1979 Cricket World Cup Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	RR
1	West Indies	3	2	0	0	1	10	3.928
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	0	8	3.553
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	1	0	1	6	3.558
4	India	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.128

India vs West Indies[]

June 9, 1979 Scorecard

India  190 all out (53.1 overs)	v	West Indies 194/1 (51.3 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 75 (134) Michael Holding 4/33 (12 overs)		Gordon Greenidge 106 (173) Kapil Dev 1/46 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: David Evans and John Langridge Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand[]

June 9, 1979 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  189 all out (56.5 overs)	v	New Zealand 190/1 (47.4 overs)
Anura Tennekoon 59 (96) Brian McKechnie 3/25 (10.5 overs)		Glenn Turner 83 (143) Ajit de Silva 1/39 (12 overs)

New Zealand won by 9 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Lloyd Budd and Ken Palmer Player of the match: Geoff Howarth

Sri Lanka vs West Indies[]

June 13, 1979 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	West Indies

Match abandoned without a ball bowled The Oval, London, England Umpires: unknown Player of the match: no award

• No toss
• 2 reserve days used, no play due to heavy rain.

India vs New Zealand[]

June 13, 1979 Scorecard

India  182 all out (55.5 overs)	v	New Zealand 183/2 (57 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 55 (144) Brian McKechnie 3/24 (12 overs)		Bruce Edgar 84* (167) Mohinder Amarnath 1/39 (12 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: Lloyd Budd and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Bruce Edgar

Sri Lanka vs India[]

June 18, 1979 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  238/5 (60 overs)	v	India 191 all out (54.1 overs)
Sunil Wettimuny 67 (120) Mohinder Amarnath 3/40 (12 overs)		Dilip Vengsarkar 36 (57) Somachandra de Silva 3/29 (11 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 47 runs Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Ken Palmer and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Duleep Mendis

• Reserve day used, original match date (June 16) was washed out.

West Indies vs New Zealand[]

June 16, 1979 Scorecard

West Indies  244/7 (60 overs)	v	New Zealand 212/9 (60 overs)
Clive Lloyd 73* (80) Jeremy Coney 2/40 (12 overs)		Richard Hadlee 42 (48) Andy Roberts 3/43 (12 overs)

West Indies won by 32 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Dickie Bird and Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Clive Lloyd

References[]

External links[]

• Cricket World Cup 1979 from Cricinfo