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The second ICC Cricket World Cup was played in England in 1979. Total 8 teams played 15-match from June 09-23, 1979. It is also known Prudential Cup 1979.

Group A - England, Australia, Canada, Pakistan
Group B - India, West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka

Result: West Indies won the 1979 Prudential World Cup

1979 Cricket World Cup

Date & time Detail
Jun-1979
Sat 09
1st Match, Group B - India vs West Indies
Edgbaston, Birmingham
West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 8.3 overs remaining)
Sat 09
2nd Match, Group B - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 12.2 overs remaining)
Sat 09
3rd Match, Group A - England vs Australia
Lord's, London
England won by 6 wickets (with 2.5 overs remaining)
Sat 09
4th Match, Group A - Canada vs Pakistan
Headingley, Leeds
Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 19.5 overs remaining)
Wed 13
6th Match, Group B - India vs New Zealand
Headingley, Leeds
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 3 overs remaining)
Wed 13 - Thu 14
7th Match, Group A - Australia vs Pakistan
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Pakistan won by 89 runs
Wed 13 - Thu 14
8th Match, Group A - England vs Canada
Old Trafford, Manchester
England won by 8 wickets (with 46.1 overs remaining)
Wed 13 - Fri 15
5th Match, Group B - Sri Lanka vs West Indies
Kennington Oval, London
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Sat 16
10th Match, Group B - New Zealand vs West Indies
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
West Indies won by 32 runs
Sat 16
11th Match, Group A - Australia vs Canada
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 34 overs remaining)
Sat 16
12th Match, Group A - England vs Pakistan
Headingley, Leeds
England won by 14 runs
Sat 16 - Mon 18
9th Match, Group B - India vs Sri Lanka
Old Trafford, Manchester
Sri Lanka won by 47 runs
Wed 20
1st Semi-final - England vs New Zealand
Old Trafford, Manchester
England won by 9 runs
Wed 20
2nd Semi-final - Pakistan vs West Indies
Kennington Oval, London
West Indies won by 43 runs
Sat 23
The Final - England vs West Indies
Lord's, London
West Indies won by 92 runs
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