Incident:
In the final of the second World Cup in 1979, Clive Lloyd dropped what would have been a regulation catch off Geoffrey Boycott. In spite of the dropped catch, West Indies went on the win the match and the second World Cup. He managed to defy the rule that "catches win matches". Though Clive Lloyd himself has put speculations to end by admitting that it was a genuine drop, people till date find it hard to digest as Clive Lloyd has always been an outstanding fielder. Englishmen were 70 for 0 off 25 overs and had taken a tea break shortly before.
Prologue:
At the times when there were no field restrictions (fielders could be set on boundaries from ball 1 of the game), and the matches used to last 60 overs; West Indies and Englad faced each other
in the second World Cup final. Batting first West Indies made a (that time) healthy 286 at nearly 4 and three quarter runs an over.
Englishmen who were keen to prove that they were the pioneers of the sport, wanted to win the World Cup badly and did everything correct to reach finals. The strategy they adopted for finals was that the openers should see off the new ball (from the firing squad consisting of Holding, Garner, Craft and Roberts). In this quest they were batting quite slower than required.
Epilogue:
Englishmen were so slow in scoring that Geoffrey Boycott reached double figures in 17th over of the match. The opening pair added 129 only in 39th over when first wicket fell. The asking run rate was already beyond 7 by then which was beyond reach for batsmen to follow. West Indies won comfortably.
(data pulled from Cricinfo.com).
In the final of the second World Cup in 1979, Clive Lloyd dropped what would have been a regulation catch off Geoffrey Boycott. In spite of the dropped catch, West Indies went on the win the match and the second World Cup. He managed to defy the rule that "catches win matches". Though Clive Lloyd himself has put speculations to end by admitting that it was a genuine drop, people till date find it hard to digest as Clive Lloyd has always been an outstanding fielder. Englishmen were 70 for 0 off 25 overs and had taken a tea break shortly before.
Prologue:
At the times when there were no field restrictions (fielders could be set on boundaries from ball 1 of the game), and the matches used to last 60 overs; West Indies and Englad faced each other
in the second World Cup final. Batting first West Indies made a (that time) healthy 286 at nearly 4 and three quarter runs an over.
Englishmen who were keen to prove that they were the pioneers of the sport, wanted to win the World Cup badly and did everything correct to reach finals. The strategy they adopted for finals was that the openers should see off the new ball (from the firing squad consisting of Holding, Garner, Craft and Roberts). In this quest they were batting quite slower than required.
Epilogue:
Englishmen were so slow in scoring that Geoffrey Boycott reached double figures in 17th over of the match. The opening pair added 129 only in 39th over when first wicket fell. The asking run rate was already beyond 7 by then which was beyond reach for batsmen to follow. West Indies won comfortably.
(data pulled from Cricinfo.com).
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