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{{Short description|Inaugural men's Cricket World Cup tournament}}
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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name              = Prudential Cup '75
| image             = Prudential_Cup_75_logo.svg
| imagesize = 100px
| administrator     = [[International Cricket Council|International Cricket Conference]]
| cricket format    = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host              = England
| champions         = {{cr|WIN}}
| runner up         = {{cr|AUS}}
| count             = 1
| participants      = 8
| matches           = 15
| attendance        = 158000
| most runs         = {{cricon|NZL}} [[Glenn Turner]] (333)
| most wickets      = {{cricon|AUS}} [[Gary Gilmour]] (11)
| next_year         = 1979
| next_tournament   = 1979 Cricket World Cup
| fromdate          = 7
| todate            = 21 June 1975
}}
The '''1975 Cricket World Cup''' (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. Organised by the [[International Cricket Council|International Cricket Conference]] (ICC), it took place in [[England]], between 7 June and 21 June 1975.

The tournament was sponsored by [[Prudential plc|Prudential Assurance Company]] and had eight participating countries: the six [[Test cricket|Test]]-playing teams of the time – [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]], [[England cricket team|England]], [[India national cricket team|India]], [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] – and the two leading Associate nations at the time – [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[East Africa cricket team|East Africa]]. The teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team playing each other 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 [[over (cricket)|overs]] per team and was played in traditional white clothing and with red balls; all were played and ended in daylight.

England and New Zealand finished as the top two teams in Group A, while the West Indies finished top of the Group B table ahead of Australia as the four teams qualified through to the semi-finals. After Australia defeated England and the West Indies defeated New Zealand in the semi-finals, the West Indies which came into the tournament as favourites, defeated Australia in the final at [[Lord's]] by 17 [[Run (cricket)|runs]] to become the first World Cup winners. New Zealand batsman, [[Glenn Turner]] was the top run-scorer for the tournament with 333 runs, whilst Australian bowler [[Gary Gilmour]] was the top wicket-taker with 11 [[wicket]]s despite only playing in the final two matches.

==Background==
The first multilateral cricket competition at international level was the [[1912 Triangular Tournament]] in England. This was played between the three test nations at the time – [[England cricket team|England]], [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]]. The concept was later dropped because of inclement weather and a lack of public interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com:80/australia/content/story/207248.html|title=The original damp squib|date=23 April 2005|first=Martin|last=Williamson|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324101908/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/207248.html|archive-date=24 March 2008|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> The first [[Limited overs cricket|one-day match]] to occur was in 1962 when four English [[county cricket]] teams filled in a gap to play in a limited overs knockout competition. It was won by [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] who defeated [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] by five wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/510124.html|title=The low-key birth of one-day cricket|date=9 April 2011|first=Martin|last=Williamson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430121854/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/510124.html|archive-date=30 April 2015|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

The limited-over format had been used in what sponsors marketed as a 'World Cricket Cup' in England in 1966 and 1967, contested between England, a [[World XI (cricket)|Rest of the World XI]], and a touring team (the West Indies in 1966 and Pakistan in 1967). The marketing of the event was clearly influenced by the hosting of the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] in the same country. The 1966 'World Cricket Cup' was won by England,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1966/OTHERS+ICC/RWCC/|title=Rothmans World Cricket Cup, 1966|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> that in 1967 by the Rest of the World.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1967/OTHERS+ICC/RWCC/|title=Rothmans World Cricket Cup, 1967|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> A report in the ''Cricketer'' implied that the last such match in this "Triangular Tournament", between Pakistan and the Rest of the World was neither well-attended nor taken entirely seriously: "It was a pity that a larger crowd was not present ... [[Garfield Sobers|Sobers]] took the Cup and the World Xl took the gold medals. They must have enjoyed their holiday".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/world-xi-dominate-221766 |title=World XI dominate|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>

It was not until 1971 that the first official [[One Day International]] (ODI) took place at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (MCG) as a replacement for the third test of the [[1970–71 Ashes series]] between Australia and England. This was due to a deluge of rain that had affected the match for the first three days of the test.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitington |first=Richard |date=1972 |title=Cricket in the seventies |publisher=[[Stanley Paul]] |page=115}}</ref> The match was a forty [[Over (cricket)|over]] match with each over being eight deliveries. After England made 190 from 39.4 overs, Australia chased the target at a steady rate to secure the match with 42 balls remaining.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/464234.html|title=The birth of the one-day international|last=Williamson|first=Martin|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117180444/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/464234.html|archive-date=17 November 2017|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> Two years later at [[Lord's]] during the [[1973 Women's Cricket World Cup]], plans were made for a men's tournament to take place in 1975. The tournament was planned to involve all the [[Test cricket|Test]] nations at the time in two group stages with the top two in each group qualifying for the knockout stage with the final at Lord's.<ref name=SouthAfrica>Browning (1999), p. 4</ref>

==Format==
The format of the 1975 Cricket World Cup had the eight teams split into two groups of four, with each team playing the others in their group once. Each match was played over 60 overs per side with group stage matches scheduled to take place between 7 and 14 June.<ref name=times5nov74>Streeton R (1974) Significant changes in next summer's fixture list, [[The Times]], 5 November 1974, p. 12. ([https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS201685861/TTDA?u=nl_earl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=2520c5b9 Available online] at [[The Times Digital Archive]]. Retrieved 22 November 2023.)</ref> Each match was played entirely during day, with a cut off time of 7.30 pm. Three days were allocated to each match with each able to be continued if they were halted for rain or bad light.<ref name=squads>[[John Woodcock (cricket writer)|Woodcock J]] (1975) The great, unthinkable World Cup, ''[[The Times]]'', 7 June 1975, p. 20. ([https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS336166087/TTDA?u=nl_earl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=08def10d Available online] at [[The Times Digital Archive]]. Retrieved 21 November 2023.)</ref>

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals on 18 June, with the winners qualifying for the final at Lord's on 21 June.<ref name=squads/>

==Participants==
[[File:1975 Cricket World Cup participating nations.svg|thumb|
The eight teams which participated in the tournament.{{legend|#00f|Qualified as [[List of International Cricket Council members#Full Members|ICC full member]]}}{{legend|#0c0|Invitation}}]]
Eight teams were invited to compete at the World Cup: the six full members of the [[International Cricket Conference]] (ICC), and two other sides – [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[East Africa cricket team|East Africa]]. [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] was not allowed to complete due to the [[Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era#Cricket|sporting boycott of the country which took place during apartheid era]], the ICC having placed a moratorium on tours of the country in 1970.<ref name=SouthAfrica/><ref>Booth D (1998) ''The race game : sport and politics in South Africa'' p 99. London: Frank Cass.</ref>

Before the competition began the teams were split into two groups.<ref name=times14jan75>Prudential cup prize money totals £9,000, ''[[The Times]]'', 14 January 1975, p. 9. ([https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS151354414/TTDA?u=nl_earl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=0071101c Available online] at [[The Times Digital Archive]]. Retrieved 22 November 2023.)</ref> The ICC made the decision to place the two teams which were not Test playing countries in separate groups. They also decided to place England and Australia in separate groups and to do the same with India and Pakistan.<ref name=squads/><ref name=ci31jan15>Williamson M (2015) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-birth-of-the-world-cup-825489 The birth of the World Cup], [[CricInfo]], 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2023.</ref>

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|{{cr|ENG}}
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|{{cr|IND}}
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|A
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|{{cr|NZL}}
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|{{cr|PAK}}
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|{{cr|SRI}}
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|{{cr|WIN}}
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==Venues==
[[File:Lords (5968131342).jpg|thumb|right|The final of the tournament was played at [[Lord's]] in London.]]
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Six grounds were used to host matches during the tournament. The announcement of venues  began on 26 July 1973 when the ICC announced that the tournament would be played, with [[Lord's]] as the venue for the final.<ref name=SouthAfrica/> The remaining venues were announced on 5 November 1974, with the scheduling for the tournament announced alongside that for the five [[county cricket]] tournaments that would take place during the 1975 season.<ref name=times5nov74/>

Other than Lord's, which hosted only one group stage match, and [[The Oval]] which hosted three, each of the grounds was used for two matches during the group stage. [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]] and The Oval were the grounds chosen for the two semi-finals.<ref name=times5nov74/>

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|[[Lord's]]
|25,000<ref>[[John Woodcock (cricket writer)|Woodcock J]] (1975) West Indies the biggest danger to themselves, ''[[The Times]]'', 21 June 1975, p. 21. ([https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS353467605/TTDA?u=nl_earl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=e2ba57ba Available online] at [[The Times Digital Archive]]. Retrieved 22 November 2023.)</ref>
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|23,500{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
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|[[Birmingham]]
|[[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]]
|20,000<ref name=ci31jan15/>
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|[[Manchester]]
|[[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]]
|19,000{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
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|[[Nottingham]]
|[[Trent Bridge]]
|15,350{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
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|[[Leeds]]
|[[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]]
|21,000<ref name=ci31jan15/>
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==Squads==

{{Main|1975 Cricket World Cup squads}}
Before the competition began each team named a squad of 14 players.<ref name=squads/><ref name=ct>Robinson, Higgs dropped for World Cup, ''[[The Canberra Times]]'', 6 June 1975. ([https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110641031 Available online] at [[Trove]]. Retrieved 21 November 2023.)</ref>

== Preparations ==
Heading into the first Cricket World Cup, the [[Ladbrokes Coral|Ladbrokes]] betting agency had the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] as the favourites at 9–4. This was followed by England at 11–4 with [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and Australia in third and fourth respectively. East Africa was last in the betting odds at 1500–1.<ref name=Betting>Browning (1999), p. 5</ref> Before the tournament, most of the teams played in warm-up matches against English county sides to get used to the English conditions with most of the national teams getting wins. Only East Africa,<ref>{{cite news|date=3 June 1975|title=East African Hammered|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=England|page=26}}</ref> Sri Lanka<ref name=AustraliaSquad>{{cite news|date=5 June 1975|title=Australians Name their Squad|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=England|page=30}}</ref> and [[India national cricket team|India]] lost at least one warm-up match before the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 June 1975|title=One-Day Tour Matches|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=England|page=26}}</ref> Australia played in Canada, losing to Eastern Canada and drawing with Toronto, before heading to England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19750526&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Loss to Canadians spur Ian Chappell|date=26 May 1975|location=[[Toronto]]|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19750529&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Cricket hosts left off hook|date=29 May 1975|location=Toronto|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

Eight days before the World Cup, the ICC declared in a unanimous decision that any of the balls that went over a batsman's head would be called [[Wide (cricket)|wide]] due to the fast short-pitched bowling.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 May 1975|title=Overhead Wides|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=England|page=25}}</ref>

==Group stage==
===Summary===
The opening round of matches took place on 7 June with four matches being played. The match at Lord's saw England deliver the highest score by a team in the 60 over match with 334 runs being scored. [[Dennis Amiss]] top scored for the English with 137 from 147 balls helped by [[Keith Fletcher]] and [[Chris Old]] who each recorded a half-century. In response, [[Sunil Gavaskar]] batted through the entire [[innings]] for only 36 runs, prompting [[Gulabrai Ramchand]] to speculate that he was treating the match as batting practice.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 June 1975|title=England's Superb Effort Brings out Worst in India|first=Michael|last=Melford|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Lord's|page=18}}</ref> Australia opened their campaign with a win against Pakistan at [[Headingley Stadium|Headingley]] with a 73-run victory. This was due to [[Dennis Lillee]]'s five-wicket haul which brought Pakistan's hope of a win crashing down as they collapsed from 181 for four to be all out for 205. Earlier, [[Ross Edwards (cricketer)|Ross Edwards]] top scored for Australia with 80 as he aided the Australians in getting 94 runs from the last 13 overs to bring Australia to 278 for seven from their 60 overs.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 June 1975|title=Australians prove their real power|first=Henry|last=Bevington|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=[[Headingley Stadium|Headingley]]|page=18}}</ref><ref>Browning (1999), p. 12</ref> The other two matches saw easy wins for the West Indies and [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]]. For [[Glenn Turner]], he occupied the crease during the whole New Zealand innings as he top scored with 171 as New Zealand won by 181 runs over East Africa. The West Indies took a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka who became the first team to score under 100 runs in a One Day International.<ref>Browning (1999), pp. 10–11</ref>

Despite missing two players due to operation – [[Asif Iqbal (Pakistani cricketer)|Asif Iqbal]] – and examinations – [[Imran Khan]] – Pakistan was not fazed by the missing players in the second round of games with the team scoring 266 for seven from their 60 overs with standing captain [[Majid Khan (cricketer)|Majid Khan]] top scoring for Pakistan with 60.<ref>Browning (1999), p. 17</ref> In response, the West Indies fell to 166 for eight which included a period of three wickets for only 10 runs as [[Bernard Julien]], [[Clive Lloyd]] and [[Keith Boyce]] all losing their wickets. But the last wicket pair of [[Deryck Murray]] and [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]] stole the match away as the West Indies won by a wicket off the final over.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 1975|title=Last-Wicket Stand Snatches Victory from Pakistan|first=Tony|last=Lewis|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=[[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]]|page=30}}</ref> The other match in Group B saw Australia claim their second victory, but it was not all smooth with the Australian captain [[Ian Chappell]] remarking in an interview that the English media was trying to unsettle Australia's plans due to the [[Jeff Thomson]] no-ball problem with Chappell saying: "I've seen this sort of thing before in England".<ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 1975|title=Captain's comment|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19750612&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> On the field, [[Alan Turner (cricketer)|Alan Turner]] scored a century as Australia ended with 328 with Sri Lanka falling 52 runs short as John Mason from ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' stated that they might not have many new admirers with their short ball stuff sending two Sri Lankan batsman to hospital.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 1975|title=Bruised Sri Lanka Just Fail|first=John|last=Mason|page=30|location=[[The Oval]]|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>Browning (1999), pp. 15–16</ref> Group A saw two convincing wins to England and India. At [[Trent Bridge]], Keith Fletcher top scored for England with 131 as he guided the English to their second victory and going to the lead of the group table with an 80-run win over New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 1975|title=Brilliant Fletcher too much for New Zealand|first=Michael|last=Melford|page=30|location=[[Trent Bridge]]|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> The other match in Group A saw 720 spectators observe India record a 10-wicket victory with [[Madan Lal]] taking three wickets for India, after East Africa were all-out for only 120.<ref>Browning (1999), pp. 14–15</ref>

With the match sold out four days in advance,<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 June 1975|title=Australia & W. Indies Game Sold out|location=[[Surrey]]|work=The Daily Telegraph|page=26}}</ref> the West Indies took on Australia to see who would finish top of Group B. With the ball swinging in the air, the pair of [[Rod Marsh]] and Ross Edwards guided Australia to 192 with a 99-run partnership for the sixth wicket after Australia fell to 61/5. In response, the West Indies went on to take a seven-wicket victory with [[Alvin Kallicharran]] top scoring with 78, which included a period of 31 runs of nine Dennis Lillee deliveries as the West Indies finished top of Group B.<ref>{{cite news|date=16 June 1975|title=Lillee is Tamed and W. Indies Gain Famous Victory|first=Michael|last=Melford|page=22|location=The Oval|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> Pakistan ended their tournament with a 192-run victory over Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge with half centuries to [[Zaheer Abbas]], Majid Khan and [[Sadiq Mohammad]].<ref>Browning (1999), p. 22</ref> In Group A, New Zealand sealed their spot in the semi-finals with a four-wicket victory over India off the back of a century from Glenn Turner as he hit twelve fours on his way to an unbeaten innings of 114.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 June 1975|title=Masterful Turner rides Ali punch|first=Mike|last=Stevenson|page=30|location=|work=[[The Sunday Telegraph]]}}</ref> The other match in Group A saw England clinch a 196-run victory over East Africa; England scored 290/5 from their 60 overs off the back of a 158-run opening partnership between Dennis Amiss and [[Barry Wood (cricketer)|Barry Wood]] before a bowling attack led by [[John Snow]] (taking 4 for 11 from his 12 overs) ran through the East Africans, who were bowled out for 94 in 52.3 overs. Only [[Ramesh Sethi]] offered much resistance, lasting for 32 overs to score 30.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 June 1975|title=Snow chills the Africans|first=Michael|last=Booth|page=24|location=Edgbaston|work=[[The Sunday Times]]}}</ref>

===Group A===
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| date = 7 June 1975
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| runs2 = [[Gundappa Viswanath]] 37 (59)
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| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/60793/scorecard/65035 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Lord's]], London
| umpires = [[David Constant]] (Eng) and [[John Langridge]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Dennis Amiss]] (Eng)
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| score1 = 309/5 (60 overs)
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| runs1 = [[Glenn Turner]] 171 (201)
| wickets1 = [[Parbhu Nana]] 1/34 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Frasat Ali]] 45 (123)
| wickets2 = [[Dayle Hadlee]] 3/21 (12 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 181 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/60793/scorecard/65036 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]], Birmingham
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Arthur Fagg]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Glenn Turner]] (NZ)
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| date = 11 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| score1 = 266/6 (60 overs)
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| runs1 = [[Keith Fletcher]] 131 (147)
| wickets1 = [[Richard Collinge]] 2/43 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[John Morrison (cricketer)|John Morrison]] 55 (85)
| wickets2 = [[Tony Greig]] 4/45 (12 overs)
| result = England won by 80 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/60793/scorecard/65039 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Trent Bridge]], Nottingham
| umpires = [[Bill Alley]] (Eng) and [[Tom Spencer (cricketer)|Tom Spencer]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Keith Fletcher]] (Eng)
| rain = 
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| date = 11 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|East Africa}}
| score1 = 120 (55.3 overs)
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| runs1 = [[Jawahir Shah]] 37 (84)
| wickets1 = [[Madan Lal]] 3/15 (9.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 65[[not out|*]] (86)
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| result = India won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/60793/scorecard/65040 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], Leeds
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| motm = [[Farokh Engineer]] (Ind)
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| runs1 = [[Dennis Amiss]] 88 (116)
| wickets1 = [[Zulfiqar Ali (Kenyan cricketer)|Zulfiqar Ali]] 3/63 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ramesh Sethi]] 30 (102)
| wickets2 = [[John Snow (cricketer)|John Snow]] 4/11 (12 overs)
| result = England won by 196 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/60793/scorecard/65043 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]], Birmingham
| umpires = [[Bill Alley]] (Eng) and [[John Langridge]] (Eng)
| motm = [[John Snow (cricketer)|John Snow]] (Eng)
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| date = 14 June 1975
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| result = New Zealand won by 4 wickets
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| venue = [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]], Manchester
| umpires = [[Lloyd Budd]] (Eng) and [[Arthur Fagg]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Glenn Turner]] (NZ)
| rain = 
}}

===Group B===
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|team_order=WIN, AUS, PAK, SRI
|result1=Q |result2=Q |col_Q=#cfc
|name_AUS={{cr|AUS}} |win_AUS=2 |loss_AUS=1 |rs_AUS=798 |or_AUS=180.0 |ob_AUS=1
|name_PAK={{cr|PAK}} |win_PAK=1 |loss_PAK=2 |rs_PAK=801 |or_PAK=180.0 |ob_PAK=1
|name_SRI={{cr|SRI}} |win_SRI=0 |loss_SRI=3 |rs_SRI=500 |or_SRI=180.0 |ob_SRI=1
|name_WIN={{cr|WIN}} |win_WIN=3 |loss_WIN=0 |rs_WIN=549 |or_WIN=126.2 |ob_WIN=1
}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| stack = y
| date = 7 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| score1 = 278/7 (60 overs)
| score2 = 205 (53 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Ross Edwards (cricketer)|Ross Edwards]] 80[[not out|*]] (94)
| wickets1 = [[Naseer Malik]] 2/37 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Majid Khan (cricketer)|Majid Khan]] 65 (76)
| wickets2 = [[Dennis Lillee]] 5/34 (12 overs)
| result = Australia won by 73 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65037.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], Leeds
| umpires = [[Bill Alley]] (Eng) and [[Tom Spencer (cricketer)|Tom Spencer]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Dennis Lillee]] (AUS)
| rain = 
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| stack = y
| date = 7 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 86 (37.2 overs)
| score2 = 87/1 (20.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| runs1 = [[Somachandra de Silva]] 21 (54)
| wickets1 = [[Bernard Julien]] 2/16 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Roy Fredericks]] 33 (38)
| wickets2 = [[Somachandra de Silva]] 1/33 (8 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 9 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65038.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]], Manchester
| umpires = [[Lloyd Budd]] (Eng) and [[Arthur Jepson]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Bernard Julien]] (WI)
| rain = 
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| stack = y
| date = 11 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| score1 = 328/5 (60 overs)
| score2 = 276/4 (60 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Alan Turner (cricketer)|Alan Turner]] 101 (113)
| wickets1 = [[Somachandra de Silva]] 2/60 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sunil Wettimuny]] 53 (102)
| wickets2 = [[Ian Chappell]] 2/14 (4 overs)
| result = Australia won by 52 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65041.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[The Oval]], London
| umpires = [[Lloyd Budd]] (Eng) and [[Arthur Fagg]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Alan Turner (cricketer)|Alan Turner]] (AUS)
| rain = 
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| stack = y
| date = 11 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 266/7 (60 overs)
| score2 = 267/9 (59.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| runs1 = [[Majid Khan (cricketer)|Majid Khan]] 60 (108)
| wickets1 = [[Viv Richards]] 1/21 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Deryck Murray]] 61[[not out|*]] (76)
| wickets2 = [[Sarfraz Nawaz]] 4/44 (12 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 1 wicket
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65042.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]], Birmingham
| umpires = [[David Constant]] (Eng) and [[John Langridge]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Sarfraz Nawaz]] (Pak)
| rain = 
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| stack = y
| date = 14 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| score1 = 192 (53.4 overs)
| score2 = 195/3 (46 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| runs1 = [[Ross Edwards (cricketer)|Ross Edwards]] 58 (74)
| wickets1 = [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]] 3/39 (10.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Alvin Kallicharran]] 78 (83)
| wickets2 = [[Ashley Mallett]] 1/35 (11 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65045.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[The Oval]], London
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[David Constant]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Alvin Kallicharran]] (WI)
| rain = 
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| stack = y
| date = 14 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 330/6 (60 overs)
| score2 = 138 (50.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Zaheer Abbas]] 97 (89)
| wickets1 = [[Tony Opatha]] 2/67 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Anura Tennekoon]] 30 (36)
| wickets2 = [[Imran Khan]] 3/15 (7.1 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 192 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65046.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Trent Bridge]], Nottingham
| umpires = [[Arthur Jepson]] (Eng) and [[Tom Spencer (cricketer)|Tom Spencer]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Zaheer Abbas]] (Pak)
| rain = 
}}

==Knockout stage==
The knockout stage of the Cricket World Cup consisted of two [[single-elimination tournament|single-elimination]] rounds leading to a final. If the match was delayed due to rain there were two reserve days to play out the match.<ref name=SouthAfrica/>
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|18 June – [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Leeds]]|{{cr|ENG}}|93|{{cr|AUS}}|94/6
|18 June – [[The Oval|London (Oval)]]|{{cr|NZL}}|158|{{cr|WIN}}|159/5
|21 June – [[Lord's|London (Lord's)]]|{{cr|AUS}}|274|{{cr|WIN}}|291/8
}}

===Semi-finals===
The first semi-final was between England and Australia at Headingley. For Australia, their one change in bringing in [[Gary Gilmour]] for [[Ashley Mallett]] proved critical in booking Australia's spot into the final. This was due to the grassy pitch that both captains would criticise after the match. After Australia elected to field first, Gilmour took six wickets for 14 runs as he had England at 37 for seven after he bowled his 12 overs. [[Mike Denness]] attempted to bring England back but would lose his wicket as England fell for 93. In the run-chase, Australia collapsed to 39 for six before Gilmour partnered with [[Doug Walters]] as they chased the remaining runs to earn Australia a berth in the final.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 June 1975|title=England swung out by Gilmour|first=John|last=Woodcock|location=Headingley|work=[[The Times]]|page=8}}</ref>

The second semi-final was between the West Indies and New Zealand at The Oval. Batting first, New Zealand reached 92 for only one loss at the lunch break. After lunch though, they collapsed to 158 with [[Geoff Howarth]] top scoring for New Zealand with 51, while Bernard Julien was the top wicket taker with four wickets.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 June 1975|title=Hardly a tremor goes round the Oval world|first=Alan|last=Gibson|location=The Oval|work=The Times|page=8}}</ref> In the run chase, a 125-run second wicket partnership between Alvin Kallicharran (top scoring with 72) and [[Gordon Greenidge]] (55 runs) laid the foundation for a five-wicket victory with [[Richard Collinge]] being the only bowler to be troublesome for the West Indies with figures of three for 28 runs from his twelve overs.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 June 1975|title=Kallicharran helps Caribbean artistry prevail|first=Tony|last=Lewis|location=The Oval|work=The Daily Telegraph|page=30}}</ref>

{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 93 (36.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mike Denness]] 27 (60)
| wickets1 = [[Gary Gilmour]] 6/14 (12 overs)
| score2 = 94/6 (28.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Gary Gilmour]] 28[[not out|*]] (28)
| wickets2 = [[Chris Old]] 3/29 (7 overs)
| result = Australia won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65047.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], Leeds
| umpires = [[Bill Alley]] (Eng) and [[David Constant]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Gary Gilmour]] (Aus)
| rain = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZL}}
| score1 = 158 (52.2 overs)
| score2 = 159/5 (40.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| runs1 = [[Geoff Howarth]] 51 (93)
| wickets1 = [[Bernard Julien]] 4/27 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Alvin Kallicharran]] 72 (92)
| wickets2 = [[Richard Collinge]] 3/28 (12 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65048.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[The Oval]], London
| umpires = [[Lloyd Budd]] (Eng) and [[Arthur Fagg]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Alvin Kallicharran]] (WI)
| rain = 
}}

===Final===
{{Main|1975 Cricket World Cup Final}}
The final match on 21 June was sold out three days beforehand.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 June 1975|title=World Cup sell out|work=The Times|page=8}}</ref> With the West Indies being favourites for the match, they were asked by Ian Chappell to bat first and would go on to score 291 for eight wickets from 60 overs. After being given a second chance from a Ross Edwards dropped chance at mid-wicket, Clive Lloyd went on to top score for the West Indies with 102.<ref name=Lloyd>{{cite news|date=23 June 1975|title=The great day when London was Lloyd's|work=The Times|first=John|last=Woodcock|page=11}}</ref> Gary Gilmour was the best of the Australian bowlers with five wickets for 48 runs. In response, Ian Chappell scored a half-century to set up the foundation for Australia before three run-outs from the hands of Viv Richards put the pressure on Australia as they collapsed to 233 for nine.<ref name=Lloyd/> A final-wicket partnership of 41 from Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson brought Australia within 18 runs of victory. But a fifth run-out of the innings saw Australia bowled out for 274 and would see the West Indies win by 17 runs, claiming the first men's World Cup.<ref>Browning (1999), p. 30</ref>

{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 21 June 1975
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| score1 = 291/8 (60 overs)
| score2 = 274 (58.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| runs1 = [[Clive Lloyd]] 102 (85)
| wickets1 = [[Gary Gilmour]] 5/48 (12 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ian Chappell]] 62 (93)
| wickets2 = [[Keith Boyce]] 4/50 (12 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 17 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65049.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Lord's]], London
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Tom Spencer (cricketer)|Tom Spencer]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Clive Lloyd]] (WI)
| rain = 
}}

==Statistics==
{{main|1975 Cricket World Cup statistics}}
Glenn Turner of New Zealand ended the tournament as the leading run scorer for the 1975 edition with his 333 runs coming in four games which included an unbeaten 171 against East Africa, which was also the highest score of the tournament. In second place was English player Dennis Amiss with Pakistan's Majid Khan rounding out the top three.<ref name=runs>{{cite web |title=Prudential World Cup, 1975 / Records / Most Runs |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/rwanda/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=534;type=tournament |website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Sports Media |access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref> Australian player Gary Gilmour was the tournament's leading wicket taker with 11 wickets from his two games, which included the best tournament figures in the semi-finals when he took six wickets for 14 against England. Bernard Julien and Keith Boyce (both from the West Indies) finished in second place, both getting 10 wickets for the tournament.<ref name=wickets>{{cite web |title=Prudential World Cup, 1975 / Records / Most Wickets |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/rwanda/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=534;type=tournament |website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Sports Media |access-date=7 April 2019 }}</ref>

=== Most runs ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Player
!Team
!Innings
!Runs
!High score
|-
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Glenn Turner]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|NZL}}
|4||333||171 [[not out]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Dennis Amiss]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|ENG}}
|4||243||137
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Majid Khan (cricketer)|Majid Khan]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|PAK}}
|3||209||84
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Keith Fletcher]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|ENG}}
|3||207||131
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Alan Turner (cricketer)|Alan Turner]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|AUS}}
|5||201||101
|}
*Source: [[CricInfo]]<ref name=runs/>

=== Most wickets ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Player
!Team
!Matches
!Wickets
!Best bowling
|-
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gary Gilmour]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|AUS}}
|2||11||6/14
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bernard Julien]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|WIN}}
|5||10||4/20
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Keith Boyce]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|WIN}}
|5||10||4/50
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Dayle Hadlee]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|NZL}}
|4||8||3/21
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|WIN}}
|5||8||3/39
|}
*Source: [[CricInfo]]<ref name=wickets/>

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Mark |title=A complete history of World Cup Cricket |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-7318-0833-9 }}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC75/ 1975 Cricket World Cup] from [[ESPNcricinfo]]
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