Summary of 1975 World Cup
Captains:
Group A-->Eng: Mike Denness; NZ: Glenn Turner; Ind:
S.Venkat
EA: Harilal Shah
Group B-->Aust: Ian Chappell; WI: Clive Lloyd
Pak:Asif Iqbal/ Majid Khan; SL: A.P.B.Tennekoon
1. ENGLAND v INDIA, at Lord's (London)-->7th June
Eng. won toss
Eng won by 202 runs
MOM: Dennis Amiss
Eng 4/334(60)-->D.L.Amiss 137, K.W.R.Fletcher 68, M.H.Denness
37*,
C.M.Old 51*(30)
Ind 3/132(60)-->S.M.Gavaskar 36*, G.R.Vishwanath 37
2. NEW ZEALAND v EAST AFRICA, at Edgebaston (Birmingham)-->7th
June
NZ won the toss
NZ won by 181 runs
MOM: Glenn Turner
NZ 5/309(60)-->G.M.Turner 171*, J.M.Parkar 66
EA 8/128(60)-->Frasat Ali 45, Zulfiqar Ali 30, D.R.Hadlee
3/21
H.J.Howarth 3/29
--->Turner's 171* was the 1st 150+ score in all ODIs
and is
the 3rd highest score in WC (4th in all ODIs)
--->This is NZ's highest total ever.
--->this is the 2nd largest margin of victory for NZ
3. AUSTRALIA v PAKISTAN, at Headingley (Leeds)-->7th
June
Aust won toss
Aust won by 73 runs
MOM: Dennis Lillee
Aust 7/278(60)-->A.Turner 46, G.S.Chappell 45, R.Edwards
80*
Pak 205(53)-->Majid Khan 65, Asif Iqbal 53, Wasim Raja
31,
D.K.Lillee 5/34 was the 1st 5 wkt haul by any bowler in
ODIs.
4. WEST INDIES v SRI LANKA, at Old Trafford (Manchester)-->7th
June
WI won the toss
WI won by 9 wkts.
MOM: Julien
SL 86 (37.2)-->B.D.Julien 4/20
WI 1/87(20.4)-->R.C.Fredricks 33, D.L.Murray 30*
-->only 3 SL batsmen reached double figures:M.H.Tissera
14,
A.R.M.Opatha 11, D.S.DeSilva 21.
-->SL was 4/21, 8/48, 9/58.
-->The lone WI wkt fell at 52, taken by D.S.DeSilva.
5. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, at Trent Bridge (Nottingham)-->11th
June
NZ won toss
Eng won by 80 runs
MOM: Kieth Fletcher
Eng 6/266(60)-->K.W.R.Fletcher 131, F.C.Hayes 34, M.H.Denness
37
NZ 186(60)-->J.F.Morrison 55, A.W.Greig 4/45
-->Eng entered the semis with this win
6. INDIA v EAST AFRICA, at Headingley (Leeds)-->11th
June
EA won toss
Ind won by 10 wkts.
MOM:Farrokh Engineer
EA 120(53.3)-->Jawahir Shah 37, B.S.Bedi 12-8-6-1
Ind 0/123(29.5)-->S.M.Gavaskar 65*, F.M.Engineer 54*
-->EA at one stage was 5/56.
7. AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA, at Kennington Oval (London)-->11th
June
SL won the toss
Aust won by 52 runs
MOM: Allan Turner
Aust 5/328(60)-->R.B.McCosker 73, A.Yurner 101, G.S.Chappell
50,
K.D.Walters 59
SL 4/276(60)-->S.R.deWettimuny rtd ht 53, B.Warnapura
31,
L.R.D.Mendis rtd ht 32, A.P.B.Tennekoon 48, M.H.Tissera
52
--->McCoscer and Turner put on 182 for 1st wkt-->WC
record
8. WEST INDIES v PAKISTAN, at Edgbaston (Birmingham)-->11
th June
Pak won toss
WI won by 1 wkt
MOM:Sarfraz Nawaz
Pak 7/266(60)-->Majid Khan 60, Zaheer Abbas 31, Mushtaq
Mohd. 55,
Wasim Raja 58
WI 9/267(59.3)-->C.H.Lloyd 53, D.L.Murray 61*, A.M.E.Roberts
24*,
Nawaz 4/44
-->Murray and Roberts added 64 runs for the 10th wkt.
--->WI were 3/36, 5/99, 8/166, and 9/203
9.ENGLAND v EAST AFRICA, at Edgebaston (Birmingham)-->14th
June
EA won toss
Eng won by 196 runs
MOM: John Snow
Eng 5/290(60)-->B.Wood 77, D.L.Amiss 88, F.C.Hayes
52
EA 94(52.3)-->Ramesh Sethi 30, Mehmood Quaraishy 19
(only batsmen to reach two figures)
J.A.Snow 4/11
-->Wood and Amiss put 158 for 1st wkt.
-->Eng finished 3-0, and EA 0-3
10.NEW ZEALAND v INDIA, at Old Trafford (Manchester)-->15th
June
Ind won toss
NZ won by 4 wkts
MOM: Glenn Turner
Ind 230 (60)-->A.D.Gaekwad 37, S.Abid Ali 70, McKechnie
3/49
NZ 6/233(58.5)-->G.M.Turner 114*, B.F.Hastings 34
11. AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, at Kennington Oval (London)-->14th
June
WI won toss
WI won by 7 wkts.
MOM:Alvin Kallicharan
Aust 192(53.4)-->R.Edwards 58, R.W.Marsh 52*, A.M.E.Roberts
3/39
WI 3/195(46)-->R.C.Fredricks 58, A.I.Kallicharan 78
-->Aust recovered from 5/61 to 6/160
12.PAKISTAN v SRI LANKA, at Trent Bridge (Nottingham)-->June
14th
SL won toss
Pak won by 192 runs
MOM: Zaheer Abbas
Pak 6/330(60)-->Sadiq Mohd. 74, Majid Khan 84, Z.Abbas
97,
B.Warnapura 3/42
SL 138(50.1)-->A.P.B.Tennekoon 30, Imran Khan 3/15
13.Semi-final:
ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, at Headingley (Leeds)-->June 18th
Aust won toss
Aust won by 4 wkts.
MOM: Gary Gilmour
Eng 93(36.2)-->only Denness and G.G.Arnold reached
double figures,
Gilmour 6/14, Walker 3/22
Aust 6/94(28.4)-->K.D.Walters 20*, G.J.Gilmour 28*,
Old 3/29
-->Eng "recovered" from 7/37 and 8/52.
-->Aust "recovered" from 6/39
-->"Gilmour's Match"
14. Semi-final:
WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND, at The Ova (London)-->18th
June
WI won toss
WI won by 5 wkts.
MOM: Alvin Kallicharan
NZ 158(52.2)-->G.M.Turner 36, G.PHowarth 51, Julien
4/27,
Holder 3/30
WI 5/159(40.1)-->C.G.Greenidge 55, A.I.Kallicharan
72, Collinge 3/28
15. FINAL:
AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, at Lord's (London)-->21st
June
Aust won toss
WI won by 17 runs
MOM:C.H.Lloyd
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