World Cup History: 4 finals played at Lord's

1979 - West Indies thrash England

West Indies were crowned as World Champions once again in the year 1979

West Indies won their second consecutive World Cup in the year 1979 at Lord's. After beating Australia in a thriller in the finals four years before, Clive Lloyd's men beat England by a margin of 92 runs in the 1979 World Cup finals.

Sir Viv Richards dominated the final and scored an unbeaten 138. Richards played attacking cricket and was well supported by Collis King who scored 86 of just 66 deliveries. The duo toyed with the English bowling and West Indies put up an impressive score of 286 in their allotted 60 overs.

England started the chase positively with both openers Mike Brearley and Geoff Boycott scoring impressive half-centuries. However, once Holding dismissed both the openers, England collapsed from 129-0 to 194 all out. Joel Garner was the pick of the bowlers and he had impressive figures of 5 wickets for 38 runs in his 11 overs. He picked up the vital wickets of Graham Gooch, David Gower, Chris Old, Wayne Larkins and Bob Taylor.

The hosts were comprehensively beaten by a margin of 92 runs in the finals and West Indies once again were the deserving winners of the World Cup trophy for the second consecutive time.

Lord's proved to be a lucky hunting ground for Lloyd's men who were dominating World Cup cricket in the 1970s and were near invincible.