As it was the inaugural edition and international limited overs cricket was just beginning, a lot of records were set in this 1975 World Cup.
England opener John Jameson faced the first ball in World Cup history, bowled by India’s medium-pacer Madan Lal.
The score in the first match, 334 by England was the highest international score, and also the highest in England at the time.
Jameson’s opening partner Dennis Amiss struck the first hundred in the tournament’s history, scoring 137 not out against India in the opening match.
India recorded the first-ever 10-wicket victory in the World Cup when they handed East Africa a thrashing at Leeds.
Glen Turner of New Zealand was the highest run-scorer of the World Cup, piling on 333 runs in four matches, 171 of them coming in one innings against East Africa. He scored another hundred against India.
Australian swing bowler Gary Gilmour’s 6 for 14 against England in the semi-finals was also the best figures for a bowler in international limited over matches.
Gilmour also took a five-wicket haul in the final for Australia, though they lost the game to the West Indies.
West Indies captain Clive Lloyd was the first batsman to hit a century in a World Cup final and also the first captain to do so.
Viv Richards, while not making much with the bat, converted three run outs out of five in the Australian innings, that ran up to 8:40pm in the evening.
The full attendance was 26,000 and the paying crowd produced receipts of £66,950, a record for a one-day match in England.
