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Wed, 13 Jun 1979 - 00:00 – 8th • Old Trafford, Manchester
England won by 8 wickets (with 277 balls remaining)
England
45/10 (48.00)
Canada
46/2 (13.50)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Canada innigs
46/2 (13.50)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Christopher Chappell
lbw b Botham
5
31
36
0
0
16.12
In 1979
Career
Glenroy Sealy
c Botham b Hendrick
3
9
13
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Franklyn Dennis
hit wicket b Willis
21
99
116
2
0
21.21
In 1979
Career
Tariq Javed
lbw b Old
4
40
46
0
0
10.00
In 1979
Career
John Vaughan
b Old
1
10
9
0
0
10.00
In 1979
Career
Cecil Marshall
b Old
2
7
11
0
0
28.57
In 1979
Career
Bryan Mauricette (c)(WK)
b Willis
0
8
10
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Martin Stead
b Old
0
12
14
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Jitendra Patel
b Willis
1
14
23
0
0
7.14
In 1979
Career
Robert Callender
b Willis
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
John Valentine
not out
3
11
14
0
0
27.27
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 4, nb 1)
5
Total
45 40.3 Ov (RR: 1.11)
855
4636
0
38
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
10.30
3
11
4
1.04
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
8.00
4
5
1
0.62
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
9.00
5
12
1
1.33
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
2.00
1
1
0
0.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
1.00
0
3
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Chris Old
10.00
5
8
4
0.80
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
45/10 (48.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mike Brearley (c)
lbw b Valentine
0
10
10
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
not out
14
36
58
0
0
38.88
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
b Callender
5
11
17
1
0
45.45
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
not out
21
31
27
2
1
67.74
In 1979
Career
Extras
(nb 3, w 3)
6
Total
46/2 13.5 Ov (RR: 3.32)
874
1672
0
57
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
John Valentine
7.00
2
20
1
2.85
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Robert Callender
6.00
1
14
1
2.33
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Martin Stead
0.50
0
6
0
7.20
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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