ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 Facts and Figures

1st Cricket World Cup - 1975

ICC World Cup 1975 - England

Winner : West Indies

Final Man of The Match : CH Lloyd (West Indies)

First ever ODI Cricket World Cup was played in England between 8 International Teams. England, India, East Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West Indias participated for the first Cricket World Cup tournament. Total 15 games were played at 6 different venues of England. The first three events were held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup.

West Indies snached the 1st World Cup Trophy with good all round Cricket of super fast bowlers and classic batting preformances. In Final match West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs. West Indies skipper CH Lloyd was man of the match for his extra ordinery inning of 102 runs of 85 balls.

World Cup 1975 Facts and Figures

Host Country	:	England
Teams	:	8
		(England, India, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies, East Africa)
Games	:	15
Venues	:	6
Format	:	Two groups of four playing a round-robin, with the top two from each advancing to the semi-finals. All games were 60-overs a side
Winner	:	West Indies
Runners-up	:	Australia
Prize money(winner)	:	4000 Pounds
Prize money(Runners-up)	:	2000 Pounds
Man of the match (Final)	:	CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Tournament Stats

Most Runs

Player	Country	Match	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
GM Turner	NZ	4	333	171*	166.50	68.51
DL Amiss	Eng	4	243	137	60.75	84.37
Majid Khan	Pak	3	209	84	69.66	75.45
KWR Fletcher	Eng	4	207	131	69.00	93.23
A Turner	Aus	5	201	101	40.20	77.60

Most Wickets

Player	Country	Match	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ
GJ Gilmour	Aus	2	11	6/14	5.63	2.58
BD Julien	WI	5	10	4/20	17.70	2.95
KD Boyce	WI	5	10	4/50	18.50	3.55
DR Hadlee	NZ	4	8	3/21	20.25	3.52
AME Roberts	WI	5	8	3/39	20.62	2.91

1st Cricket World Cup 1975 winner - West Indies

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