1979 Cricket World Cup Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	RR
1	England	3	3	0	0	0	12	3.066
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	8	3.602
3	Australia	3	1	2	0	0	4	3.164
4	Canada	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.606

Australia vs England[edit]

9 June 1979 Scorecard

Australia  159/9 (60 overs)	v	England 160/4 (47.1 overs)
Andrew Hilditch 47 (108) Geoffrey Boycott 2/15 (6 overs)		Graham Gooch 53 (96) Trevor Laughlin 2/38 (9.1 overs)

England won by 6 wickets Lord's, London, England Umpires: David Constant (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng) Player of the match: Graham Gooch (Eng)

Canada vs Pakistan[edit]

9 June 1979 Scorecard

Canada  139/9 (60 overs)	v	Pakistan 140/2 (40.1 overs)
Glenroy Sealy 45 (110) Sarfraz Nawaz 3/26 (10 overs)		Sadiq Mohammad 57* (122) John Valentine 1/18 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng) Player of the match: Sadiq Mohammad (Pak)

Pakistan vs Australia[edit]

13, 14 June 1979 Scorecard

Pakistan  286/7 (60 overs)	v	Australia 197 (57.1 overs)
Asif Iqbal 61 (57) Gary Cosier 3/54 (12 overs)		Andrew Hilditch 72 (129) Sikander Bakht 3/34 (11 overs)

Pakistan won by 89 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Ken Palmer (Eng) Player of the match: Asif Iqbal (Pak)

• Reserve day used

Canada vs England[edit]

14 June 1979 Scorecard

Canada  45 (40.3 overs)	v	England 46/2 (13.5 overs)
Franklyn Dennis 21 (99) Chris Old 4/8 (10 overs)		Graham Gooch 21* (31) Robert Callender 1/14 (6 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: John Langridge (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng) Player of the match: Chris Old (Eng)

• Reserve day used; June 13 washed out.

Canada vs Australia[edit]

16 June 1979 Scorecard

Canada  105 (33.2 overs)	v	Australia 106/3 (26 overs)
John Vaughan 29 (43) Alan Hurst 5/21 (10 overs)		Kim Hughes 27 (40) Cornelius Henry 2/27 (10 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: David Constant (Eng) and John Langridge (Eng) Player of the match: Alan Hurst (Aus)

England vs Pakistan[edit]

16 June 1979 Scorecard

England  165/9 (60 overs)	v	Pakistan 151 (56 overs)
Graham Gooch 33 (90) Majid Khan 3/27 (12 overs)		Asif Iqbal 51 (104) Mike Hendrick 4/15 (12 overs)

England won by 14 runs Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: Lloyd Budd (Eng) and David Evans (Eng) Player of the match: Mike Hendrick (Eng)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Cricket World Cup 1979 from Cricinfo

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