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]

TeamTotalOpponentGround
 West Indies293/6 PakistanThe Oval, London
 Pakistan286/7 AustraliaTrent Bridge, Nottingham
 West Indies286/9 EnglandLord's, London
 Pakistan250 West Indies]The Oval, London
 West Indies244/7 New ZealandTrent Bridge, Nottingham
 Sri Lanka238/5 IndiaOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
 England221/8 New ZealandOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
 New Zealand212/9 West IndiesTrent Bridge, Nottingham
 New Zealand212/9 EnglandOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
 Australia197 PakistanTrent Bridge, Nottingham

Batting statistics

Most runs

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

PlayerTeamRunsMatchesInnsAvgS/RHS100s50s4s6s
Gordon Greenidge West Indies2534484.3362.31106*12173
Sir Viv Richards West Indies21744108.5074.06138*1013+4+
Graham Gooch England2105552.5063.827102184
Glenn Turner New Zealand1764488.0056.0583*0112+0+
John Wright New Zealand1664441.5050.00690116+0+

Highest scores

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

PlayerTeamScoreBalls4s6sOpponentGround
Sir Viv Richards West Indies138*157113[ EnglandLord's, London
Gordon Greenidge West Indies106*17391 IndiaEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Zaheer Abbas Pakistan9312281 West IndiesThe Oval, London
Collis King West Indies8666103 EnglandLord's, London
Bruce Edgar New Zealand84*16780 IndiaHeadingley, Leeds

Highest partnerships

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

By wicket
WicketRunsTeamPlayersOppositionGround
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

Most wickets

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

PlayerTeamWktsMtsAveS/REconBBI
Mike Hendrick England10514.9033.62.664/15
Brian McKechnie New Zealand9415.6630.53.073/24
Asif Iqbal Pakistan9417.4431.33.344/56
Chris Old England9517.4438.62.704/8
Michael Holding West Indies8413.2530.72.584/33

Best bowling figures

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

PlayerTeamOversFiguresOpponentGround
Alan Hurst Australia10.05/21 CanadaEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Joel Garner West Indies11.05/38 EnglandLord's, LondonHeadingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Chris Old England10.04/8 CanadaOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
Bob Willis England10.34/11 CanadaOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
Mike Hendrick England12.04/15 PakistanHeadingley, Leeds

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

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

PlayerTeamMatchesDismissalsCaughtStumped
Deryck Murray West Indies4770
Wasim Bari Pakistan4 761
Warren Lees New Zealand4660
Kevin Wright Australia3550
Bob Taylor England5440

Most catches

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

PlayerTeamMatchesCatchesMax
Asif Iqbal Pakistan442
Alvin Kallicharran West Indies442
Mike Brearley England542
Jeremy Coney New Zealand431
Clive Lloyd West Indies432
Sir Viv Richards West Indies431
Sadiq Mohammad Pakistan432
Mike Hendrick England531

References
  1. "Cricket World Cup: Highest Totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  2. "Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  3. "Cricket World Cup: High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  4. "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  5. "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  6. "Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  7. "Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  8. "Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  9. "Cricket World Cup: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
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