This is a list of statistics for the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament. [1]
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 293/6 | ![]() | The Oval, London |
![]() | 286/7 | ![]() | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
![]() | 286/9 | ![]() | Lord's, London |
![]() | 250/10 | ![]() | The Oval, London |
![]() | 244/7 | ![]() | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
![]() | 238/5 | ![]() | Old Trafford, Manchester |
![]() | 221/8 | ![]() | Old Trafford, Manchester |
![]() | 212/9 | ![]() | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
![]() | 212/9 | ![]() | Old Trafford, Manchester |
![]() | 197/10 | ![]() | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
The top five highest run scorers in are listed below. [2]
Player | Team | Innings | Runs |
---|---|---|---|
Gordon Greenidge | ![]() | 4 | 253 |
Viv Richards | ![]() | 4 | 217 |
Graham Gooch | ![]() | 5 | 210 |
Glenn Turner | ![]() | 4 | 176 |
John Wright | ![]() | 4 | 166 |
This table lists the five highest scores of the tournament. [3]
Player | Team | Score | Balls | Opponent | Ground |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viv Richards | ![]() | 138 not out | 157 | ![]() | Lord's, London |
Gordon Greenidge | ![]() | 106 not out | 173 | ![]() | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Zaheer Abbas | ![]() | 93 | 122 | ![]() | The Oval, London |
Collis King | ![]() | 86 | 66 | ![]() | Lord's, London |
Bruce Edgar | ![]() | 84 not out | 167 | ![]() | Headingley, Leeds |
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament. [4] [5]
Wicket | Runs | Team | Players | Opposition | Ground | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 138 | ![]() | Gordon Greenidge | Desmond Haynes | ![]() | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
2nd | 166 | ![]() | Majid Khan | Zaheer Abbas | ![]() | The Oval, London |
3rd | 108 | ![]() | Mike Brearley | Graham Gooch | ![]() | Lord's, London |
4th | 71 | ![]() | Andrew Hilditch | Graham Yallop | ![]() | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
5th | 139 | ![]() | Viv Richards | Collis King | ![]() | Lord's, London |
6th | 40 | ![]() | Sunil Gavaskar | Kapil Dev | ![]() | Headingley, Leeds |
7th | 52 | ![]() | Asif Iqbal | Wasim Raja | ![]() | Headingley, Leeds |
8th | 41 | ![]() | Derek Randall | Bob Taylor | ![]() | Old Trafford, Manchester |
9th | 43 | ![]() | Bob Taylor | Bob Willis | ![]() | Headingley, Leeds |
10th | 27 | ![]() | Srinivas Venkataraghavan | Bishan Bedi | ![]() | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
2nd | 166 | ![]() | Majid Khan | Zaheer Abbas | ![]() | The Oval, London |
5th | 139 | ![]() | Viv Richards | Collis King | ![]() | Lord's, London |
1st | 138 | ![]() | Gordon Greenidge | Desmond Haynes | ![]() | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
1st | 132 | ![]() | Gordon Greenidge | Desmond Haynes | ![]() | The Oval, London |
1st | 129 | ![]() | Mike Brearley | Geoff Boycott | ![]() | Lord's, London |
The leading wicket-takers of the tournament are listed below. [6]
Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
---|---|---|---|
Mike Hendrick | ![]() | 5 | 10 |
Brian McKechnie | ![]() | 4 | 9 |
Asif Iqbal | ![]() | 4 | 9 |
Chris Old | ![]() | 5 | 9 |
Michael Holding | ![]() | 4 | 8 |
Colin Croft | ![]() | 4 | 8 |
Joel Garner | ![]() | 4 | 8 |
This table lists the top five best bowling figures. [7]
Player | Team | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Hurst | ![]() | 5/21 | ![]() | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Joel Garner | ![]() | 5/38 | ![]() | Lord's, London |
Chris Old | ![]() | 4/8 | ![]() | Old Trafford, Manchester |
Bob Willis | ![]() | 4/11 | ![]() | Old Trafford, Manchester |
Mike Hendrick | ![]() | 4/15 | ![]() | Headingley, Leeds |
The wicket-keepers who made the most dismissals in the tournament are listed below. [8]
Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Caught | Stumped |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
The table below shows the outfielders who took the most catches in the tournament. [9]
Player | Team | Matches | Catches |
---|---|---|---|
Asif Iqbal | ![]() | 4 | 4 |
Alvin Kallicharran | ![]() | 4 | 4 |
Mike Brearley | ![]() | 5 | 4 |
Jeremy Coney | ![]() | 4 | 3 |
Clive Lloyd | ![]() | 4 | 3 |
Viv Richards | ![]() | 4 | 3 |
Sadiq Mohammad | ![]() | 4 | 3 |
Mike Hendrick | ![]() | 5 | 3 |