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1979 Cricket World Cup Group B

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts RR
1  West Indies 3 2 0 0 1 10 3.928
2  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 0 8 3.553
3  Sri Lanka 3 1 1 0 1 6 3.558
4  India 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.128
Source: ESPNcricinfo

India vs West Indies

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9 June 1979
Scorecard
India 
190 (53.1 overs)
v
 West Indies
194/1 (51.3 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 75 (134)
Michael Holding 4/33 (12 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 106 (173)
Kapil Dev 1/46 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 9 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Umpires: David Evans (Eng) and John Langridge (Eng)
Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge (WI)

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

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9 June 1979
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
189 (56.5 overs)
v
 New Zealand
190/1 (47.4 overs)
Anura Tennekoon 59 (96)
Brian McKechnie 3/25 (10.5 overs)
Glenn Turner 83 (143)
Ajit de Silva 1/39 (12 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
Umpires: Lloyd Budd (Eng) and Ken Palmer (Eng)
Player of the match: Geoff Howarth (NZ)

Sri Lanka vs West Indies

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13 June 1979
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
The Oval, London, England
Umpires: unknown
Player of the match: no award
  • No toss
  • 2 reserve days used, no play due to heavy rain.

India vs New Zealand

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13 June 1979
Scorecard
India 
182 (55.5 overs)
v
 New Zealand
183/2 (57 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 55 (144)
Brian McKechnie 3/24 (12 overs)
Bruce Edgar 84* (167)
Mohinder Amarnath 1/39 (12 overs)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Headingley, Leeds, England
Umpires: Lloyd Budd (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng)
Player of the match: Bruce Edgar (NZ)

Sri Lanka vs India

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16, 18 June 1979
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
238/5 (60 overs)
v
 India
191 (54.1 overs)
Sunil Wettimuny 67 (120)
Mohinder Amarnath 3/40 (12 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 36 (57)
Somachandra de Silva 3/29 (11 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 47 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester, England
Umpires: Ken Palmer (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng)
Player of the match: Duleep Mendis (SL)
  • Reserve day used

West Indies vs New Zealand

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16 June 1979
Scorecard
West Indies 
244/7 (60 overs)
v
 New Zealand
212/9 (60 overs)
Clive Lloyd 73* (80)
Jeremy Coney 2/40 (12 overs)
Richard Hadlee 42 (48)
Andy Roberts 3/43 (12 overs)
West Indies won by 32 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng)
Player of the match: Clive Lloyd (WI)

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