# 1979 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

## Team statistics
### Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
| West Indies | 293/6 | Pakistan | The Oval, London |
| Pakistan | 286/7 | Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| West Indies | 286/9 | England | Lord's, London |
| Pakistan | 250/10 | West Indies] | The Oval, London |
| West Indies | 244/7 | New Zealand | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Sri Lanka | 238/5 | India | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| England | 221/8 | New Zealand | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| New Zealand | 212/9 | West Indies | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| New Zealand | 212/9 | England | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Australia | 197/10 | Pakistan | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |

## Batting statistics
### Most runs

The top five highest run scorers in are listed below.
| Player | Team | Innings | Runs |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 4 | 253 |
| Viv Richards | West Indies | 4 | 217 |
| Graham Gooch | England | 5 | 210 |
| Glenn Turner | New Zealand | 4 | 176 |
| John Wright | New Zealand | 4 | 166 |

### Highest individual scores

This table lists the five highest scores of the tournament.
| Player | Team | Score | Balls | Opponent | Ground |
| Viv Richards | West Indies | 138 not out | 157 | England | Lord's, London |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 106 not out | 173 | India | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 93 | 122 | West Indies | The Oval, London |
| Collis King | West Indies | 86 | 66 | England | Lord's, London |
| Bruce Edgar | New Zealand | 84 not out | 167 | India | Headingley, Leeds |

### Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.
Highest partnerships for each wicket :
| Wicket | Runs | Team | Players | Players | Opposition | Ground |
| 1st | 138 | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Desmond Haynes | India | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| 2nd | 166 | Pakistan | Majid Khan | Zaheer Abbas | West Indies | The Oval, London |
| 3rd | 108 | England | Mike Brearley | Graham Gooch | Australia | Lord's, London |
| 4th | 71 | Australia | Andrew Hilditch | Graham Yallop | Pakistan | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 5th | 139 | West Indies | Viv Richards | Collis King | England | Lord's, London |
| 6th | 40 | India | Sunil Gavaskar | Kapil Dev | New Zealand | Headingley, Leeds |
| 7th | 52 | Pakistan | Asif Iqbal | Wasim Raja | England | Headingley, Leeds |
| 8th | 41 | England | Derek Randall | Bob Taylor | New Zealand | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 9th | 43 | England | Bob Taylor | Bob Willis | Pakistan | Headingley, Leeds |
| 10th | 27 | India | Srinivas Venkataraghavan | Bishan Bedi | West Indies | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Highester partnerships for any wicket :
| 2nd | 166 | Pakistan | Majid Khan | Zaheer Abbas | West Indies | The Oval, London |
| 5th | 139 | West Indies | Viv Richards | Collis King | England | Lord's, London |
| 1st | 138 | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Desmond Haynes | India | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| 1st | 132 | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Desmond Haynes | Pakistan | The Oval, London |
| 1st | 129 | England | Mike Brearley | Geoff Boycott | West Indies | Lord's, London |

## Bowling statistics
### Most wickets

The leading wicket-takers of the tournament are listed below.
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
| Mike Hendrick | England | 5 | 10 |
| Brian McKechnie | New Zealand | 4 | 9 |
| Asif Iqbal | Pakistan | 4 | 9 |
| Chris Old | England | 5 | 9 |
| Michael Holding | West Indies | 4 | 8 |
| Colin Croft | West Indies | 4 | 8 |
| Joel Garner | West Indies | 4 | 8 |

### Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five best bowling figures.
| Player | Team | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
| Alan Hurst | Australia | 5/21 | Canada | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| Joel Garner | West Indies | 5/38 | England | Lord's, London |
| Chris Old | England | 4/8 | Canada | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Bob Willis | England | 4/11 | Canada | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Mike Hendrick | England | 4/15 | Pakistan | Headingley, Leeds |

## Fielding statistics
### Most dismissals

The wicket-keepers who made the most dismissals in the tournament are listed below.
| Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Caught | Stumped |
| Deryck Murray | West Indies | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Wasim Bari | Pakistan | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Warren Lees | New Zealand | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Wright | Australia | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Taylor | England | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |

### Most catches

The table below shows the outfielders who took the most catches in the tournament.
| Player | Team | Matches | Catches |
| Asif Iqbal | Pakistan | 4 | 4 |
| Alvin Kallicharran | West Indies | 4 | 4 |
| Mike Brearley | England | 5 | 4 |
| Jeremy Coney | New Zealand | 4 | 3 |
| Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 4 | 3 |
| Viv Richards | West Indies | 4 | 3 |
| Sadiq Mohammad | Pakistan | 4 | 3 |
| Mike Hendrick | England | 5 | 3 |