THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD CUP CRICKET - PART I

Like other world cup games, Cricket gradually become most popular games through out the world. England is the founder country who invented this great game. Upon once it was the only game belongs to the rich people, but today every part of the world and any kind of people have considered it as a great game for them as like others. At the beginning it was not so popular as only Test Matches were organized for this game. But now a days every people appreciate it highly, especially after when the one day cricket had been started. And when one day cricket had been started then Cricket game entered into the path of World Cup.

Cricket World Cup 1975 was also known as the Prudential Cup. The first edition of this quadrennial world championship, the Cricket World Cup in 1975 was contested by eight teams. Played between June 7 and June 21, 1975 in England, this World Cup was won by West Indies, the most outstanding performers of the tournament.

Cricket World Cup 1975 had matches consisting 60 overs per side. The semi-finals were played between England-Australia and New Zealand-West Indies. In the final match, West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs. West Indian skipper Clive Lloyd was declared Man of the Final Match in Cricket World Cup 1975 for his exemplary performance with the bat – he scored 102 runs in a mere 85 balls.

Wrold Cup 1975. West Indies won. Winning Captain Clive LLoyd

With this blog it is only have a glance of the First World Cup Cricket 1975. 

Host Country: England

Teams Were:
Group A - England, New Zealand, India, East Africa
Group B - West Indies, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Winner : West Indies

Man of the Final Match : Clive Lloyd (West Indies) – 102 runs in 85 balls

Best Batsman : Glenn Turner (New Zealand) – 333 runs in 4 matches

Best Bowler : Gary Gilmour (Australia) – 11 wickets in 2 matches

Best Wicketkeeper : Rodney Marsh (Australia) – 9 catches and 1 stumping in 5 matches

Group Stage Matches :
Group A: East Africa v New Zealand at Birmingham - June 7, 1975
New Zealand won by 181 runs.
New Zealand 309-5 (60 ov); East Africa 128-8 (60 ov)

Group A: England v India at Lord's - June 7, 1975
England won by 202 runs.
England 334-4 (60 ov); India 132-3 (60 ov)

Group B: Australia v Pakistan at Leeds - June 7, 1975
Australia won by 73 runs.
Australia 278-7 (60 ov); Pakistan 205 (53 ov)

Group B: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester - June 7, 1975
West Indies won by 9 wickets.
Sri Lanka 86 (37.2 ov); West Indies 87-1 (20.4 ov)

Group A: East Africa v India at Leeds - June 11, 1975
India won by 10 wickets.
East Africa 120 (55.3 ov); India 123-0 (29.5 ov)

Group A: England v New Zealand at Nottingham - June 11, 1975
England won by 80 runs.
England 266-6 (60 ov); New Zealand 186 (60 ov)

Group B: Australia v Sri Lanka at The Oval - June 11, 1975
Australia won by 52 runs.
Australia 328-5 (60 ov); Sri Lanka 276-4 (60 ov)

Group B: Pakistan v West Indies at Birmingham - June 11, 1975
West Indies won by 1 wicket.
Pakistan 266-7 (60 ov); West Indies 267-9 (59.4 ov)

Group A: England v East Africa at Birmingham - June 14, 1975
England won by 196 runs.
England 290-5 (60 ov); East Africa 94 (52.3 ov)

Group A: India v New Zealand at Manchester - June 14, 1975
New Zealand won by 4 wickets.
India 230 (60 ov); New Zealand 233-6 (58.5 ov)

Group B: Australia v West Indies at The Oval - June 14, 1975
West Indies won by 7 wickets.
Australia 192 (53.4 ov); West Indies 195-3 (46 ov)

Group B: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nottingham - June 14, 1975
Pakistan won by 192 runs.
Pakistan 330-6 (60 ov); Sri Lanka 138 (50.1 ov)

Semi-Final 1 :
England v Australia at Leeds - June 18, 1975
Australia won by 4 wickets.
England 93 (36.2 ov); Australia 94-6 (28.4 ov)

Semi-Final  2 : New Zealand v West Indies at The Oval - June 18, 1975
West Indies won by 5 wickets.
New Zealand 158 (52.2 ov); West Indies 159-5 (40.1 ov)

Final Match of theWorld Cup Cricket 1975:  

Australia v West Indies at Lord's - June 21, 1975
West Indies won by 17 runs.
West Indies 291-8 (60 ov); Australia 274 (58.4 ov)

Take the 90 Day Challenge and to create a healthier & wealthier lifestyle.