1979 ICC Trophy

International cricket tournament

1979 ICC Trophy
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) England
Champions Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up Canada
Participants15
Most runsSri Lanka Duleep Mendis (221)
Most wicketsCanada John Vaughan (14)
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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.

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

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 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.

Group matches

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

Group A

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L Ab NR Pts RR Qualification
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures

May 22, 1979
Scorecard
Argentina 
154/9 (60.0 overs)
v
 Singapore
155/9 (59.2 overs)
Tony Ferguson 43
Lawrence Young Ken Sen 5/44 (12 overs)
Goh Swee Heng 40
Alan Morris 4/25 (12 overs)
Singapore won by 1 wicket
Pickwick Cricket Club Ground, Birmingham
Umpires: PD Ogden (ENG)
  • Toss unknown
May 22–23, 1979
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
101/8 (40.2 overs)
v
Api Leka 51
Ramesh Patel 3/27 (12 Overs)
No result
Fordhouses Cricket Club Ground, Wolverhampton
Umpires: unknown
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 24, 1979
Scorecard
Argentina 
147 (59.2 overs)
v
 East Africa
148/5 (53.2 overs)
Tony Ferguson 44
Jaswinder Warah 3/13 (3.4 overs)
Narendra Thakker 44
Peter Stocks 3/18 (12 overs)
East Africa won by 5 wickets
Bulls Head Ground, Coventry
Umpires: unknown
  • Toss unknown
24 May 1979
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
90 (38.5 overs)
v
 Bermuda
92/3 (23.2 overs)
Charles Harrison 25
Clevie Wade 3/16 (3.5 Overs)
Lionel Thomas 27
Api Leka 1/13 (3 Overs)
Bermuda won by 7 wickets
Amblecote, Stourbridge
Umpires: unknown
  • Toss unknown
May 29–30, 1979
Scorecard
Argentina 
86/4 (33.0 overs)
v
Michael Ryan 30*
K Alewa 1/8 (8 Overs)
No result
Banbury Cricket Club Ground, Banbury
Umpires: unknown
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 29–30, 1979
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Fordhouses Cricket Club Ground, Wolverhampton
Umpires: unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 31 – June 1st, 1979
Scorecard
Argentina 
81 (54.4 overs)
v
 Bermuda
85/1 (15.5 overs)
Malcolm Gibson 18
Clarence Parfitt 3/16 (12 Overs)
Winston Reid (Bermudian cricketer) 43*
Douglas Annand 1/35 (7 Overs)
Bermuda won by 9 wickets
Haden Hill Park, Old Hill
Umpires: unknown
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 31st, 1979
Scorecard
Singapore 
131/9 (60.0 overs)
v
 East Africa
132/5 (52.2 overs)
RCK da Silva 33
Charanjive Sharma 3/11 (6 Overs)
Jawahir Shah 38
RCK da Silva 1/12 (6 Overs)
East Africa won by 5 wickets
London Road, Shrewsbury
Umpires: MV Panting (ENG) & WH Miles (ENG)
  • Toss unknown
June 4, 1979
Scorecard
East Africa 
94/9 (60.0 overs)
v
 Bermuda
100/1 (29.0 overs)
Jawahir Shah 15
Winston Trott 3/8 (12 Overs)
Winston Reid (Bermudian cricketer) 59*
Hitesh Mehta 1/20 (10 Overs)
Bermuda won by 9 wickets
Bournville Cricket Ground, Bournville
Umpires: unknown
  • Toss unknown
June 4, 1979
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
174 (55.1 overs)
v
 Singapore
87 (54.3 overs)
Api Leka 48
Lawrence Young Ken Sen 4/30 (9.1 Overs)
Rex Martens 26
K Alewa 3/13 (12 Overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 87 runs
West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club Ground, West Bromwich
Umpires: unknown
  • Toss unknown

Group B

Points Table

Pos Team Pld W L Ab NR Pts RR Qualification
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures

May 22–23, 1979
Scorecard
Canada 
185 (59.3 overs)
v
 Malaysia
141 (52.3 overs)
Cecil Marshall 77
Rasiah Ratnalingham 3/18 (12 Overs)
Mahinder Singh 35*
John Vaughan 4/33 (12 Overs)
Canada won by 44 runs
Warwick Cricket Club, Warwick
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss Unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 22, 1979
Scorecard
Fiji 
89 (33.5 overs)
v
 Denmark
93/2 (35.1 overs)
Roderick Jepsen 14
Ole Mortensen 4/14 (12 Overs)
Henrik Mortensen 52*
P Dakai 2/18 (10 Overs)
Denmark won by 8 wickets
Orleton Park, Wellington
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss Unknown
May 24, 1979
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
103 (43.0 overs)
v
 Fiji
81 (35.2 overs)
Omar Khaled 28
Metusela Isimeli 3/14 (9 Overs)
Jaswant Singh 12
Ashraful Haq 7/23 (9.1 Overs)
Bangladesh won by 22 runs
Water Orton Cricket Club Ground, Water Orton
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
  • Ashraful Haque became the first bowler to get 7 wickets in a single match in any ICC Trophy.
May 24, 1979
Scorecard
Malaysia 
150 (60.0 overs)
v
 Denmark
151/3 (40.0 overs)
Chan Yow Choy 28
Carsten Morild 3/32 (12 Overs)
Carsten Morild 66*
Bhupinder Singh Gill 2/27 (8 Overs)
Denmark won by 7 wickets
Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
May 29, 1979
Scorecard
Canada 
190/9 (60.0 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
141 (50.3 overs)
Franklyn Dennis 61
Jahangir Shah 4/17 (12 Overs)
Raqibul Hasan 34
John Vaughan 3/28 (12 Overs)
Canada won by 49 runs
Lichfield Cricket Club Ground, Lichfield
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
May 29–30, 1979
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Kenilworth Wardens Cricket Club, Kenilworth
Umpires: Unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 31 – June 1, 1979
Scorecard
Malaysia 
114 (45.5 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
115/3 (41.2 overs)
P Banerji Nair 34
Daulat Zaman 4/23 (9 Overs)
Jahangir Shah 39*
S Marimuthu 1/15 (10 Overs)
Bangladesh won by 7 wickets
Gorway Ground, Walsall
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 31 – June 1, 1979
Scorecard
Denmark 
118 (57.0 overs)
v
 Canada
72 (32.4 overs)
Henrik Mortensen 36
Martin Stead 4/16 (9 Overs)
John Vaughan 16
Carsten Morild 4/16 (12 Overs)
Denmark won by 46 runs
Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club Ground, Knowle
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
June 4, 1979
Scorecard
Denmark 
165/8 (60.0 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
155 (58.5 overs)
Keld Kristensen 74
Daulat Zaman 2/42 (12 Overs)
Ashraful Haq 31
Torben Nielsen 3/16 (12 Overs)
Denmark won by 10 runs
Kings Heath Cricket Club Ground, Kings Heath
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
June 4, 1979
Scorecard
Canada 
209/6 (60.0 overs)
v
 Fiji
153 (53.5 overs)
John Vaughan 68*
Frederick Valentine 2/34 (12 Overs)
CAC Browne 34
Jitendra Patel 3/22 (12 Overs)
Canada won by 56 runs
Solihull Cricket Club Ground, Solihull
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown

Group C

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L Ab NR Pts RR Qualification
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures

May 22, 1979
Scorecard
United States 
126 (49.1 overs)
v
 Israel
85 (46.0 overs)
Neil Lashkari 44
Reuben Reuben 4/37 (11.1 Overs)
Barry Kanpol 24*
Stephen Jones 3/16 (12 Overs)
United States won by 41 runs
Blossomfield Cricket Club, Blossomfield
Umpires: AJ Inman (Eng), L. Burton (Eng)
  • Toss unknown
22–23 May 1979
Scorecard
Wales 
170/7 (60.0 overs)
v
 Netherlands
59/2 (30.0 overs)
Jeffris Hopkins 71
Peter van Wel 2/11 (9 Overs)
Chris van Schouwenburg
Nigel Owen 2/20 (12 Overs)
Wales won by 26 runs (revised target)
Enville
Umpires: DB Jones (ENG) & DA Duckers (ENG)
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 24, 1979
Scorecard
Israel 
105 (51.5 overs)
v
 Netherlands
107/2 (32.1 overs)
David Moss 39
Rob van Weelde 3/12 (8 Overs)
A Bakker 60*
Barry Kanpol 2/14 (8 Overs)
Netherlands won by 8 wickets
Banbury XX Cricket Club, Banbury
Umpires: K Turner (ENG) & GA Brown (ENG)
  • Toss unknown
May 24, 1979
Scorecard
United States 
168 (56.3 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
170/4 (40.0 overs)
Wayne Stuger 48
Sridharan Jeganathan 2/30 (12 overs)
Roy Dias 76
WG Bovell 2/30 (6 over)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Saints Ground, Northampton
Umpires: PG Berry (ENG) & PG Bell (ENG)
  • Toss unknown
May 29–30, 1979
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Leicester Road, Hinckley
Umpires: Unknown
  • Reserve day used
May 29–30, 1979
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Leamington Cricket Club Ground, Leamington Spa
Umpires: Unknown
June 1, 1979
Scorecard
Wales 
234/5 (60.0 overs)
v
 Israel
143/9 (60.0 overs)
Jeffris Hopkins 92
Nissam Reube 2/38 (12 overs)
Jerrold Kessel 32
Alan Geoghegan 3/23 (12 overs)
Wales won by 91 runs
Astwood Bank Cricket Club Ground, Redditch
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
June 1st, 1979
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
212/8 (60.0 overs)
v
 Netherlands
167/8 (60.0 overs)
Duleep Mendis 51
Rob van Weelde 3/22 (12 overs)
A Bakker 74
Bandula Warnapura 2/21 (12 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 45 runs
Scorers, Shirley
Umpires: BJ Turner (ENG) & TJ Cox (ENG)
  • Toss unknown
  • Reserve day used
June 4, 1979
Scorecard
United States 
190 (54.3 overs)
v
 Wales
182 (58.5 overs)
Anil Lashkari 73
Stuart Carey 3/18 (8 overs)
Geoff Ellis
Kamaran Rasheed 5/17 (8 overs)
United States won by 8 runs
Olton and West Warwickshire Cricket Club, Solihull
Umpires: S Grainger (ENG) & WP Judd (ENG)
  • Toss unknown
June 4, 1979
Scorecard
v
Israel won by a walkover
Kenilworth Cricket Club Ground, Warwick Road
Umpires: N/A
  • Sri Lanka refused on political grounds to play against Israel[1]

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals

June 6, 1979
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
318/8 (60 overs)
v
 Denmark
110 (42.5 over)
Roy Dias 88
Henrik Mortensen 2/54 (12 Overs)
Keld Kristensen 34
Sudath Pasqual 3/7 (6.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 208 runs
Allied Breweries Ground, Burton-on-Trent
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss unknown
June 6, 1979
Scorecard
Bermuda 
181 (58.1 overs)
v
 Canada
186/6 (57.5 overs)
John Tucker 49
Cornelius Henry 2/17 (5.1 Overs)
Bryan Mauricette 72
Winston Trott 2/14 (12 overs)
Canada won by 4 wickets
Mitchells and Butlers' Ground, Birmingham
Umpires: PG Berry (ENG) & GA Wenman (ENG)
  • Toss unknown

Final

June 21, 1979
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
324/8 (60 overs)
v
 Canada
264/5 (60 overs)
Duleep Mendis 66
Glenroy Sealy 2/49 (12 Overs)
John Vaughan 80*
Somachandra de Silva 1/42 (12 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 60 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Sam Hale (ENG) & FJ Law (ENG)
  • Toss unknown

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  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

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  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

References

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka's Blind Alignment With US-Israeli War Mongers". Colombo Telegraph. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links

  • ICC Trophy 1979