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1979 Synopsis
Thu, February 24 2011
West Indies makes it two out of two
Clive Lloyd’s men defended their crown, powered by Vivian Richards’s epic innings and Collis King’s devastating batting in the final. India’s shocking loss to new entrants Sri Lanka, Geoffrey Boycott wearing his cap the other way while bowling and the sight of Sunil Wettimuny and Duleep Mendis being consigned to hospital by a fiery Jeff Thompson are some of the lasting images of this edition.