Prudential World Cup 1975 - A statistical survey

Who shrunk Test cricket

1975. 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