sunil Wettimuny Roy Dias   India Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

Bowling statistics

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Most wickets

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The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the tournament.[6]

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Mike Hendrick   England 10 5 14.90 33.6 2.66 4/15
Brian McKechnie   New Zealand 9 4 15.66 30.5 3.07 3/24
Asif Iqbal   Pakistan 9 4 17.44 31.3 3.34 4/56
Chris Old   England 9 5 17.44 38.6 2.70 4/8
Michael Holding   West Indies 8 4 13.25 30.7 2.58 4/33

Best bowling figures

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This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.[7]

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Alan Hurst   Australia 10.0 5/21   Canada Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Joel Garner   West Indies 11.0 5/38   England Lord's, LondonHeadingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Chris Old   England 10.0 4/8   Canada Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
Bob Willis   England 10.3 4/11   Canada Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
Mike Hendrick   England 12.0 4/15   Pakistan Headingley, Leeds

Fielding statistics

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Most dismissals

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This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.[8]

Player Team Matches Dismissals Caught Stumped
Deryck Murray   West Indies 4 7 7 0
Wasim Bari   Pakistan 4 7 6 1
Warren Lees   New Zealand 4 6 6 0
Kevin Wright   Australia 3 5 5 0
Bob Taylor   England 5 4 4 0

Most catches

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This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.[9]

Player Team Matches Catches Max
Asif Iqbal   Pakistan 4 4 2
Alvin Kallicharran   West Indies 4 4 2
Mike Brearley   England 5 4 2
Jeremy Coney   New Zealand 4 3 1
Clive Lloyd   West Indies 4 3 2
Sir Viv Richards   West Indies 4 3 1
Sadiq Mohammad   Pakistan 4 3 2
Mike Hendrick   England 5 3 1

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Cricket World Cup: High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
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