 With David Gower making his debut, Ian Botham and Bob Willis at their peak with the ball and Geoff Boycott and Graham Gooch opening the batting England were a formidable outfit.A 5 – 1 victory against a weak Australian team in 1978–79, thanks to the determined batting of Derek Randall and a strong bowling side, was followed by a 1 – 0 victory at home over India and a World Cup final appearance against the West Indies.Viv Richards and Collis King thumped the English attack around Lord's before Joel Garner blew the England middle order away.