1975 World Cup, Final - West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to lift the Prudential World Cup 1975. Clive Llyod led from the front and first scored a brilliant century to post 291/8 in 60 overs. Later on he displayed fine captainship and also took 1 wicket. He was awarded man of the match for his brilliant allround performance.


1975 World Cup, Final - 21st June 1975, West Indies vs Australia at Lord's, London, Scorecard


⇒ Toss: Australia won the toss and elect to field
⇒ Umpires: Dickie Bird and Tom Spencer
⇒ Match Result: West Indies won by 17 runs to lift the Prudential World Cup 1975
⇒ Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd

West Indies Batting


⇒ Roy Fredericks hit wkt b Dennis Lillee 7 (13)
⇒ Gordon Greenidge c Marsh b Jeff Thomson 13 (61) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Alvin Kallicharran c Marsh b Gary Gilmour 12 (18) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Rohan Kanhai b Gary Gilmour 55 (105) 8 ‘4s’
⇒ Clive Lloyd (C) c Marsh b Gary Gilmour 102 (85) 12 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
⇒ Vivian Richards b Gary Gilmour 5 (11) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Keith Boyce c Greg Chappell b Jeff Thomson 34 (37) 3 ‘4s’
⇒ Bernard Julien not out 26 (37) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Deryck Murray (WK) c&b Gary Gilmour 14 (10) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
⇒ Vanburn Holder not out 6 (2) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Andy Roberts

Extras : 17 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 11 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)

Total : 291/8 (60.0 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-12 (Fredericks), 2-27 (Kallicharran), 3-50 (Greenidge), 4-199 (Lloyd), 5-206 (Kanhai), 6-209 (Richards), 7-261 (Boyce), 8-285 (Murray)

Australia Bowling


⇒ Dennis Lillee 12-1-55-1
⇒ Gary Gilmour 12-2-48-5
⇒ Jeff Thomson 12-1-44-2
⇒ Max Walker 12-1-71-0
⇒ Greg Chappell 7-0-33-0
⇒ Doug Walters 5-0-23-0

Australia Batting


⇒ Alan Turner run out (Richards) 40 (54) 4 ‘4s’
⇒ Rick McCosker c Kallicharran b Boyce 7 (24) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Ian Chappell (C) run out (Richards/Lloyd) 62 (93) 6 ‘4s’
⇒ Greg Chappell run out (Richards) 15 (23) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Doug Walters b Lloyd 35 (51) 5 ‘4s’
⇒ Rodney Marsh (WK) b Boyce 11 (24)
⇒ Ross Edwards c Fredericks b Boyce 28 (37) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Gary Gilmour c Kanhai b Boyce 14 (11) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Max Walker run out (Kallicharran/Holder) 7 (9) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ Jeff Thomson run out (Kallicharran/Murray) 21 (21) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Dennis Lillee not out 16 (19) 1 ‘4s’

Extras : 18 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 7 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 9)

Total : 274 all out (58.4 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-25 (McCosker), 2-81 (Turner), 3-115 (Greg Chappell), 4-162 (IanChappell), 5-170 (Walters), 6-195 (Marsh), 7-221 (Gilmour), 8-231 (Edwards), 9-233 (Walker), 10-274 (Thomson)

West Indies Bowling


⇒ Bernard Julien 12-0-58-0
⇒ Andy Roberts 11-1-45-0
⇒ Keith Boyce 12-0-50-4
⇒ Vanburn Holder 11.4-1-65-0
⇒ Clive Lloyd 12-1-38-1


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