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International cricket in 1979

The 1979 international cricket season extended from May to August 1979.[1][2]

Season overview

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International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI FC LA
12 July 1979   England   India 1–0 [4] — — —
International tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
22 May 1979   1979 ICC Trophy   Sri Lanka
9 June 1979   1979 Prudential World Cup   West Indies

May

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1979 ICC Trophy

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Main article: 1979 ICC Trophy
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ICCT 1 22 May   Argentina Christopher Nino   Singapore Pritam Singh Pickwick Cricket Club Ground, Birmingham   Singapore by 1 wicket
ICCT 2 22–23 May   Papua New Guinea Nigel Agonia   East Africa Narendra Thakker Fordhouses Cricket Club Ground, Wolverhampton No result
ICCT 3 22–23 May   Canada Garnet Brisbane   Malaysia Rasiah Ratnalingham Warwick Cricket Club Ground, Warwick   Canada by 44 runs
ICCT 4 22 May   Fiji Inoke Tambualevu   Denmark Klaus Buus Orleton Park, Wellington   Denmark by 8 wickets
ICCT 5 22 May   United States Anil Lashkari   Israel Jerrold Kessel Blossomfield Cricket Club Ground, Solihull   United States by 41 runs
ICCT 6 22–23 May   Wales David Jones   Netherlands Chris van Schouwenburg Enville Cricket Club Ground, Stourbridge   Wales by 15 runs (revised)
ICCT 7 24 May   Argentina Christopher Nino   East Africa Narendra Thakker Bulls Head Ground, Coventry   East Africa by 5 wickets
ICCT 8 24 May   Papua New Guinea Nigel Agonia   Bermuda Gladstone Brown Amblecote, Stourbridge   Bermuda by 7 wickets
ICCT 9 24 May   Bangladesh Raqibul Hasan   Fiji Inoke Tambualevu Water Orton Cricket Club Ground, Birmingham   Bangladesh by 22 runs
ICCT 10 24 May   Malaysia Rasiah Ratnalingham   Denmark Klaus Buus Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster   Denmark by 7 wickets
ICCT 11 24 May   Israel Jerrold Kessel   Netherlands Chris van Schouwenburg Banbury Twenty Cricket Club Ground, Banbury   Netherlands by 8 wickets
ICCT 12 24 May   United States Anil Lashkari   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon Northampton Saints Cricket Club Ground, Northampton   Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
ICCT 13 24 May   Argentina Christopher Nino   Papua New Guinea Nigel Agonia Banbury Twenty Cricket Club Ground, Banbury No result
ICCT 13a 29–30 May   Bermuda Anil Lashkari   Singapore Pritam Singh Fordhouses Cricket Club Ground, Wolverhampton Match abandoned
ICCT 14 29 May   Canada Garnet Brisbane   Bangladesh Raqibul Hasan Lichfield Cricket Club Ground, Lichfield   Canada by 49 runs
ICCT 14a 29–30 May   Fiji Inoke Tambualevu   Malaysia Rasiah Ratnalingham Leamington Cricket Club Ground, Leamington Spa Match abandoned
ICCT 14b 29–30 May   Netherlands Chris van Schouwenburg   United States Anil Lashkari Kenilworth Wardens Cricket Club Ground, Kenilworth Match abandoned
ICCT 14c 29–30 May   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon   Wales David Jones Leicester Road, Hinckley Match abandoned
ICCT 15 31 May-1 June   Argentina Christopher Nino   Bermuda Anura Tennekoon Haden Hill Park, Old Hill   Bermuda by 9 wickets
ICCT 16 31 May   Singapore Pritam Singh   East Africa Anura Tennekoon London Road, Shrewsbury East Africa cricket team by 5 wickets
ICCT 17 31 May-1 June   Malaysia Rasiah Ratnalingham   Bangladesh Raqibul Hasan Gorway Ground, Walsall   Bangladesh by 7 wickets
ICCT 18 31 May-1 June   Denmark Anil Lashkari   Canada Garnet Brisbane Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club Ground, Dorridge   Denmark by 46 runs
ICCT 19 31 May-1 June   Wales David Jones   Israel Jerrold Kessel Astwood Bank Cricket Club Ground, Redditch   Wales by 91 runs
ICCT 20 31 May-1 June   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon   Netherlands Chris van Schouwenburg Scorers, Shirley   Netherlands by 45 runs
ICCT 21 4 June   East Africa Charanjive Sharma   Bermuda Anura Tennekoon Bournville Cricket Ground, Bournville   Bermuda by 9 wickets
ICCT 22 4 June   Papua New Guinea Nigel Agonia   Singapore Pritam Singh West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club Ground, West Bromwich   Papua New Guinea by 87 runs
ICCT 23 4 June   Denmark Klaus Buus   Bangladesh Raqibul Hasan Kings Heath Cricket Club Ground, Solihull   Denmark by 10 runs
ICCT 24 4 June   Canada Bryan Mauricette   Fiji Inoke Tambualevu Solihull Cricket Club Ground, Solihull   Canada by 56 runs
ICCT 24a 4 June   Israel Jerrold Kessel   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon Kenilworth Wardens Cricket Club Ground, Kenilworth   Israel by walkover
ICCT 25 4 June   United States Anil Lashkari   Wales David Jones Olton and West Warwickshire Cricket Club Ground, Solihull   United States by 8 runs
Semi finals
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ICCT 26 6 June   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon   Denmark Klaus Buus Mitchells and Butlers' Ground, Birmingham   Sri Lanka by 208 runs
ICCT 27 6 June   Bermuda Bryan Mauricette   Canada Garnet Brisbane Allied Breweries Ground, Burton-on-Trent   Canada by 4 wickets
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ICCT 28 21 June   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon   Canada Garnet Brisbane New Road, Worcester   Sri Lanka by 60 runs

June

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1979 Cricket World Cup

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Main article: 1979 Prudential World Cup
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 61 9 June   India Srinivas Venkataraghavan   West Indies Clive Lloyd Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham   West Indies by 9 wickets
ODI 62 9 June   New Zealand Mark Burgess   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon Trent Bridge, Nottingham   New Zealand by 9 wickets
ODI 63 9 June   England Mike Brearley   Australia Kim Hughes Lord's, London   England by 6 wickets
ODI 64 9 June   Canada Bryan Mauricette   Pakistan Asif Iqbal Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds   Pakistan by 8 wickets
ODI 64a 13 June   Sri Lanka Anura Tennekoon   West Indies Clive Lloyd Kennington Oval, London Match abandoned
ODI 65 13 June   India Srinivas Venkataraghavan   New Zealand Mark Burgess Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds   New Zealand by 8 wickets
ODI 66 13–14 June   Australia Kim Hughes   Pakistan Asif Iqbal Trent Bridge, Nottingham   Pakistan by 89 runs
ODI 67 13–14 June   England Mike Brearley   Canada Bryan Mauricette Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester   England by 8 wickets
ODI 68 16–18 June   India Srinivas Venkataraghavan   Sri Lanka Bandula Warnapura Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester   Sri Lanka by 47 runs
ODI 69 16 June   New Zealand Mark Burgess   West Indies Clive Lloyd Trent Bridge, Nottingham   West Indies by 32 runs
ODI 70 16 June   Australia Kim Hughes   Canada Bryan Mauricette Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham   Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 71 16 June   England Mike Brearley   Pakistan Asif Iqbal Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds   England by 14 runs
Semi-finals
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 72 20 June   England Mike Brearley   New Zealand Mark Burgess Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester   England by 9 runs
ODI 73 20 June   Pakistan Asif Iqbal   West Indies Clive Lloyd Kennington Oval, London   West Indies by 43 runs
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 74 23 June   England Mike Brearley   West Indies Clive Lloyd Lord's, London   West Indies by 92 runs

July

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India in England

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Main article: Indian cricket team in England in 1979
Test Series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 851 12–16 July Mike Brearley Srinivas Venkataraghavan Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham   England by an innings and 83 runs
Test 852 2–7 August Mike Brearley Srinivas Venkataraghavan Lord's, London Match drawn
Test 853 16–21 August Mike Brearley Srinivas Venkataraghavan Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Match drawn
Test 854 30 Aug–4 September Mike Brearley Srinivas Venkataraghavan Kennington Oval, London Match drawn

References

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  1. ^ "Season 1980". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Season 1980 overview". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.


 

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