West Indies beat England by 92 runs
Hopes were high for a home win at Lord's in 1979 - but that was before Viv Richards came to the crease.Both sides came into the final with 100% records, but Richards ensured that only the West Indies maintained that status and walked off with their second World Cup.
He strode out with the score on 22 and was still there at the end, hitting a last ball six into the Mound Stand off Mike Hendricks to take the total to 286.
That third six took his own tally to 138 which remains the highest individual score in a World Cup final.
The only other batsman to make a sizeable contribution was Collis King with a barn-storming 86 off 66 balls in a 139-run fifth wicket partnership.
In stark contrast England's batsmen made sedate progress, Mike Brearley and Geoff Boycott putting on 129 runs in 28 overs.
Their pedestrian pace put too much pressure on batsmen further down the order and the match finished in a tumble of wickets as the hosts collapsed from 183 for two to 194 all out, Joel Garner taking five wickets in 11 balls.
West Indies beat England by 92 runs
Man of the Match: IVA Richards
Man of the Match: IVA Richards
England won the toss and decided to field
286 for 9 (60.0 overs) |
194 all out (51 overs) |
Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
| CG Greenidge | run out | Randall | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| DL Haynes | c Hendrick | b Old | 20 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| IVA Richards | not out | 138 | 157 | 11 | 3 | |
| AI Kalicharran | b Hendrick | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| CH Lloyd | c&b Old | 13 | 33 | 2 | 0 | |
| CL King | c Randall | b Edmonds | 86 | 66 | 10 | 3 |
| DL Murray | c Gower | b Edmonds | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| AME Roberts | c Brearley | b Hendrick | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| J Garner | c Taylor | b Botham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| MA Holding | b Botham | 0 | 6 | |||
| CEH Croft | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1b 10lb | 11 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 286 | ||||
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Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Brearley | c King | b Holding | 64 | 130 | 7 | 0 |
| G Boycott | c Kallicharran | b Holding | 57 | 137 | 3 | 0 |
| DW Randall | b Croft | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| GA Gooch | b Garner | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | |
| DI Gower | b Garner | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| IT Botham | c Richards | b Croft | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| W Larkins | b Garner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| PH Edmonds | not out | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| CM Old | b Garner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW Taylor | c Murray | b Garner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hendrick | b Croft | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3nb 2w 12lb | 17 | ||||
| Total | all out | 194 | ||||
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Umpires: HD Bird & BJ Meyer.
West Indies Team: CG Greenidge, DL Haynes, IVA Richards, AI Kallicharran, CH Lloyd, CL King, DL Murray, AME Roberts, J Garner, MA Holding, CEH Croft.
England Team: JM Brearley, G Boycott, DW Randall, GA Gooch, DI Gower, IT Botham, W Larkins, PH Edmonds, CM Old, RW Taylor, M Hendrick.
Summary Of 1979 World Cup
Group A: Canada v Pakistan at Leeds - June 9, 1979
Pakistan won by 8 wickets. Canada 139-9 (60 ov); Pakistan 140-2 (40.1 ov).
Group A: England v Australia at Lord's - June 9, 1979
England won by 6 wickets. Australia 159-9 (60 ov); England 160-4 (47.1 ov).
Group B: India v West Indies at Birmingham - June 9, 1979
West Indies won by 9 wickets. India 190 (53.1 ov); West Indies 194-1 (51.3 ov).
Group B: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham - June 9, 1979
New Zealand won by 9 wickets. Sri Lanka 189 (56.5 ov); New Zealand 190-1 (47.4 ov).
Group A: Australia v Pakistan at Nottingham - June 13, 1979
Pakistan won by 89 runs. Pakistan 286-7 (60 ov); Australia 197 (57.1 ov).
Group A: England v Canada at Manchester - June 13, 1979
England won by 8 wickets. Canada 45 (40.3 ov); England 46-2 (13.5 ov).
Group B: India v New Zealand at Leeds - June 13, 1979
New Zealand won by 8 wickets. India 182 (55.5 ov); New Zealand 183-2 (57 ov).
Group B: Sri Lanka v West Indies at The Oval - June 13, 1979
Match abandoned.
Group A: Australia v Canada at Birmingham - June 16, 1979
Australia won by 7 wickets. Canada 105 (33.2 ov); Australia 106-3 (26 ov).
Group A: England v Pakistan at Leeds - June 16, 1979
England won by 14 runs. England 165-9 (60 ov); Pakistan 151 (56 ov).
Group B: India v Sri Lanka at Manchester - June 16, 1979
Sri Lanka won by 47 runs. Sri Lanka 238-5 (60 ov); India 191 (54.1 ov).
Group B: New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham - June 16, 1979
West Indies won by 32 runs. West Indies 244-7 (60 ov); New Zealand 212-9 (60 ov).
Semi-Final: England v New Zealand at Manchester - June 20, 1979
England won by 9 runs. England 221-8 (60 ov); New Zealand 212-9 (60 ov).
Semi-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval - June 20, 1979
West Indies won by 43 runs. West Indies 293-6 (60 ov); Pakistan 250 (56.2 ov).
Final: England v West Indies at Lord's - June 23, 1979
West Indies won by 92 runs. West Indies 286-9 (60 ov); England 194 (51 ov).
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