ICC Cricket World Cup 1975
The ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 (officially called the Prudential Cup ’75) was the inaugural men’s Cricket World Cup, and the first major tournament in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket.
Organized by
International Cricket Conference (ICC)
Host
From 7 June to 21 June 1975 in England.
ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 Champions
West Indies (1st title)
ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 Participants
The following eight teams participated in the tournament:
• Australia
• England
• India
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• West Indies
• East Africa
ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 Venues
| City | Ground | Capacity |
| London | Lord’s | 25,000 |
| London | The Oval | 23,500 |
| Birmingham | Edgbaston | 20,000 |
| Manchester | Old Trafford | 19,000 |
| Nottingham | Trent Bridge | 15,350 |
| Leeds | Headingley | 21,000 |
Official ICC team rankings
Official ICC team rankings did not exist in 1975.
ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 Format
Round robin and knockout
Group A: India, New Zealand, England, and East Africa.
| 7 June 1975 | England 334/4 (60 overs) | v | India 132/3 (60 overs) | England won by 202 runs | | |
| 7 June 1975 | New Zealand 309/5 (60 overs) | v | East Africa 128/8 (60 overs) | New Zealand won by 181 runs | | |
| 11 June 1975 | England 266/6 (60 overs) | v | New Zealand 186 (60 overs) | England won by 80 runs | | |
| 11 June 1975 | East Africa 120 (55.3 overs) | v | India 123/0 (29.5 overs) | India won by 10 wickets | | |
| 14 June 1975 | England 290/5 (60 overs) | v | East Africa 94 (52.3 overs) | England won by 196 runs | | |
| 14 June 1975 | India 230 (60 overs) | v | New Zealand 233/6 (58.5 overs) | New Zealand won by 4 wickets |
Group B: Pakistan, West Indies, Australia, and Sri Lanka
| 7 June 1975 | Australia 278/7 (60 overs) | v | Pakistan 205 (53 overs) | Australia won by 73 runs | | |
| 7 June 1975 | Sri Lanka 86 (37.2 overs) | v | West Indies 87/1 (20.4 overs) | West Indies won by 9 wickets | | |
| 11 June 1975 | Australia 328/5 (60 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 276/4 (60 overs) | Australia won by 52 runs | | |
| 11 June 1975 | Pakistan 266/7 (60 overs) | v | West Indies 267/9 (59.4 overs) | West Indies won by 1 wicket | | |
| 14 June 1975 | Australia 192 (53.4 overs) | v | West Indies 195/3 (46 overs) | West Indies won by 7 wickets | | |
| 14 June 1975 | Pakistan 330/6 (60 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 138 (50.1 overs) | Pakistan won by 192 runs |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
18 June 1975
| England 93 (36.2 overs) | v | Australia 94/6 (28.4 overs) |
| Mike Denness 27 (60) Gary Gilmour 6/14 (12 overs) | Gary Gilmour 28* (28) Chris Old 3/29 (7 overs) |
| Australia won by 4 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Bill Alley (Eng) and David Constant (Eng) Player of the match: Gary Gilmour (Aus) |
18 June 1975
| New Zealand 158 (52.2 overs) | v | West Indies 159/5 (40.1 overs) |
| Geoff Howarth 51 (93) Bernard Julien 4/27 (12 overs) | Alvin Kallicharran 72 (92) Richard Collinge 3/28 (12 overs) |
| West Indies won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Lloyd Budd (Eng) and Arthur Fagg (Eng) Player of the match: Alvin Kallicharran (WI) |
Final
21 June 1975
| West Indies 291/8 (60 overs) | v | Australia 274 (58.4 overs) |
| Clive Lloyd 102 (85) Gary Gilmour 5/48 (12 overs) | Ian Chappell 62 (93) Keith Boyce 4/50 (12 overs) |
| West Indies won by 17 runs Lord’s, London Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Tom Spencer (Eng) Player of the match: Clive Lloyd (WI) |
ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 Statistics
Most Runs
| Player | Team | Innings | Runs | High score |
| Glenn Turner | New Zealand | 4 | 333 | 171 not out |
| Dennis Amiss | England | 4 | 243 | 137 |
| Majid Khan | Pakistan | 3 | 209 | 84 |
| Keith Fletcher | England | 3 | 207 | 131 |
| Alan Turner | Australia | 5 | 201 | 101 |
Most Wickets
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
| Gary Gilmour | Australia | 2 | 11 | 6/14 |
| Bernard Julien | West Indies | 5 | 10 | 4/20 |
| Keith Boyce | 5 | 10 | 4/50 | |
| Dayle Hadlee | New Zealand | 4 | 8 | 3/21 |
| Andy Roberts | West Indies | 5 | 8 | 3/39 |
1975 cricket world cup Interesting Facts
60-Overs & Whites: Games consisted of 60-over per-side innings, played using traditional red test balls and players wore standard white clothes.
Long Daylight Hours: Hosted entirely in England from June 7 to June 21, 1975, the schedule utilized long British summer daylight hours to complete matches without floodlights.
ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 Player of the Tournament
An official “Player of the Tournament” or “Player of the Series” award was not officially named or presented by the International Cricket Conference (ICC) during the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
Tournament Innovations and Quirks
Test Match Mindset: Teams unfamiliar with one-day pacing treated matches like truncated Tests; India famously blocked out an entire innings when Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls while chasing England’s 334.
Aged Players and Teenagers: The tournament featured veterans over 40 like East Africa’s Don Pringle (43) alongside international teenagers such as Pakistan’s Javed Miandad (17).
Pitch Invasions: The historic final at Lord’s ended in a massive spectator rush onto the pitch, causing famous umpire Dickie Bird to lose his hat in the joyful chaos.
Bizarre and Memorable Matches
Sri Lanka’s Low Collapse: Sri Lanka became the first team bundled out under 100 in ODI history, managing only 86 against the West Indies.
ICC Cricket World Cup 1975 squads
Australia Squad for 1975
Manager: F.W. Bennett
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Ian Chappell (c) | 26 September 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | South Australia |
| Greg Chappell (vc) | 7 August 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Queensland |
| Ross Edwards | 1 December 1942 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Western Australia |
| Gary Gilmour | 26 June 1951 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | New South Wales |
| Alan Hurst | 15 July 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Victoria |
| Bruce Laird | 21 November 1950 | Right-handed | – | Western Australia |
| Dennis Lillee | 18 July 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Western Australia |
| Rick McCosker | 11 December 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | New South Wales |
| Ashley Mallett | 13 July 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | South Australia |
| Rod Marsh (wk) | 4 November 1947 | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper | Western Australia |
| Jeff Thomson | 16 August 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Queensland |
| Alan Turner | 23 July 1950 | Left-handed | – | New South Wales |
| Max Walker | 12 September 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria |
| Doug Walters | 21 December 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales |
East Africa Squad for 1975
Manager: Jasmer Singh Grewal
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | National team |
| Harilal Shah (c) | 14 April 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Frasat Ali | 31 July 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Zulfiqar Ali | 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Yunus Badat | 1943 | Right-handed | – | Zambia |
| Hamish McLeod (wk) | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper | Zambia | |
| Praful Mehta (wk) | 1941 | Left-handed | Wicket-keeper | Tanzania |
| John Nagenda | 25 April 1938 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Uganda |
| Parbhu Nana | 17 August 1933 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Zambia |
| Don Pringle | 1 May 1932 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kenya |
| Mehmood Quaraishy | 4 February 1942 | Right-handed | – | Kenya |
| Ramesh Sethi | 4 September 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Kenya |
| Jawahir Shah | 1942 | Right-handed | – | Kenya |
| Shiraz Sumar | 1950 | Right-handed | – | Tanzania |
| Samuel Walusimbi | 1948 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | Uganda |
England Squad for 1975
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Mike Denness (c) | 1 December 1940 | Right-handed | – | Kent |
| Dennis Amiss | 7 April 1943 | Right-handed | – | Warwickshire |
| Geoff Arnold | 3 September 1944 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Surrey |
| Keith Fletcher | 20 May 1944 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Essex |
| Tony Greig | 6 October 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Sussex |
| Frank Hayes | 6 December 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Lancashire |
| John Jameson (wk) | 30 June 1941 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Warwickshire |
| Alan Knott (wk) | 9 April 1946 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Kent |
| Peter Lever | 17 September 1940 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lancashire |
| Chris Old | 22 December 1948 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Yorkshire |
| John Snow | 13 October 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Sussex |
| Derek Underwood | 8 June 1945 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm medium | Kent |
| Barry Wood | 26 December 1942 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Lancashire |
| Bob Woolmer | 14 May 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Kent |
India Squad for 1975
Manager: Gulabrai Ramchand
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (c) | 21 April 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Tamil Nadu |
| Syed Abid Ali | 9 September 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Hyderabad |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 24 September 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Delhi |
| Bishen Singh Bedi (vc) | 25 September 1946 | Right-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | Delhi |
| Farokh Engineer (wk) | 25 February 1938 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Bombay |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | 23 September 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Baroda |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 10 July 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium Right-arm offbreak | Bombay |
| Karsan Ghavri | 28 February 1951 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | Bombay |
| Syed Kirmani (wk) | 29 December 1949 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Karnataka |
| Madan Lal | 20 March 1951 | Right-handed | Right-handed medium | Delhi |
| Brijesh Patel | 24 November 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Karnataka |
| Parthasarathy Sharma | 5 January 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Rajasthan |
| Eknath Solkar | 19 March 1948 | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | Bombay |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 12 February 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Karnataka |
New Zealand Squad for 1975
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Glenn Turner (c) | 26 May 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Otago |
| Lance Cairns | 10 October 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Otago |
| Richard Collinge | 2 April 1946 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Wellington |
| Barry Hadlee | 14 December 1941 | Right-handed | – | Canterbury |
| Dayle Hadlee | 6 January 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Canterbury |
| Richard Hadlee | 3 July 1951 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Canterbury |
| Brian Hastings | 23 March 1940 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak googly | Canterbury |
| Geoff Howarth | 29 March 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Northern Districts |
| Hedley Howarth | 25 December 1943 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Auckland |
| Brian McKechnie | 6 November 1953 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Otago |
| John Morrison | 27 August 1947 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Wellington |
| David O’Sullivan | 21 February 1951 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Central Districts |
| John Parker | 21 February 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Northern Districts |
| Ken Wadsworth (wk) | 30 November 1946 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Central Districts |
Pakistan Squad for 1975
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Asif Iqbal (c) | 6 July 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Karachi |
| Asif Masood | 23 January 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | PIA |
| Imran Khan | 5 October 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | PIA |
| Javed Miandad | 12 June 1957 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Habib Bank |
| Majid Khan (vc) | 28 September 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium Right-arm offbreak | Rawalpindi |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | 22 November 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Karachi |
| Naseer Malik | 1 February 1950 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karachi |
| Pervez Mir | 24 September 1953 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Lahore |
| Sadiq Mohammad | 3 May 1945 | Left-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Karachi |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 1 December 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lahore |
| Shafiq Ahmed | 28 March 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lahore |
| Wasim Bari (wk) | 23 March 1948 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Karachi |
| Wasim Raja | 3 July 1952 | Left-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Lahore |
| Zaheer Abbas | 24 July 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Karachi |
Sri Lanka Squad for 1975
Manager: K.M.T.Perera
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Anura Tennekoon (c) | 29 October 1946 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Dennis Chanmugam | 13 August 1948 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Ajit de Silva | 12 December 1952 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Bloomfield |
| Somachandra de Silva | 11 June 1942 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Bloomfield |
| Ranjit Fernando (wk) | 22 February 1944 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Nondescripts |
| David Heyn | 26 June 1945 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Nondescripts |
| Lalith Kaluperuma | 25 June 1949 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Bloomfield |
| Duleep Mendis | 25 August 1952 | Right-handed | – | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Tony Opatha | 5 August 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Colombo Cricket Club |
| Mevan Pieris | 16 February 1946 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Sinhalese Sports Club |
| Anura Ranasinghe | 13 October 1956 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Burgher |
| Michael Tissera | 23 March 1939 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | Colombo Cricket Club |
| Bandula Warnapura | 1 March 1953 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Bloomfield |
| Sunil Wettimuny | 2 February 1949 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Sinhalese Sports Club |
West Indies Squad for 1975
Manager: Clyde Walcott
| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Clive Lloyd (c) | 31 August 1944 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Guyana |
| Keith Boyce | 11 October 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Barbados |
| Maurice Foster | 9 May 1943 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Jamaica |
| Roy Fredericks | 11 November 1942 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | Guyana |
| Lance Gibbs | 29 September 1934 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Gordon Greenidge | 1 May 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| Vanburn Holder | 10 October 1945 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Barbados |
| Bernard Julien | 13 March 1950 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 21 March 1949 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Rohan Kanhai | 26 December 1935 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Guyana |
| Collis King | 11 June 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| Deryck Murray (wk) | 20 May 1943 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Viv Richards | 7 March 1952 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | Leeward Islands |
| Andy Roberts | 29 January 1951 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Leeward Islands |
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