Hyderabad, India: The first-ever Cricket World Cup saw some very close matches as well as one-sided matches. While the blows of Thomson and Lillee saved SL tigers at upsetting Aus, 6 centuries were hit throughout the tournament. Surprisingly there was no provision of awarding Man of the Series. Here are the statistics of tournament, batting, fielding, bowling and teams in 1975 World Cup.
1975 World Cup Matches and Results
About 1975 World Cup
Tournament Stats
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Winner: West Indies (4000 Pound)
Runners Up: Australia (2000 Pound)
Losing Semifinalists: England and New Zealand (1000 pound each)
Venue: England
Duration: 7 June – 21 June 1975
Team: Group A – England, India, East Africa, New Zealand
Group B – Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies
Centuries: 6
5 wkts in match: 3 (all by Australians, 2 by Gary Gilmour and one by Lillee)
Max MOM: 2 each by Glen Turner and Alvin Kallicharran
Batting Records
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Most Runs: 333 in 4 innings by Glenn Turner
High Scores: 171* by Glenn Turner
Max Centuries: 2 by Glenn Turner
Max 50s: 3 by Majid Khan (Pak)
Bowling Records
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Most Wickets: Gilmour (Aus) 11 wkts in 2 matches
Max 5 wkts: 2 by Gary Gilmour
Most Runs Conceded: 83 runs by Ghavri (Ind)
Fielding Records
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Max Catches: 5 by Clive Lloyd (WI)
Max Dismissals: 10 by R Marsh (Aus)
Team Records
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Biggest Victory by Wickets: 10 wkts by India over East Africa
Biggest Victory by runs: 202 runs by Eng over India
Lowest Score: 86 by SL and 94 by East Africa
Century Partnerships: 10 (4 for 1st wkt, 3 for 2nd wkt, 1 for 3rd wkt and 2 for 4th wkt)
Highest Partnerships by Runs
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182 for 1st wkt by McCosker and A Turner of Aus against SL
176 for 2nd wkt by Amiss and Fletcher against Ind
Highest Partnerships by Wickets
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1st wkt 182 runs McCosker and A Turner of Aus against SL
2nd wkt 176 Amiss and Fletcher of Eng against Ind
3rd wkt 149 G Turner and Parker of NZ vs EA
4th wkt 149 Kanhai and Lloyd of WI vs Aus
5th wkt 89* Denness and Old of Eng vs Ind
6th wkt 99 Edwars and Marsh of Aus vs WI
7th 55 Abid Ali and Madan Lal of Ind vs NZ
55* Walters and Gilmour of Aus vs Eng
8th 48 McKechnie and Hadlee of NZ vs Eng
9th 60 Abid Ali and Venkataraghavan of Ind vs NZ
10th 64* Murray and Roberts of WI vs Pak
Points Table at Group Level
Group A
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England 12 points winning all 3
New Zealand 8 points winning 2 out of 3 (losing to Eng)
India 4 points winning against East Africa in their 3 matches.
East Africa lost all 3.
Group B
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West Indies 12 points winning all 3
Australia 8 points winning 2 out of 3 (losing to WI)
Pakistan 4 points winning against Sri Lanka in their 3 matches
Sri Lanka lost all 3
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