1975 England
Glorious sunshine on the longest day of the year bathed Lord's during the first and best of the eight finals to date, featuring Clive Lloyd's extrovert West Indians and Ian Chappell's brash Australians.
Lloyd captained an XI brimming with sometimes undisciplined talent, Chappell led a team forged in his own forthright image headed by the ferocious fast bowling duo Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson.
Australia reduced West Indies to 50 for three before Lloyd joined Rohan Kanhai, the grey-haired elder statesman of the team.
Kanhai played the anchor role while Lloyd swatted the bowlers with casual ease to all parts of the ground, scoring 102 from 82 balls to take West Indies to 291 for six from their 60 overs.
Chappell responded with 62 before he became one of three run-outs effected by the electric reactions of Viv Richards. Richards had also run out Chappell's brother Greg and only a spirited last-wicket partnership of 31 between Lillee and Thomson as dusk fell on Lord's kept the Australians in contention.
Scores: West Indies 291 off 60 overs (C.Lloyd 102); Australia 274 off 58.4 overs (I.Chappell 62). West Indies won by 17 runs.
SUMMARY 1975 PRUDENTIAL WORLD CUP | |||||
| Date | Venue | Batted 1st | Batted 2nd | Winner-Margin | Man of the Match |
| 07 Jun 1975 | Lord's | Eng 334-4 | Ind 132-3 | Eng - 202 runs | DL Amiss |
| 07 Jun 1975 | Birmingham | NZ 309-5 | EA 128-8 | NZ - 181 runs | GM Turner |
| 07 Jun 1975 | Leeds | Aus 278-7 | Pak 205 | Aus - 73 runs | DK Lillee |
| 07 Jun 1975 | Manchester | SL 86 | WI 87-1 | WI - 9 wkts | BD Julien |
| 11 Jun 1975 | Nottingham | Eng 266-6 | NZ 186 | Eng - 80 runs | KWR Fletcher |
| 11 Jun 1975 | Leeds | EA 120 | Ind 123-0 | Ind - 10 wkts | FM Engineer |
| 11 Jun 1975 | The Oval | Aus 328-5 | SL 276-4 | Aus - 52 runs | A Turner |
| 11 Jun 1975 | Birmingham | Pak 266-7 | WI 267-9 | WI - 1 wkt | Sarfraz Nawaz |
| 14 Jun 1975 | Birmingham | Eng 290-5 | EA 94 | Eng - 196 runs | JA Snow |
| 14 Jun 1975 | Manchester | Ind 230 | NZ 233-6 | NZ - 4 wkts | GM Turner |
| 14 Jun 1975 | The Oval | Aus 192 | WI 195-3 | WI - 7 wkts | AI Kallicharran |
| 14 Jun 1975 | Nottingham | Pak 330-6 | SL 138 | Pak - 192 runs | Zaheer Abbas |
| 18 Jun 1975* | Leeds | Eng 93 | Aus 94-6 | Aus - 4 wkts | GJ Gilmour |
| 18 Jun 1975* | The Oval | NZ 158 | WI 159-5 | WI - 5 wkts | AI Kallicharran |
| 21 Jun | Lord's | WI 291- | Aus 274 | WI - 17 | CH Lloyd |
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** Final
# Matches played over two days because of rain , bad weather etc.
+ Target adjusted
D/L Duckworth Lewis Method applied
Note : Matches in bold are day-night matches
