India Vs New Zealand 6Th Match
Prudential World Cup in England - 1979 (1979) · Headingley, Leeds · 13 June 1979
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining). Bruce Edgar top-scored with 84* for New Zealand.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Headingley, Leeds
- Date
- 13 June 1979
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to field
- Result
- New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Bruce Edgar
- Captains
- Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India), Mark Burgess (New Zealand)
- Umpires
- AGT Whitehead and WL Budd
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
New Zealand won the toss and chose to field.
India batted first and made 182 all out. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 55 off 144 balls, and Brijesh Patel made 38. Brian McKechnie took 3 for 24 for New Zealand.
Chasing 183, New Zealand made 183 for 2. Bruce Edgar top-scored with 84 not out off 167 balls, and John Wright made 48. The innings was built on a 100-run stand for the first wicket between John Wright and Bruce Edgar, 55% of the total.
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining).
INDIA: 182 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | c Warren Lees | 55 | 144 |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | bowled | 10 | 31 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | c Warren Lees | 1 | 2 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | c Glenn Turner | 9 | 17 |
| Brijesh Patel | bowled | 38 | 60 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | bowled | 1 | 5 |
| Kapil Dev | c Lance Cairns | 25 | 24 |
| Karsan Ghavri | c Jeremy Coney | 20 | 22 |
| Surinder Khanna | c John Morrison | 7 | 16 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | c Warren Lees | 1 | 2 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 1 | 12 |
Extras 14 · Total 182 all out
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 10 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Gary Troup | 10 | 2 | 36 | 2 |
| Lance Cairns | 11.5 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| Brian McKechnie | 12 | 1 | 24 | 3 |
| Jeremy Coney | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| John Morrison | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-27 (Anshuman Gaekwad), 2-38 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-53 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-104 (Brijesh Patel), 5-107 (Mohinder Amarnath), 6-147 (Kapil Dev), 7-153 (Sunil Gavaskar), 8-180 (Surinder Khanna), 9-181 (Karsan Ghavri), 10-182 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad | 27 |
| second | Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar | 11 |
| third | Gundappa Viswanath and Sunil Gavaskar | 15 |
| fourth | Sunil Gavaskar and Brijesh Patel | 51 |
| fifth | Mohinder Amarnath and Sunil Gavaskar | 3 |
| sixth | Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev | 40 |
| seventh | Sunil Gavaskar and Karsan Ghavri | 6 |
| eighth | Karsan Ghavri and Surinder Khanna | 27 |
| ninth | Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Karsan Ghavri | 1 |
| tenth | Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Bishan Bedi | 1 |
NEW ZEALAND: 183 FOR 2
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Wright | c Mohinder Amarnath | 48 | 94 |
| Bruce Edgar | not out | 84 | 167 |
| Lance Cairns | run out | 2 | 4 |
| Glenn Turner | not out | 43 | 76 |
Did not bat: Jeremy Coney, Mark Burgess, John Morrison, Brian McKechnie, Warren Lees, Richard Hadlee, Gary Troup
Extras 6 · Total 183 for 2
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohinder Amarnath | 12 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Bishan Bedi | 12 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 12 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Kapil Dev | 11 | 3 | 38 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-100 (John Wright), 2-103 (Lance Cairns)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | John Wright and Bruce Edgar | 100 |
| second | Lance Cairns and Bruce Edgar | 3 |
| third | Glenn Turner and Bruce Edgar | 80 |
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