Watch the highlights of England vs West Indies Prudential World Cup Final 1979 - Prudential World Cup tournament of the final match played between West Indies and England at Lord's, London in 23rd June 1979.
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| Clive Lloyd holds aloft the 1979 World Cup © AllSportUK |
The flashing bat of Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards's record-breaking 138* and Collis King's quick-fire 66-ball 86 before Joe Garner's historic five-wicket haul, Colin Croft and Michael Holding's combined 5-wickets helped to West Indies' record 92-run victory over England, despite a half-centuries from openers Mike Brearley - Geoff Boycott and West Indies retained the world-cup title in a final of Prudential World Cup.
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- West Indies' 92-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs in One-day international, previous biggest win by 50-runs against same opponent at Birmingham in 1976 and It is the fifth biggest win in World Cups.
- West Indies became the first team to win the two World Cups.
- Viv Richards became the second player to scored a hundred on World Cup final after Clive Lloyd.
- Viv Richards became the third West Indies batsman to score a hundred in World Cup after Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards and overall the seventh player in World Cups.
- Viv Richards became the first West Indies batsman to score a two centuries in One-day international cricket history.
- Joel Garner's 5 for 38 was the best bowling performance for West Indies in One-day international, It is the eighth best bowling figures in ODIs and the fourth best figures in World Cups.
- Joe Garner became the first West Indies bowler to take a five-wicket hauls in World Cup history and overall fourth player in World Cups.
- West Indies' 286 was their fourth highest score in One-day international and It is their third highest total in World Cups.
- England's 194 was their fourth lowest score in the completed innings against West Indies in One-day international and It is their third worst-total in World Cups.
- England lost their last eight wickets for just 11-runs - which was the worst eight-wicket collapse in One-day international cricket history. They went from 183 for 2 to 194 for all out, Surpassing the previous worst such collapse was eight for 20-runs by Canada against England at Manchester in this tournament.
- 139 : Viv Richards and Collis King set up the record fifth-wicket partnership in One-day international, previously held by the 92-run stand between Viv Richards and Alvin Kallicharran against Australia at Adelaide in 1975 and the West Indies' third highest any-wicket stand in ODIs.
- 129 : Mike Brearley and Geoff Boycott set up the record first-wicket partnership for England against West Indies in One-day international, previously held by the 54-run stand between Barry Wood and Dennis Amiss at Birmingham in 1976 and England's third highest first-wicket partnership in ODIs and England's fourth highest any-wicket stand in ODIs.
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West Indies scored 286-9 in 60 overs with top scorer by Viv Richards 138 not out off 157-balls - which was his 2nd ODI hundred & his also his second century against England in ODIs.
Collin King hammered a 86 off 66-balls including 10-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 130.30 and Desmond Haynes 20.
England best bowler by Phil Edmonds, Ian Botham, Mike Hendrick and Chris Old each took 2-wickets.
England scored 194 for all-out in 51 overs with top scorer by Mike Brearley struck 64 off 130-balls including 7-fours.
Geoff Boycott scored 57 off consuming 105-deliveries including three boundaries, Graham Gooch hit 32 off 28-balls included 4-fours and Derek Randall 15.
West Indies best bowler by Joel Garner claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 38-runs in 11-overs, Colin Croft picked up 3-wickets and Michael Holding took 2-wickets.
Viv Richards named Player of the match for record-breaking batting performance to scored a career-best unbeaten 138-runs knocked off facing 157-balls including 11-fours and 3-sixes.
