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 side and with white clothing and red balls. All matches were played in the Midlands.
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | England |
Champions | Sri Lanka (1st title) |
Runners-up | Canada |
Participants | 15 |
Most runs | Duleep Mendis (221) |
Most wickets | John Vaughan (14) |
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.
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 side 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.
Note: A number of matches used their allotted reserve day.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Ab | NR | Pts | RR | Qualification |
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1 | Bermuda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4.064 | Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner |
2 | East Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.258 | |
3 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2.717 | |
4 | Singapore | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.146 | |
5 | Argentina | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.261 |
May 22, 1979
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Tony Ferguson 43
Lawrence Young Ken Sen 5/44 (12 overs) |
Goh Swee Heng 40
Alan Morris 4/25 (12 overs) |
May 22–23, 1979
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Api Leka 51
Ramesh Patel 3/27 (12 Overs) |
May 24, 1979
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Tony Ferguson 44
Jaswinder Warah 3/13 (3.4 overs) |
Narendra Thakker 44
Peter Stocks 3/18 (12 overs) |
24 May 1979
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Charles Harrison 25
Clevie Wade 3/16 (3.5 Overs) |
Lionel Thomas 27
Api Leka 1/13 (3 Overs) |
May 29–30, 1979
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Michael Ryan 30*
K Alewa 1/8 (8 Overs) |
May 31 – June 1st, 1979
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Malcolm Gibson 18
Clarence Parfitt 3/16 (12 Overs) |
Winston Reid (Bermudian cricketer) 43*
Douglas Annand 1/35 (7 Overs) |
May 31st, 1979
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RCK da Silva 33
Charanjive Sharma 3/11 (6 Overs) |
Jawahir Shah 38
RCK da Silva 1/12 (6 Overs) |
June 4, 1979
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Jawahir Shah 15
Winston Trott 3/8 (12 Overs) |
Winston Reid (Bermudian cricketer) 59*
Hitesh Mehta 1/20 (10 Overs) |
June 4, 1979
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Api Leka 48
Lawrence Young Ken Sen 4/30 (9.1 Overs) |
Rex Martens 26
K Alewa 3/13 (12 Overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Ab | NR | Pts | RR | Qualification |
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1 | Denmark | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.742 | Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner |
2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.092 | Advanced to Semi-finals 4th team because of highest points |
3 | Bangladesh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.654 | |
4 | Fiji | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.626 | |
5 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.558 |
May 22–23, 1979
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Cecil Marshall 77
Rasiah Ratnalingham 3/18 (12 Overs) |
Mahinder Singh 35*
John Vaughan 4/33 (12 Overs) |
May 22, 1979
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Roderick Jepsen 14
Ole Mortensen 4/14 (12 Overs) |
Henrik Mortensen 52*
P Dakai 2/18 (10 Overs) |
May 24, 1979
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Omar Khaled 28
Metusela Isimeli 3/14 (9 Overs) |
Jaswant Singh 12
Ashraful Haq 7/23 (9.1 Overs) |
May 24, 1979
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Chan Yow Choy 28
Carsten Morild 3/32 (12 Overs) |
Carsten Morild 66*
Bhupinder Singh Gill 2/27 (8 Overs) |
May 29, 1979
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May 31 – June 1, 1979
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P Banerji Nair 34
Daulat Zaman 4/23 (9 Overs) |
Jahangir Shah 39*
S Marimuthu 1/15 (10 Overs) |
May 31 – June 1, 1979
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John Vaughan 16
Carsten Morild 4/16 (12 Overs) |
June 4, 1979
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June 4, 1979
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John Vaughan 68*
Frederick Valentine 2/34 (12 Overs) |
CAC Browne 34
Jitendra Patel 3/22 (12 Overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Ab | NR | Pts | RR | Qualification |
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1 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.820 | Advanced to Semi-finals as group winner |
2 | Wales | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.277 | |
3 | United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.022 | |
4 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.726 | |
5 | Israel | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.110 |
May 22, 1979
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Neil Lashkari 44
Reuben Reuben 4/37 (11.1 Overs) |
Barry Kanpol 24*
Stephen Jones 3/16 (12 Overs) |
22–23 May 1979
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Jeffris Hopkins 71
Peter van Wel 2/11 (9 Overs) |
Chris van Schouwenburg
Nigel Owen 2/20 (12 Overs) |
May 24, 1979
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David Moss 39
Rob van Weelde 3/12 (8 Overs) |
A Bakker 60*
Barry Kanpol 2/14 (8 Overs) |
May 24, 1979
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Wayne Stuger 48
Sridharan Jeganathan 2/30 (12 overs) |
Roy Dias 76
WG Bovell 2/30 (6 over) |
June 1, 1979
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Jeffris Hopkins 92
Nissam Reube 2/38 (12 overs) |
Jerrold Kessel 32
Alan Geoghegan 3/23 (12 overs) |
June 1st, 1979
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Duleep Mendis 51
Rob van Weelde 3/22 (12 overs) |
A Bakker 74
Bandula Warnapura 2/21 (12 overs) |
June 4, 1979
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Anil Lashkari 73
Stuart Carey 3/18 (8 overs) |
Geoff Ellis
Kamaran Rasheed 5/17 (8 overs) |
June 21, 1979
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The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
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Duleep Mendis | Sri Lanka | 221 | 4 | 55.25 | 68 | 0 | 3 |
Roy Dias | Sri Lanka | 214 | 4 | 71.33 | 88 | 0 | 2 |
John Vaughan | Canada | 211 | 6 | 70.33 | 80* | 0 | 2 |
Henrik Mortensen | Denmark | 196 | 5 | 98.00 | 55* | 0 | 2 |
Franklyn Dennis | Canada | 172 | 6 | 28.66 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive
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 |
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John Vaughan | Canada | 67.5 | 14 | 16.21 | 29.07 | 3.34 | 4/33 |
Winston Trott | Bermuda | 47.0 | 10 | 8.00 | 28.20 | 1.70 | 3/8 |
Lawrence Young Ken Sen | Singapore | 31.1 | 10 | 10.10 | 18.70 | 3.24 | 5/44 |
Ashraful Haque | Bangladesh | 36.2 | 10 | 10.70 | 21.80 | 2.94 | 7/23 |
Ole Mortensen | Denmark | 56.4 | 10 | 12.90 | 34.00 | 2.27 | 4/15 |
Source: CricketArchive