World Cup Cricket 1979

The 2nd Cricket World Cup held in 1979. Four years after the first World Cup, Which held in 1975 at Englind also the venue for the first World Cup.

The first World Cup was also known as the Prudential Cup. Again eight teams participated the six test playing nations : Australia, England, India, West Indies, New Zealand and Pakistan along with Sri Lanka and Canada who were selected after a tournament between the associate members of the ICC (International Cricket Conference).

Pakistan, England, Canada and Australia formed group A while the rest were in group B. The tournament was played over two weeks(from the 9th of June to the 23rd of June 1979).The West Indies were the undisputed kings of world cricket after winning a second successive World Cup.

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