1979 English cricket season

1979 English cricket season
Cricket formats	Test, first-class, List A, minor counties

The 1979 English cricket season saw the second Cricket World Cup played in England. West Indies defeated England in the final.

Honours

County Championship - Essex
Gillette Cup - Somerset
Sunday League - Somerset
Benson & Hedges Cup - Essex
Minor Counties Championship - Suffolk
Second XI Championship - Warwickshire II
Wisden - Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Graham Gooch, Derek Randall, Brian Rose

Test series

Leading batsmen

Leading bowlers

External sources

CricketArchive – season and tournament itineraries

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1980
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1980

English cricket seasons: 1969 to 2000

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1979 English cricket season

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International cricket	1979 Cricket World Cup (Final) England v West Indies women England v India

Domestic cricket	Schweppes County Championship John Player League Benson & Hedges Cup Gillette Cup (Final)

County seasons

County cricket in 1979	Derbyshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire

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