The Prudential Cup was lifted by Clive Lloyd, skipper of the West Indies who began as the top picks to win the glass once more. There was no 'Man of the Series' granted in 1979.
Here is the groups & Time of 1979's ICC World cup:
Group- A
Group B
Semi Finals & Final
In a nearby elimination round match, England won. New Zealand won the hurl and handled. Britain started seriously, tumbling to 38/2, preceding Mike Brearley (53 from 115 balls, 3 fours) and Graham Gooch (71 from 84 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) revived the innings. Derek Randall (42 from 50 balls, 1 four, 1 six) played well in the second 50% of the innings, as England recuperated from 98/4 to post 221 (8 wickets, 60 overs). In the reaction, John Wright (69 from 137 balls) assaulted well initially. Be that as it may, the loss of wickets impeded New Zealand, and in spite of a few late twists in the batting request, New Zealand began to drop behind. At the point when New Zealand couldn't accomplish the rest of the 14 keeps running from the last over of the match, England went into the last.
Gordon Greenidge (73 from 107 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) and Desmond Haynes (65 from 115 balls, 4 fours) set a first wicket organization of 132 keeps running in a match commanded by batting. Be that as it may, none of the other Pakistani batsmen prospered, with Javed Miandad being rocked the bowling alley for a duck first ball, and Pakistan lost 9/74, starting with the rejection of Abbas. Pakistan was knocked down some pins full scale for 250 (hard and fast, 56.2 overs) in the high-scoring elimination round, sending the West Indies to the last.
Final
Britain won the hurl and handled first. The West Indies got off to an awful begin, tumbling to 99/4 with the loss of Greenidge, Haynes, Kallicharan, and chief Clive Lloyd. Be that as it may, Vivian Richards (138 from 157 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes) and Collis King (86 from 66 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) united the innings. Lord particularly tore through the English rocking the bowling alley, with a strike rate of 130.3. The West Indies were at that point at 238/5 when the 139 run organization finished with the loss of Collis King. Vivian Richards and the tail then took the West Indies to an exceptionally forcing aggregate of 286 (9 wickets, 60 overs).
The English batsmen got off to a decent begin. In any case, the openers, Mike Brearley (64 from 130 balls, 7 fours) and Geoff Boycott (57 from 105 balls, 3 fours) scored gradually. They set up together an extremely deliberate opening association of 129 keeps running in 38 overs, playing as though the match were a five-day Test. When both batsmen were out, the required run rate had ascended too high. Graham Gooch played some robust strokes in scoring his 32, taking England to 183/2. Be that as it may, the loss of Gooch set off the most destroying breakdown in World Cup history, as England lost 8/11. They were inevitably hard and fast for 194 in 51 overs. Vivian Richards was pronounced Man of the Match.
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