1979 Cricket World Cup statistics
This is a list of statistics for the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Team statistics[]
Highest team totals[]
The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.[1]
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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293/6 | ![]() |
The Oval, London |
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286/7 | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
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286/9 | ![]() |
Lord's, London |
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250 | ![]() |
The Oval, London |
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244/7 | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
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238/5 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester |
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221/8 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester |
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212/9 | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
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212/9 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester |
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197 | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
Batting statistics[]
Most runs[]
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 | ![]() |
253 | 4 | 4 | 84.33 | 62.31 | 106* | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 |
Sir Viv Richards | ![]() |
217 | 4 | 4 | 108.50 | 74.06 | 138* | 1 | 0 | 13+ | 4+ |
Graham Gooch | ![]() |
210 | 5 | 5 | 52.50 | 63.82 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 |
Glenn Turner | ![]() |
176 | 4 | 4 | 88.00 | 56.05 | 83* | 0 | 1 | 12+ | 0+ |
John Wright | ![]() |
166 | 4 | 4 | 41.50 | 50.00 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 16+ | 0+ |
Highest scores[]
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 |
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Sir Viv Richards | ![]() |
138* | 157 | 11 | 3 | [![]() |
Lord's, London |
Gordon Greenidge | ![]() |
106* | 173 | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham |
Zaheer Abbas | ![]() |
93 | 122 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
The Oval, London |
Collis King | ![]() |
86 | 66 | 10 | 3 | ![]() |
Lord's, London |
Bruce Edgar | ![]() |
84* | 167 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds |
Highest partnerships[]
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.[4][5]
Bowling statistics[]
Most wickets[]
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the tournament.[6]
Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
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Mike Hendrick | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 14.90 | 33.6 | 2.66 | 4/15 |
Brian McKechnie | ![]() |
9 | 4 | 15.66 | 30.5 | 3.07 | 3/24 |
Asif Iqbal | ![]() |
9 | 4 | 17.44 | 31.3 | 3.34 | 4/56 |
Chris Old | ![]() |
9 | 5 | 17.44 | 38.6 | 2.70 | 4/8 |
Michael Holding | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 13.25 | 30.7 | 2.58 | 4/33 |
Best bowling figures[]
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.[7]
Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
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Alan Hurst | ![]() |
10.0 | 5/21 | ![]() |
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham |
Joel Garner | ![]() |
11.0 | 5/38 | ![]() |
Lord's, LondonHeadingley Cricket Ground, Leeds |
Chris Old | ![]() |
10.0 | 4/8 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester |
Bob Willis | ![]() |
10.3 | 4/11 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester |
Mike Hendrick | ![]() |
12.0 | 4/15 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds |
Fielding statistics[]
Most dismissals[]
This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.[8]
Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Caught | Stumped |
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Deryck Murray | ![]() |
4 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Wasim Bari | ![]() |
4 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Warren Lees | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Kevin Wright | ![]() |
3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Bob Taylor | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Most catches[]
This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.[9]
Player | Team | Matches | Catches | Max |
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Asif Iqbal | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 2 |
Alvin Kallicharran | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 2 |
Mike Brearley | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 2 |
Jeremy Coney | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 |
Clive Lloyd | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 2 |
Sir Viv Richards | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 |
Sadiq Mohammad | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 2 |
Mike Hendrick | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1 |
References[]
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
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