- ODI no. 74 | 1979 season
- Played at Lord's, London
- 23 June 1979 (60-over match)
| West Indies innings (60 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CG Greenidge | run out (Randall) | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29.03 | |
| DL Haynes | c Hendrick b Old | 20 | 49 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 74.07 | |
| IVA Richards | not out | 138 | 207 | 157 | 11 | 3 | 87.89 | |
| AI Kallicharran | b Hendrick | 4 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.52 | |
| CH Lloyd* | c & b Old | 13 | 42 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 39.39 | |
| CL King | c Randall b Edmonds | 86 | 77 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 130.30 | |
| DL Murray† | c Gower b Edmonds | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| AME Roberts | c Brearley b Hendrick | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| J Garner | c †Taylor b Botham | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MA Holding | b Botham | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CEH Croft | not out | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 10) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets; 60 overs) | 286 | (4.76 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Greenidge), 2-36 (Haynes), 3-55 (Kallicharran), 4-99 (Lloyd), 5-238 (King), 6-252 (Murray), 7-258 (Roberts), 8-260 (Garner), 9-272 (Holding) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IT Botham | 12 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 3.66 | |||
| M Hendrick | 12 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 4.16 | |||
| CM Old | 12 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 4.58 | |||
| G Boycott | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6.33 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 12 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3.33 | |||
| GA Gooch | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | |||
| W Larkins | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 |
| England innings (target: 287 runs from 60 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JM Brearley* | c King b Holding | 64 | 130 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 49.23 | |
| G Boycott | c Kallicharran b Holding | 57 | 137 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 54.28 | |
| DW Randall | b Croft | 15 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 68.18 | |
| GA Gooch | b Garner | 32 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 114.28 | |
| DI Gower | b Garner | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| IT Botham | c Richards b Croft | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| W Larkins | b Garner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PH Edmonds | not out | 5 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| CM Old | b Garner | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RW Taylor† | c †Murray b Garner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Hendrick | b Croft | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 12, w 2, nb 3) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 51 overs) | 194 | (3.80 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-129 (Brearley), 2-135 (Boycott), 3-183 (Gooch), 4-183 (Gower), 5-186 (Randall), 6-186 (Larkins), 7-192 (Botham), 8-192 (Old), 9-194 (Taylor), 10-194 (Hendrick) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AME Roberts | 9 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| MA Holding | 8 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2.00 | |||
| CEH Croft | 10 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 4.20 | |||
| J Garner | 11 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 3.45 | |||
| IVA Richards | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| CL King | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to field Series West Indies won the 1979 Prudential World Cup |
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Player of the match
IVA Richards (West Indies) |
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Umpires
HD Bird and BJ Meyer |
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Match Coverage
Reports & features
Match reports - ENGLAND v WEST INDIES
unsorted - West Indies retain their title
Magic Moments - Lloyd's lucky drop
Great Performances - King puts Richards in the shade, and Handy Andy
Magic Moments - A fitting final act
Great Performances - Mad Max destroys India, and Big Bird sinks England
50 Magic Moments - Richards despatches Hendrick
Photos
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Jun 23, 1979 
Viv Richards pulls © AllSport UK Ltd |
Jun 23, 1979 
Clive Lloyd holds aloft the 1979 World Cup © AllSportUK |
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