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The 1979 Cricket World Cup (officially called the Prudential Cup '79) was the second edition of the Cricket World Cup.Organised by the International Cricket Conference, it was held in England from 9 to 23 June 1979.
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI FC LA; 12 July 1979 England India: 1–0 [4] — — — International tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 22 May 1979: 1979 ICC Trophy Sri Lanka: 9 June 1979: 1979 Prudential World Cup West Indies
This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1979 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was Garnet Brisbane (40) of Canada while the youngest player was Sudath Pasqual (17) of Sri Lanka.
The final of the 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 23 June. This was the second time that Lord's had hosted an ICC Cricket World Cup final. The match was won by the West Indies when they defeated England by 92 runs to lift the trophy.
The Prudential Trophy was the name used for One Day International cricket tournaments held in England from 1972 until 1982. During this time, Prudential also sponsored the World Cup tournaments in 1975 , 1979 and 1983 .
Team Total Opponent Ground West Indies 293/6 Pakistan The Oval, London Pakistan 286/7 Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham West Indies 286/9 England Lord's, London Pakistan
The Prudential Cup trophy. The Men's Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England, which was the only nation that was able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude. [6] The first three tournaments were officially known as the Prudential Cup after the financial services company Prudential plc who sponsored the ...
Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]