1979 Cricket World Cup statistics
Player Team Runs Matches Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s
Gordon Greenidge West Indies 253 4 4 84.33 62.31 106* 1 2 17 3
Sir Viv Richards West Indies 217 4 4 108.50 74.06 138* 1 0 13+ 4+
Graham Gooch England 210 5 5 52.50 63.82 71 0 2 18 4
Glenn Turner New Zealand 176 4 4 88.00 56.05 83* 0 1 12+ 0+
John Wright New Zealand 166 4 4 41.50 50.00 69 0 1 16+ 0+
Batting statistics -- Most runs
The top five highest run scorers ( total runs ) in the tournament are included in this table . [ 2 ]
This is a list of statistics for the 1979 Cricket World Cup.