Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | England |
Champions | Sri Lanka (1st title) |
Runners-up | Canada |
Participants | 15 |
Most runs | Duleep Mendis (221) |
Most wickets | John Vaughan (14) |
The 1979 ICC Trophy was a limited overs cricket tournament held in England between 22 May and 21 June 1979. It was the inaugural ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, with matches between the 15 participating teams played over 60 overs a side and with white clothing and red balls. All matches were played in the Midlands.
The tournament served as the Cricket World Cup qualification process – the two finalists, Sri Lanka and Canada, qualified to take part in the 1979 World Cup. The World Cup began on 9 June, just three days after Sri Lanka and Canada qualified for it by winning their ICC Trophy semi-finals. The ICC Trophy final was held on 21 June at Worcestershire's ground at New Road, two days before the World Cup final. Sri Lanka won the first ICC Trophy defeating Canada by 60 runs in the final.
East Africa who played in the first World Cup did not qualify this time, which meant there would be no nation from the African region participating in the 1979 World Cup.
The 15 teams were divided into three groups of five. Each team played each other team in its group once in matches played between 22 May and 4 June, scoring four points for a win and two for a no-result (match started but not finished) or abandoned entirely without a ball being bowled. The three group winners and the team with the fourth-highest points total after the group stage went forward to the semi-finals, the top team playing the fourth-ranked side and the team with the second-highest number of points playing the third. Where teams finished with equal points totals, run rate was used to separate them.
Note: A number of matches used their allotted reserve day.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Ab | NR | Pts | RR | Qualification |
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1 | Bermuda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4.064 | Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner |
2 | East Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.258 | |
3 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2.717 | |
4 | Singapore | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.146 | |
5 | Argentina | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.261 |
May 31 – June 1st, 1979 Scorecard |
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Malcolm Gibson 18 Clarence Parfitt 3/16 (12 Overs) | Winston Reid 43* Douglas Annand 1/35 (7 Overs) |
May 31st, 1979 Scorecard |
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RCK da Silva 33 Charanjive Sharma 3/11 (6 Overs) | Jawahir Shah 38 RCK da Silva 1/12 (6 Overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Ab | NR | Pts | RR | Qualification |
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1 | Denmark | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.742 | Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner |
2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.092 | Advanced to Semi-finals 4th team because of highest points |
3 | Bangladesh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.654 | |
4 | Fiji | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.626 | |
5 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.558 |
May 22–23, 1979 Scorecard |
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Cecil Marshall 77 Rasiah Ratnalingham 3/18 (12 Overs) | Mahinder Singh 35* John Vaughan 4/33 (12 Overs) |
May 22, 1979 Scorecard |
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Roderick Jepsen 14 Ole Mortensen 4/14 (12 Overs) | Henrik Mortensen 52* P Dakai 2/18 (10 Overs) |
May 24, 1979 Scorecard |
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Omar Khaled 28 Metusela Isimeli 3/14 (9 Overs) | Jaswant Singh 12 Ashraful Haq 7/23 (9.1 Overs) |
May 24, 1979 Scorecard |
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Chan Yow Choy 28 Carsten Morild 3/32 (12 Overs) | Carsten Morild 66* Bhupinder Singh Gill 2/27 (8 Overs) |
May 31 – June 1, 1979 Scorecard |
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P Banerji Nair 34 Daulat Zaman 4/23 (9 Overs) | Jahangir Shah 39* S Marimuthu 1/15 (10 Overs) |
May 31 – June 1, 1979 Scorecard |
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John Vaughan 16 Carsten Morild 4/16 (12 Overs) |
June 4, 1979 Scorecard |
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John Vaughan 68* Frederick Valentine 2/34 (12 Overs) | CAC Browne 34 Jitendra Patel 3/22 (12 Overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Ab | NR | Pts | RR | Qualification |
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1 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.820 | Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner |
2 | Wales | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.277 | |
3 | United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.022 | |
4 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.726 | |
5 | Israel | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.110 |
May 22, 1979 Scorecard |
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Neil Lashkari 44 Reuben Reuben 4/37 (11.1 Overs) | Barry Kanpol 24* Stephen Jones 3/16 (12 Overs) |
22–23 May 1979 Scorecard |
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Jeffris Hopkins 71 Peter van Wel 2/11 (9 Overs) |
May 24, 1979 Scorecard |
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David Moss 39 Rob van Weelde 3/12 (8 Overs) | A Bakker 60* Barry Kanpol 2/14 (8 Overs) |
May 29–30, 1979 Scorecard |
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June 1, 1979 Scorecard |
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Jeffris Hopkins 92 Nissam Reube 2/38 (12 overs) | Jerrold Kessel 32 Alan Geoghegan 3/23 (12 overs) |
June 1st, 1979 Scorecard |
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Duleep Mendis 51 Rob van Weelde 3/22 (12 overs) | A Bakker 74 Bandula Warnapura 2/21 (12 overs) |
June 4, 1979 Scorecard |
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Anil Lashkari 73 Stuart Carey 3/18 (8 overs) | Geoff Ellis Kamaran Rasheed 5/17 (8 overs) |
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
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Duleep Mendis | Sri Lanka | 221 | 4 | 55.25 | 68 | 0 | 3 |
Roy Dias | Sri Lanka | 214 | 4 | 71.33 | 88 | 0 | 2 |
John Vaughan | Canada | 211 | 6 | 70.33 | 80* | 0 | 2 |
Henrik Mortensen | Denmark | 196 | 5 | 98.00 | 55* | 0 | 2 |
Franklyn Dennis | Canada | 172 | 6 | 28.66 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | Best |
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John Vaughan | Canada | 67.5 | 14 | 16.21 | 29.07 | 3.34 | 4/33 |
Winston Trott | Bermuda | 47.0 | 10 | 8.00 | 28.20 | 1.70 | 3/8 |
Lawrence Young Ken Sen | Singapore | 31.1 | 10 | 10.10 | 18.70 | 3.24 | 5/44 |
Ashraful Haque | Bangladesh | 36.2 | 10 | 10.70 | 21.80 | 2.94 | 7/23 |
Ole Mortensen | Denmark | 56.4 | 10 | 12.90 | 34.00 | 2.27 | 4/15 |
Source: CricketArchive
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