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1979 ICC Trophy

International cricket tournament

Field	Value
name	1979 ICC Trophy
fromdate	22 May
todate	21 June 1979
administrator	International Cricket Council
cricket format	Limited overs cricket
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
host	England
champions
runner up
count	1
participants	15
most runs	Duleep Mendis (221)
most wickets	John Vaughan (14)
next_year	1982
next_tournament	1982 ICC Trophy

| player of the series = The 1979 ICC Trophy was a limited overs cricket tournament held in England between 22 May and 21 June 1979. It was the inaugural ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, with matches between the 15 participating teams played over 60 overs a team and with white clothing and red balls. All matches were played in the Midlands.

The tournament served as the Cricket World Cup qualification process – the two finalists, Sri Lanka and Canada, qualified to take part in the 1979 World Cup. The World Cup began on 9 June, just three days after Sri Lanka and Canada qualified for it by winning their ICC Trophy semi-finals. The ICC Trophy final was held on 21 June at Worcestershire's ground at New Road, two days before the World Cup final. Sri Lanka won the first ICC Trophy defeating Canada by 60 runs in the final.

East Africa who played in the first World Cup did not qualify this time, which meant there would be no nation from the African region participating in the 1979 World Cup.

Squads

Main article: 1979 ICC Trophy squads

Competition format

The 15 teams were divided into three groups of five. Each team played each other team in its group once in matches played between 22 May and 4 June, scoring four points for a win and two for a no-result (match started but not finished) or abandoned entirely without a ball being bowled. The three group winners and the team with the fourth-highest points total after the group stage went forward to the semi-finals, the top team playing the fourth-ranked team and the team with the second-highest number of points playing the third. Where teams finished with equal points totals, run rate was used to separate them.

Group matches

Note: A number of matches used their allotted reserve day.

Group A

Points table

Fixtures

Group B

Points Table

Fixtures

Group C

Points table

Fixtures

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals

Final

|Sri Lanka made the highest total in ICC Trophy.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Duleep Mendis	****	221	4	55.25	68	0	3
Roy Dias		214	4	71.33	88	0	2
John Vaughan		211	6	70.33	80*	0	2
Henrik Mortensen		196	5	98.00	55*	0	2
Franklyn Dennis		172	6	28.66	61	0	1

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	Best
John Vaughan	****	67.5	14	16.21	29.07	3.34	4/33
Winston Trott		47.0	10	8.00	28.20	1.70	3/8
Lawrence Young Ken Sen		31.1	10	10.10	18.70	3.24	5/44
Ashraful Haque		36.2	10	10.70	21.80	2.94	7/23
Ole Mortensen		56.4	10	12.90	34.00	2.27	4/15

Source: CricketArchive

References

(2015-11-01). "Sri Lanka's Blind Alignment With US-Israeli War Mongers".

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