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1975PRUDENTIAL WORLD CUP 1975 - A STATISTICAL SURVEY
A historic year for cricket -- for that year produced the first ever World Championship tournament in the game's history, albeit in the one day, and not the traditional, version.

What follows, is the statistical history of the first ever World Cup -- and within those figures, lies a tale of superlative cricketing performances, of highs and lows, of agonies and ecstasies that culminated with the West Indies climbing the pinnacle.

SUMMARY OF MATCHES

Countries Matches Played Won Lost No Result Semi Final Runner Up Winner
West Indies 5 5 - - - - 1
Australia 5 3 2 - - 1 -
England 4 3 1 - 1 - -
New Zealand 4 2 2 - 1 - -
Pakistan 3 1 2 - - - -
India 3 1 2 - - - -
Sri Lanka 3 - 3 - - - -
East Africa 3 - 3 - - - -

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS

Score Overs Match Venue Date
334-4 (60 overs) England v India Lord's 07-06-75
330-6 (60 overs) Pakistan v Sri Lanka Nottingham 14-06-75
328-5 (60 overs) Australia v Sri Lanka The Oval 11-06-75

HIGHEST TEAM AGGREGATES

Score Overs Match Venue Date
604-9 (120 overs) Aust (328-5) vs S Lanka (276-4) The Oval 11-06-75

LOWEST COMPLETED TEAM TOTALS

Score Overs Match Venue Date
86 (37.2 overs) Sri Lanka v West Indies Manchester 07-06-75
93 (36.2overs) England v Australia Leeds 18-09-75
94 (52.3 overs) East Africa v England Birmingham 14-06-75

LOWEST MATCH AGGREGATES

Score Overs Match Venue Date
173-11 (58 overs) S Lanka (86) v W Indies (87-1) Manchester 07-06-75
187-16 (65 overs) Eng (93) v Aus (94-6) Leeds 18-09-75

INDIVIDUAL HUNDREDS (6)

Batsmen Match Venue Date Score
GM Turner New Zealand v East Africa Birmingham 07-06-75 171*
DL Amiss England v India Lord's 07-06-75 137
KWR Fletcher England v New Zealand Nottingham 11-06-75 131
GM Turner New Zealand v India Manchester 14-06-75 114*
CH Lloyd West Indies v Australia Lord's 14-06-75 102
A Turner Australia v Sri Lanka The Oval 11-06-75 101

HIGHEST RUN AGGREGATES

Player Matches Ins No Runs HS Avg 100 50
GM Turner 4 4 2 333 171* 166.50 2 -
DL Amiss 4 4 - 243 137 60.75 1 1
Majid Khan 3 3 - 209 84 69.67 - 3
KWR Fletcher 4 3 - 207 131 69.00 1 1
A Turner 5 5 - 201 101 40.20 1 -

CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET (10)

1st wkt (4)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
182 RB McCosker (73) / A Turner (101) Aus v SL The Oval 11-06-75
159 Sadiq Mohd (74) / Majid Khan (84) Pak v SL Nottingham 14-06-75
158 B Wood (77) / DL Amiss (88) Eng v EA Birmingham 14-06-75
123* SM Gavaskar (65*) / FM Engineer (54*) Ind v EA Leeds 11-06-75

2nd wkt (3)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
176 DL Amiss (137) / KWR Fletcher (68) Eng v Ind Lord's 07-06-75
125 CG Greenidge (55) / AI Kallicharran (72) WI v NZ The Oval 18-06-75
124 RC Fredericks (58) / AI Kallicharran (78) WI v Aus The Oval 14-06-75

3rd wkt (1)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
149 GM Turner (171) / JM Parker (66) NZ v EA Birmingham 07-06-75
Although 162 runs were added for the 3rd wicket (against Australia at The Oval on 11-6-75) involved four Sri Lankan batsmen

4th wkt (2)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
149 RB Kanhai (55) / CH Lloyd (102) WI v Aus Lord's 21-06-75
117 GS Chappell (50) / KD Walters (59)Aus v SL The Oval 11-06-75

5th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
89* MH Denness (37*) / CM Old (51*) Eng v Ind Lord's 07-06-75

6th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
99 R Edwards (58) / RW Marsh (52*) Aus v WI The Oval 14-06-75

7th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
55* KD Walters (20*) / GJ Gilmour (28*) Aus v Eng Leeds 18-06-75

8th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
48 DR Hadlee (20) / BJ McKechnie (27) NZ v Eng Nottingham 11-06-75

9th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
69 S Abid Ali (70) / S Venkataraghavan (26*) Ind v NZ Manchester 14-06-75

10th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
64* DL Murray (61*) / AME Roberts (24*) WI v Pak Birmingham 11-06-75

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH (9)

Analysis Bowler Match Venue Date
6-14 GJ Gilmour (1) Australia v England Leeds 18-06-75
5-34 DK Lillee Australia v Pakistan Leeds 07-06-75
5-48 GJ Gilmour (2) Australia v West Indies Lord's 21-06-75
4-11 JA Snow England v East Africa Birmingham 14-06-75
4-20 BD Julien (1) West Indies v Sri Lanka Manchester 07-06-75
4-27 BD Julien (2) West Indies v New Zealand The Oval 18-06-75
4-44 Sarfraz Nawaz Pakistan v West Indies Bimingham 11-06-75
4-45 AW Greig England v New Zealand Nottingham 11-06-75
4-50 KD Boyce West Indies v Australia Lord's 21-06-75

HIGHEST WICKET AGGREGATES

Player Country Matches Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average 4 wickets Best
GJ Gilmour Aus 2 24 8 62 11 5.64 2 6-14
BD Julien WI 5 60 11 177 10 17.70 2 4-20
KD Boyce WI 5 52 3 185 10 18.50 1 4-50

MOST DISMISSALS IN A MATCH

Dismissals Wicketkeeper Match Venue Date
4 (4ct) DL Murray (1) West Indies v Sri Lanka Manchester 07-06-75
3 (3ct) RW Marsh (1) Australia v Pakistan Leeds 07-06-75
3 (3ct) Wasim Bari Pakistan v West Indies Birmingham 11-06-75
3 (3ct) DL Murray (2) West Indies v Australia The Oval 14-06-75
3 (3ct) RW Marsh (2) Australia v West Indies Lord's 21-06-75

LEADING WICKETKEEPERS

Player Country Matches Dismissals Catches stumpings
RW Marsh Australia 5 10 9 1
DL Murray West Indies 5 9 9 0

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDER IN A MATCH

Catches player Match Venue Date
3 CH Lloyd West Indies v Sri Lanka Manchester 07-06-75

LEADING FIELDERS

Name Country Matches Catches
CH Lloyd West Indies 5 4
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