1979 ICC Trophy
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Canada proved too strong for Malaysia
Malaysian cricket team
The Malaysia national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Malaysia in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1967.-Early days:...

, Rasiah Ratnalingham's excellent analysis
Bowling analysis
In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total runs conceded and number of wickets taken...

 of 12-5-18-3 not enough to stop the Canadians winning by 44 runs thanks to 77 from Cecil Marshall
Cecil Marshall
Cecil Alphonso Marshall was a Trinidadian born Canadian cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals for Canada. After playing for Canada he played and umpired cricket in Ottawa.-External links:...

 and 4-33 from John Vaughan. Elsewhere, a strong Denmark side overpowered Fiji, Ole Mortensen
Ole Mortensen
Ole Henrik Mortensen is a former Danish cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at a good average of 23.88.For Denmark, Mortensen appeared in four ICC Trophy...

 taking 4-15 from 12 overs in a Fijian total of just 89 which the Danes cruised past with almost 25 overs to spare; Henrik Mortensen made 52 not out.
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Bangladesh were in desperate trouble against Fiji after good bowling (Konrote 3-14 from nine overs) reduced them to 54/8, but their last two wickets added 49 and their final total of 103 proved to be enough as they won by 22 runs thanks to Ashraful Haque
Ashraful Haque
Syed Ashraful Haq is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was the architect of Bangladesh's first ever ICC Trophy victory, over Fiji in May 1979. His 7/23 from 9.2 overs completely destroyed the Fiji middle order, leading Bangladesh to a 22 run win. He was also a member of the Bangladesh side that played...

, who destroyed the Fijian line-up with a superb haul of 7-23, figures which would stand as the best return in the ICC Trophy until 1994. Malaysia made 150 from their 60 overs, helped by no less than 27 extras (including 14 wides), but Denmark's batting was too strong, Henrik Mortensen and Carsten Morild adding an unbroken partnership of 119 to guide the Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

ns to a straightforward seven-wicket win.
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Canada (190/9) recorded a solid 49-run win over Bangladesh (141), Franklyn Dennis
Franklyn Dennis
Franklyn Anthony Dennis is a former cricketer for Canada. He played three One Day Internationals in the 1979 World Cup, as well as appearing for the country in the 1979 ICC Trophy tournament...

 top-scoring with 61 and captain Garnet Brisbane making 34. For the Bangladeshis, Jahangir Shah
Jahangir Shah
Jahangir Shah Badsha is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 5 ODIs from 1986 to 1990. He is sometimes known on scoresheets by his nickname Badshah....

 took 4-17, but it was not enough to affect the outcome of the match as only two players passed 20. Meanwhile, the game between Fiji and Malaysia was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
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Malaysia started reasonably to reach 60/2 against Bangladesh, but wickets tumbled regularly thereafter and in the end they could manage only 114 (Daulat Zaman 4-23) and Jahangir Shah's unbeaten 39 saw the Bangladeshis home by seven wickets. Elsewhere, 4-16 from Canada's Martin Stead
Martin Stead
Martin Peter Stead is a Canadian cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals for Canada.-External links:...

 helped reduce Denamrk from 74/2 to 118 all out, but they collapsed themselves in reply, reaching just 72 (Carsten Morild 4-12) to lose by 46 runs.
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A close match saw Denmark (165/8) beat Bangladesh (155) by 10 runs to record a perfect record of four wins from four games, thanks largely to 74 from Keld Kristensen and some economical bowling (12-5-16-3) by Torben Neilsen. The other match was a somewhat less gripping affair, with Canada winning by 56 runs, their 209/6 (Vaughan 68) being more than enough for Fiji, for whom no batsman passed Browne's 34 as they were bowled out for 153.

Group C

PosTeamPWLNRAbRR
Run rate
In cricket, the run rate , or runs per over is the number of runs a batsman scores in an over of 6 balls. It includes all runs, even the so-called extras awarded due to errors by the bowler. Without extras and overthrows, the maximum run rate is 36 – if every ball were struck for six and, as...

Pts
1 4 2 1 0 1 3.820 10
2 4 2 1 0 1 3.277 10
3 4 2 1 0 1 3.022 10
4 4 1 2 0 1 2.726 6
5 4 1 3 0 0 2.110 4

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The USA's total of 126 all out seemed vulnerable, with only three batsmen reaching 20 and R Reuben claiming 4-37, but once Israel had slumped to 47/7 in reply there was no way back, despite a defiant 24 not out from number nine Kanpol, and they lost by 41 runs. In the other Group C match played on this date (and the reserve date of 23 May), Wales (170/7) beat the Netherlands (59/2 off 30 overs) by 15 runs on countback. Ex-Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...

 batsman Jeffris Hopkins made the difference with 71.
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The Netherlands(107/2) cruised to an untroubled eight-wicket victory over Israel (105), thanks largely to five dismissals (3ct, 2st) by Rene Schoonheim and to Bakker's 60 not out. In the other game, a reasonable American total of 168 was boosted by a fifth-wicket stand of 90 between Stuger (48) and former first-class
First-class cricket
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 cricketer Kamran Rasheed, who hit 44. Despite the loss of two early wickets, a fine 76 not out from future Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 batsman Roy Dias
Roy Dias
Roy Luke Dias is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played 20 Test matches as a specialist batsman, and became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 Test runs...

 ensured that there were no real alarms for the Sri Lankans as they won by six wickets with 20 overs to go.
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Both games scheduled for this day - Netherlands v USA and Sri Lanka v Wales - were called off with no play having been possible.
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Wales piled up a daunting 234/5 against Israel, Jeffris Hopkins hitting 92 and Geoffrey Williams 67. Israel were never in the game after they slipped to 59/5, before restoring some respectability with a sixth-wicket stand of 61 thanks to Kessel (32) and Solomon (28); they eventually made 143/9 to lose by 91 runs. In the other match, 51 from Duleep Mendis
Duleep Mendis
Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a specialist batsman, whose best period as a player came from 1982 to 1985. His first years of school were spent at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa...

 and five other scores between 21 and 28 saw Sri Lanka to 212/8; Bakker made 74 in the Dutch reply but received little support and Sri Lanka won by 45 runs.

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Sri Lanka refused on political grounds to play against Israel, meaning that the latter won by a walkover. However, the game that was played, between the USA and Wales, was an exciting affair. Anil Lashkari hit 73 to propel the Americans to a competitive total of 190, in reply to which the Welsh were going well at 139/4 with Geoff Ellis making 56. However, an excellent spell of bowling from Kamran Rasheed, more usually a wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

, turned the game; he took 5-17 from eight overs and Wales were dismissed for 182 with seven balls to go to lose by just eight runs.

Bermuda v Canada

Batting first, Bermuda were bowled out for 181 off 58.1 overs with no player making a big impression, but solid contributions from John Tucker (who made his team's top score of 49) and Gladstone Browne (34). In reply, Canada's innings began disastrously as they were reduced to 36/4, but once Bryan Mauricette
Bryan Mauricette
Bryan Michael Mauricette was a cricketer: a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman who played a handful of first-class matches for the Windward Islands between 1966–67 and 1972–73 without ever passing 20....

 (72 not out) and Tariq Javed
Tariq Javed
Tariq Javed is a Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer. He played three One Day Internationals for Canada. He was a right-handed batsman and was skilled with the cut shot....

 (47) had added 111 for the sixth wicket the result was no longer in doubt and the Canadians recorded a four-wicket win with 13 balls to spare.

Denmark v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's powerful batting line-up saw their team through to a huge total of 318/7, including 88 from Dias, 68 from Mendis and 45 from captain Anura Tennekoon
Anura Tennekoon
Anura Tennekoon is a former cricketer.and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He was educated at the S. Thomas' College in Mount Lavinia. After captaining the school team and being selected as best schoolboy batsman of the year, Tennekoon went on to play first-class cricket for the...

. The Danes began reasonably well in pursuit of such a daunting target, reaching 96/3 at one stage before wickets began to tumble and Denmark declined to 110 all out, a crushing 208-run loss. Bandula Warnapura
Bandula Warnapura
Bandula Warnapura is a former cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He played 4 Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals during his international cricketing career from 1975 to 1982...

 (3-22), Somachandra de Silva
Somachandra de Silva
Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He bowled leg spin, and captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for two Test matches in 1983, as the regular captain, Duleep Mendis missed the tour of New Zealand due to injury...

 (3-20) and Sudath Pasqual
Sudath Pasqual
Sudath Prajiv Pasqual is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two ODIs in 1979.-External links:*...

 (3-7) were the pick of Sri Lanka's bowlers.

Final - 21 June

A high-scoring match saw 588 runs scored for the loss of 13 wickets, with Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...

 emerging victorious by the comfortable margin of 60 runs. Mendis hit 66 and Sunil Jayasinghe
Sunil Jayasinghe
Sunil Asoka Jayasinghe is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two ODIs in 1979. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo.Sunil is the 15th ODI Cap for Sri Lanak [New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka at Nottingham England 1979]...

 64, with four other players passing 30, as the Sri Lankans made 324/8, the highest total of the entire tournament. Canada recovered from 34/2 to reach 182/3 at one stage with Vaughan making 80 and Marshall 55. Despite having wickets in hand, however, they could not keep up with the required run rate, ending up well short of their target on 264/5.

Leading batsmen

Qualification: 150 runs. Note: no batsman scored a century in the tournament.
1979 ICC Trophy - leading batsmen by runs scored
Name Team Inns NO
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

Runs HS 50 Ave
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

Duleep Mendis
Duleep Mendis
Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a specialist batsman, whose best period as a player came from 1982 to 1985. His first years of school were spent at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa...

Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...

4 0 221 68 3 55.25
Roy Dias
Roy Dias
Roy Luke Dias is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played 20 Test matches as a specialist batsman, and became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 Test runs...

Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...

4 1 214 88 2 71.33
John Vaughan Canada
Canadian cricket team
The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...

6 3 211 80* 2 70.33
Henrik Mortensen Denmark
Danish cricket team
The Denmark national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Denmark in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1966 and are currently part of the ICC's High Performance Program.-Beginnings:Cricket has been played...

5 3 196 55* 2 98.00
Franklyn Dennis
Franklyn Dennis
Franklyn Anthony Dennis is a former cricketer for Canada. He played three One Day Internationals in the 1979 World Cup, as well as appearing for the country in the 1979 ICC Trophy tournament...

Canada
Canadian cricket team
The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...

6 0 172 61 1 28.66
Cecil Marshall
Cecil Marshall
Cecil Alphonso Marshall was a Trinidadian born Canadian cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals for Canada. After playing for Canada he played and umpired cricket in Ottawa.-External links:...

Canada
Canadian cricket team
The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...

6 0 168 77 2 28.00
Jeffris Hopkins Wales
Welsh cricket team
The Welsh cricket team has appeared on a number of occasions. Generally however, Welsh players are represented in international play by England.-History:...

3 0 168 92 2 56.00
A Bakker Netherlands
Dutch cricket team
The Dutch cricket team is a national cricket team representing the Netherlands. It is administered by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond which is based in Nieuwegein in the centre of the country and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New...

3 2 153 74 2 153.00

Leading bowlers

Qualification: 10 wickets.
1979 ICC Trophy - leading bowlers by wickets taken
Name Team Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...

SR
Strike rate
Strike rate refers to two different statistics in the sport of cricket. Batting strike rate is a measure of how frequently a batsman achieves the primary goal of batting, namely scoring runs. Bowling strike rate is a measure of how frequently a bowler achieves the primary goal of bowling, namely...

Econ
John Vaughan Canada
Canadian cricket team
The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...

67.5 11 227 14 4-33 16.21 29.07 3.34
Winston Trott
Winston Trott
Winston Trott is a former Bermudian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He played one first-class match for Bermuda, against New Zealand in 1972, taking four wickets in New Zealand's only innings. He also represented Bermuda in the first two ICC Trophy...

Bermuda
Bermudian cricket team
The Bermudian cricket team is the team representing Bermuda in the sport of cricket, governed by the Bermuda Cricket Board. The Bermuda Cricket Board was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council, the global ruling body for the sport, in 1966...

47 12 80 10 3-8 8.00 28.20 1.70
LP Young Ken Sen Singapore
Singaporean cricket team
The Singapore national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Singapore in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1974 and have played in every edition of the ICC World Cup Qualifier to date with the exception...

31.1 1 101 10 5-44 10.10 18.70 3.24
Ashraful Haque
Ashraful Haque
Syed Ashraful Haq is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was the architect of Bangladesh's first ever ICC Trophy victory, over Fiji in May 1979. His 7/23 from 9.2 overs completely destroyed the Fiji middle order, leading Bangladesh to a 22 run win. He was also a member of the Bangladesh side that played...

Bangladesh
Bangladeshi cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...

36.2 7 107 10 7-23 10.70 21.80 2.94
Ole Mortensen
Ole Mortensen
Ole Henrik Mortensen is a former Danish cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at a good average of 23.88.For Denmark, Mortensen appeared in four ICC Trophy...

Denmark
Danish cricket team
The Denmark national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Denmark in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1966 and are currently part of the ICC's High Performance Program.-Beginnings:Cricket has been played...

56.4 15 129 10 4-15 12.90 34.00 2.27
Carsten Morild Denmark
Danish cricket team
The Denmark national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Denmark in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1966 and are currently part of the ICC's High Performance Program.-Beginnings:Cricket has been played...

45 10 130 10 4-12 13.00 27.00 2.88

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