World Cup memory: Collis King rules Lord's in 1979
Updated On: 20 February, 2019 03:02 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
West Indies won their second World Cup final and Richards claimed the man of the match award, but they couldn't have done it without the daring of Collis Llewellyn King

Collis King scored a 66-ball 86 in the 1979 World Cup final v England
World Cup memory
King rules Lord's in 1979
Collis King made his way to the centre of the Lord's Cricket Ground in London during the 1979 World Cup final against England to face an unfamiliar situation — West Indies in some kind of trouble (99-4). At the other end, was Vivian Richards, who at No. 3, had seen the departure of Desmond Haynes, Alvin Kallicharran and skipper Clive Lloyd. Opener Gordon Greenidge was run out for nine.
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