1975 Cricket World Cup
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| Dates | 7 June–21 June |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Conference |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  England |
| Champions |  West Indies (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Australia |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Attendance | 158,000 (10,533 per match) |
| Most runs |  Glenn Turner (333) |
| Most wickets | Gary Gilmour (11) |
The 1975 Cricket World Cup (officially called the Prudential Cup '75) was the first edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Conference (ICC) and was the first major limited overs One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament to be held. It was held from 7 to 21 June 1975 in England.
The tournament was sponsored by Prudential Assurance Company and had eight participating countries: the six Test-playing teams of the time (Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and the West Indies), plus leading Associate nations Sri Lanka and, for the only time, East Africa. The teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team playing the other teams in their group once; the top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals, with the winners of these matches meeting in the final. Each match consisted of 60 overs per team and was played in traditional white clothing and with red balls; all were played during the day and hence started early.
The concept of ODI cricket was still in the early stages and in the years between 1971 and 1975, only 18 such matches between the Test playing nations had been contested.
England, New Zealand West Indies and Australia were the teams to qualify for the semi-finals, making this the only World Cup thus far in which no team from the Indian subcontinent made this stage. Australia defeated England and the West Indies beat New Zealand, before the West Indies, the pre-tournament favourites, defeated Australia in the final at Lord's by 17 runs to become the first World Cup winners.
The opening match of the tournament featured one of the most bizarre batting efforts in one-day history, by India's Sunil Gavaskar. After England scored 334/4, with Dennis Amiss making 137, Gavaskar batted through the full 60 overs for 36 not out, prompting several pitch invasions from unhappy Indian fans.[1]
Contents
1 Format
2 Participants
3 Venues
4 Squads
5 Group stage
5.1 Group A
5.2 Group B
6 Knockout stage
6.1 Semi-finals
6.2 Final
7 Statistics
8 References
9 External links
Format
The format of the first world cup was 2 groups of four teams each, and each team playing each other. The top two team from each group then advance to the semi-finals, where the winners then advance (qualified) for the finals.
The first Cricket World Cup was played in England on seven different venues. A total of 16 matches were played in the 1975 Cricket World Cup, including two semi-finals and a final.[2]
Participants
Highlighted were the countries participated in the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
Qualified as full member of ICC
Qualified by invitation
The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament. Sri Lanka and East Africa were the only two teams without Test status.
| Team | Method of qualification | Previous best performance | Rank | Group |
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| England | Host | Debut | 1 | A |
 India | Full Members | Debut | 5 | A |
| Australia | Debut | 3 | B | |
 Pakistan | Debut | 6 | B | |
| West Indies | Debut | 2 | B | |
| New Zealand | Debut | 4 | A | |
 Sri Lanka | Invitation | Debut | – | B |
 East Africa | Debut | – | A |
Venues
| London |   Lord's The Oval Nottingham Birmingham Leeds Manchester | London |
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Lord's Cricket Ground | The Oval | |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 23,500 | |
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Birmingham | Manchester | |
Edgbaston Cricket Ground | Old Trafford Cricket Ground | |
| Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 19,000 | |
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Nottingham | Leeds | |
Trent Bridge | Headingley | |
| Capacity: 15,350 | Capacity: 14,000 | |
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | RR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.94 | 12 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.07 | 8 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.24 | 4 |
| East Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.90 | 0 |
7 June 1975 Scorecard |
England 334/4 (60 overs) | v | India 132/3 (60 overs) |
Dennis Amiss 137 (147) Syed Abid Ali 58/2 (12 overs) | Gundappa Viswanath 37 (59) Peter Lever 16/1 (10 overs) |
7 June 1975 Scorecard |
New Zealand 309/5 (60 overs) | v | East Africa 128/8 (60 overs) |
Glenn Turner 171 (201) Parbhu Nana 34/1 (12 overs) | Frasat Ali 45 (123) Dayle Hadlee 21/3 (12 overs) |
11 June 1975 Scorecard |
England 266/6 (60 overs) | v | New Zealand 186 (60 overs) |
Keith Fletcher 131 (147) Richard Collinge 43/2 (12 overs) | John Morrison 55 (85) Tony Greig 45/4 (12 overs) |
11 June 1975 Scorecard |
East Africa 120 (55.3 overs) | v | India 123/0 (29.5 overs) |
Jawahir Shah 37 (84) Madan Lal 15/3 (9.3 overs) | Sunil Gavaskar 65* (86) |
14 June 1975 Scorecard |
England 290 (60 overs) | v | East Africa 94 (52.3 overs) |
Dennis Amiss 88 (116) Zulfiqar Ali 63/3 (12 overs) | Ramesh Sethi 30 (102) John Snow 11/4 (12 overs) |
14 June 1975 Scorecard |
India 230 (60 overs) | v | New Zealand 233/6 (58.5 overs) |
Syed Abid Ali 70 (98) Brian McKechnie 49/3 (12 overs) | Glenn Turner 114* (177) Syed Abid Ali 35/2 (12 overs) |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | RR | Pts |
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| West Indies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 12 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.43 | 8 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.78 | 0 |
7 June 1975 Scorecard |
Australia 278/7 (60 overs) | v | Pakistan 205 (53 overs) |
Ross Edwards 80* (94) Naseer Malik 37/2 (12 overs) | Majid Khan 65 (76) Dennis Lillee 34/5 (12 overs) |
7 June 1975 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 86 (37.2 overs) | v | West Indies 87/1 (20.4 overs) |
Somachandra de Silva 21 (54) Bernard Julien 16/2 (12 overs) | Roy Fredericks 33 (38) Somachandra de Silva 33/1 (8 overs) |
11 June 1975 Scorecard |
Australia 328/5 (60 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 276/4 (60 overs) |
Alan Turner 101 (113) Somachandra de Silva 60/2 (12 overs) | Sunil Wettimuny 53 (102) Ian Chappell 14/2 (4 overs) |
11 June 1975 Scorecard |
Pakistan 266/7 (60 overs) | v | West Indies 267/9 (59.4 overs) |
Majid Khan 60 (108) Viv Richards 21/1 (4 overs) | Deryck Murray 61* (76) Sarfraz Nawaz 44/4 (12 overs) |
14 June 1975 Scorecard |
Australia 192 (53.4 overs) | v | West Indies 195/3 (46 overs) |
Ross Edwards 58 (74) Andy Roberts 39/3 (10.4 overs) | Alvin Kallicharran 78 (83) Ashley Mallett 35/1 (11 overs) |
14 June 1975 Scorecard |
Pakistan 330/6 (60 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 138 (50.1 overs) |
Zaheer Abbas 97 (89) Tony Opatha 67/2 (12 overs) | Anura Tennekoon 30 (36) Imran Khan 15/3 (7.1 overs) |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 June – Leeds | ||||||
| England | 93 | |||||
| 21 June – London | ||||||
| Australia | 94/6 | |||||
| Australia | 274 | |||||
| 18 June – London | ||||||
| West Indies | 291/8 | |||||
| New Zealand | 158 | |||||
| West Indies | 159/5 | |||||
Semi-finals
In the best World Cup performance to date by a bowler, Gary Gilmour took 6/14, as England were bowled out for 93 (36.2 overs), after having fallen to 37/7. Australia initially suffered a collapse just as dramatic, falling to 39/6, before Gilmour (28 from 28 balls, 5 fours) brought them home in a fantastic all-round performance.
The West Indies won the toss and sent New Zealand in to bat first. New Zealand batted well against the bowling at first, reaching 98/1. However, when captain Glenn Turner (36 from 74 balls, 3 fours) and Geoff Howarth (51 from 93 balls, 3 fours) fell, breaking a second-wicket partnership of 90 runs, New Zealand lost 9/60 to fall to 158 (all out, 52.2 overs). The West Indies responded, with Alvin Kallicharan (72 from 92 balls, 7 fours, 1 six) and Gordon Greenidge (55 from 95 balls, 9 fours, 1 six) sharing a second-wicket partnership of 125 runs, that brought the West Indies to their target.
18 June 1975 |
England 93 (36.2 overs) | v | Australia 94/6 (28.4 overs) |
Mike Denness 27 (60) Gary Gilmour 14/6 (12 overs) | Gary Gilmour 28* (28) Chris Old 29/3 (7 overs) |
18 June 1975 |
New Zealand 158 (52.2 overs) | v | West Indies 159/5 (40.1 overs) |
Geoff Howarth 51 (93) Bernard Julien 27/4 (12 overs) | Alvin Kallicharran 72 (92) Richard Collinge 28/3 (12 overs) |
Final
In the final, the West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs, after an accomplished innings from captain Clive Lloyd (102 from 85 balls, 12 fours, 2 sixes). The Australian innings was marked by top-order batsmen being run out when going for runs after misfields. A total of five of their team were run out, three by Vivian Richards. There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded in 1975.
21 June 1975 |
West Indies 291/8 (60 overs) | v | Australia 274 (58.4 overs) |
Clive Lloyd 102 (85) Gary Gilmour 48/5 (12 overs) | Ian Chappell 62 (93) Keith Boyce 50/4 (12 overs) |
Statistics
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References
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External links
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