1979 Cricket World cup: History and facts

1979 Cricket World Cup was played in England. It was a limited overs (60 overs per innings) tournament. The second world cup cricket 1979 was also won by West Indies. Vivian Richards was the man of the match in the final. Meyer and Bird were the final match umpires. The total attendance of this tournament was 138,000 which was lower than the first world cup.

Best Batting performance of 1979 world cup:

West Indies scored 293 runs while setting a target against Pakistan while the highest successful chase was of 194 runs, again by West Indies cricket team. Generally 1979 cricket world cup was a low scoring tournament. Vivian Richards scored 138* which was highest individual score. The highest scorer of the tournament was CG Greenidge who scored 253 in total.

Maximum boundaries and centuries in world cup cricket 1979:

Vivian Richards hit maximum sixes and Graham Gooch scored maximum fours in this tournament. CG Greenidge of West Indies scored maximum hundreds in this tournament, a record he shared with Richards. Greenidge scored 2 half centuries as well.

Bowling records of Cricket world cup 1979:

English Fast bowler Hendrick took 10 wickets to set the record. AG Hurst the Australian fast bowler took 5 wickets in a match. RG Callender got two ducks. He was representing Canadian cricket team.

Catches and wicket keeping records of Cricket world cup 1979:

DL Murray of the West Indies and Wasim Bari of Pakistan dismissed 7 batsmen as wicket keepers to share this record. Asif Iqbal took for catches to set the record.

Highest scoring match  and best partnership of 1979 world cup cricket:

543 runs were scored in the match between Pakistan and West Indies. 19 wickets were taken in the match between West Indies and England which was also a record. Majid Khan and Zaheer Abbas scored highest batting partnership of the World Cup tournament which was 166 runs. This partnership was for 2^nd wicket.

Interesting matches of 1979 Cricket world cup:

West Indies defeated England by 92 runs. West Indies defeated India with a 9 wickets margin. Both of these are maximum margin defeats record for 1979 cricket world cup.

1975 Cricket World Cup-History and facts

The first cricket World Cup took place in 1975. 1975 world cup cricket was played in England and 8 teams took part in this tournament. Total attendance in the world cup matches was 158,000. It was an amazing number considering the popularity of the game.

The Finalists of World cup Cricket 1975:

Prudential cup, or the first world cup cricket which was played in 1975, was won by West Indies. Clive Lloyd was the winning captain. West Indies defeated Australia in the 1975 cricket world cup final. Clive Lloyd scored a century in the final match and was declared Man of the match. Dickie Bird and Tom Spencer were the umpires in this match. 5 wickets were taken as run out, and Vivian Richards achieved 3 of them.

Best Scoring innings:

England scored 334 while batting first in the first league match. The biggest successful chase was by West Indies (267 runs). Australia and Srilanka scored 604 runs in one match to make it the highest scoring game of the Cricket world cup 1975.

Best individual batting performance of 1975 World cup:

Glenn Turner from the New Zealand squad of Cricket world cup 1975 hit 171. Turner ended up as the highest scoring batsman in this world cup.

Maximum boundaries and centuries in 1975 World cup by an individual player:

Glenn Turner hit 33 fours in this tournament. Turner scored maximum centuries as well (2 in total). Majid Khan former Pakistani Captain scored 3 fifties. CM Old hit 3 sixes. He was representing the England cricket squad in 1975.

Bowling records:

Gj Gilmour took the maximum wickets while representing Australia. He also took 5 wickets in an innings twice. Harilal Shah (from East Africa) got the highest number of ducks.

Catches and Wicket keeping records of World cup cricket 1975:

Australian RW Marsh dismissed 10 batsmen as a wicket keeper and Clive Lloyd from West Indies took three catches to set 1975 World cup record.

Best Partnership of 1975 Cricket world cup:

A Turner and RB McCosker scored 182 in a record partnership.

Interesting matches of World cup cricket 1975:

England defeat India with 202 runs margin which was a record.

Hottest players of World Cup Cricket 2011 or there aint any?

Those were good old days when World Cup Cricket tournaments used to be so full of glamour. There were many players who were known for their masculine style and impressive personalities. Is it that the viewers and sports fan have changed their taste? Or is it a fact that we actually do not have hottest players in Cricket World Cup 2011 who have fan following not only because of how good they are in the sport they play, but also because of their looks? Yes women! the heartbeat of yours, Bret Lee surely is in our list.

However looking back in cricket history, one can pick some of the Cricket players who were real style icons. No wonder many of them got a lot of offers to work in Movies! Taking it up from the 1975 world cup, even if the killer looks were missing, we had players like Vivian Richards whose sexy reverse sweep no one can forget. In the years to come, Imran Khan was considered to be the king as far as glamour in Cricket was concerned. In 1979 World Cup Cricket, Pakistani team had stylish and hottest cricket players like Majid Khan, Mohsin Hassan Khan, Wasim Hassan Raja and there were stylish batsmen like Sunil Gawaskar who had an added attraction.

By the time the third world cup was played, World cup Cricket 1983, Imran Khan became the heart throb of millions and millions of cricket fans from all across the globe. He was known as an icon of masculinity and style in his youth. In 1983, it was not only Imran Khan, but players like Ravi Shastri, Holding, Allen Border, Ramiz Raja, David Gower and Richard Headley were considered hot players in cricket. 1987 world cup cricket presented Steve Waugh to the world. Steve Waugh along with Wasim Akram, Courtney Walsh and Martin Crowe became the heart throbs. Imran Khan was still considered to be the hottest player though. 1992 cricket world cup was unique in the sense that it was the first world cup which was played in colored kit.

A lot of cricketers looked hot in the true sense as the colored atmosphere added to glamour. Saeed anwar, Ramiz Raja, Martin Crowe, Steve Waugh, Kepler Wessels, Ian Botham, Anil Kumble, Aaqib Javed, Allen Donald, Andy Flower, and Wasim Akram were considered to be the hottest players in Cricket. 1992 cricket world cup was unique and important in the sense that a lot of stylish and hot all rounders in cricket resigned from cricket right after this world cup. The great names include Martin Crowe, Kepler Wessels, Imran Khan, Ravi Shastri, Allen Border, Vivian Richards, Graham Gooch and Houston. In 1996 world cup cricket, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were the absolute hot players in the world of cricket. Sachin Tendulkar, Steve Waugh, Hansie Cronje, Alec Stewart, Gary Kirsten, and Bevan were considered to be real hot cricket players. In 1999 Glenn McGrath and Michael Bevan were the star hottest players of the cricket world cup. In 2003 Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting, Shoaib Akhtar, Bret Lee, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Stephen Fleming, Shaun Pollock and Brian Lara were considered to be the hot players of cricket.

World cup cricket 2007 saw Ricky Ponting at his best. Graeme Smith, Irfan Pathan and few other names were also considered as hottest players of cricket. With such big names in the history of cricket who were considered as hottest players in the history of cricket, the cricket squads who are going to compete for the world cup cricket 2011 seem to lack that quality. Shahid Afridi and Misbah ul Haq are the hottest cricket players from Pakistan.

M.S. Dhoni is considered to be hot. We can add a couple of other names to this list too, but though this world cup has bowling and batting stars, the so loved glamour aspect is missing from the game this time around. Lets see who can get the attention of cricket fans by playing brilliantly!

Top five ODI openers of Pakistan

Pakistani ODI openers are ranked among the most destructive openers because of their consistent high-scoring performances via use of technical stroke play and high level of aggressiveness. Saeed Anwar is the best ODI opener Pakistan ever had, because he had the stamina and patience level needed to succeed and was capable of great starts through his graceful stroke-plays and pressurizing techniques. He scored 8824 runs in just 247 matches. Anwar is followed up by a young rising-star, Salman Butt who has currently scored up to 2725 runs in 78 ODI matches. Salman Butt is famous for his off-drives and cuts through fielder gaps, helping him a lot to open with electrifying starts. Amer Sohail is Pakistan’s third best ODI opener with 4780 runs in 156 matches. He was a combative left-handed batsman who never feared from expressing his aggressiveness on field. He loved to attack and was a wonderful hard-hitter.

Majid Khan is on Fourth position for his wonderful driving and hooking thus helping him to score 786 runs in just 23 ODI matches. In future Pakistan is going to produce even better openers.

• S. Anwar
• S. Butt
• A. Sohail
• M. Khan
• M. Nazar

Top 10 fielders of Pakistan in Test Cricket

Test Cricket requires the players to have the ability and commitment to it and for those who cannot handle it, T20 or ODIs are the safest to play.

Pakistan has been excellent in the batting and the bowling department but in the last few matches their fielding has been incompetent. Unity is going to be their way of reaching the top.

Pakistan needs to appoint a fielding coach because the methods they have been using are outdated, as was noted in the Australian Tour. This will help them overcome their fielding disabilities.

There are some wonderful players in the Pakistan Test Cricket team. All they need to do is to include a little more hard work and dedication.Here are top ten fielders of Pakistan in test cricket:

1. Javed Miandad
2. Inzamam-ul-Haq
3. Younis Khan
4. Majid Khan
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Saleem Malik
7. Mudassar Nazar
8. Ijaz Ahmed
9. Wasim Akram
10. Iqbal Qasim