1975 World Cup, Match 9 - The poor show by east Africa continued in the tournament as England comfortably beat them by 196 runs in their last group match. Chasing down the victory target of 291, East Africa was bowled out for just 94. John Snow (England) was mainly responsible for this collapse who picked 4 vital wickets and was awarded man of the match for his lethal spell.


1975 World Cup, Match 9 - 14th June 1975, England vs East Africa at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Scorecard


⇒ Toss: East Africa won the toss and elected to field first
⇒ Umpires: WE Alley and JG Langridge
⇒ Match Result: England won by 196 runs
⇒ Man of the Match: John Snow (England)


England Batting


⇒ Dennis Amiss b Mehmood Quaraishy 77
⇒ Barry Wood c Nana b Zulfiqar Ali 88
⇒ Frank Hayes b Zulfiqar Ali 52
⇒ Tony Greig lbw b Zulfiqar Ali 9
⇒ Alan Knott (WK) not out 18
⇒ Chris Old b Mehmood Quaraishy 18
⇒ Mike Denness (C) not out 12
⇒ Did not Bat - Keith Fletcher, John Snow, Peter Lever, Derek Underwood

Extras : 16 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 1 Byes: 7 Leg Byes: 7)

Total : 290/5 (60.0 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-158 (Amiss), 2-192 (Barry Wood), 3-234 (Greig), 4-244 (Hayes), 5-277 (Old)

East Africa Bowling


⇒ Frasat Ali 9-0-40-0
⇒ Pringle 12-0-41-0
⇒ Nana 12-2-46-0
⇒ Sethi 5-0-29-0
⇒ Zulfiqar Ali 12-0-63-3
⇒ Mehmood Quaraishy 10-0-55-2

East Africa Batting


⇒ Frasat Ali b Snow 0
⇒ Samuel Walusimbi lbw b Snow 7
⇒ Yunus Badat b Snow 0
⇒ Jawahir Shah lbw b Snow 4
⇒ Ramesh Sethi b Lever 30
⇒ Harilal Shah (C) b Greig 6
⇒ Mehmood Quaraishy c Amiss b Greig 19
⇒ Zulfiqar Ali b Lever 7
⇒ Hamish McLeod (WK) b Lever 0
⇒ Prabhu Nana not out 8
⇒ Don Pringle b Old 3

Extras : 10 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)

Total : 94 all out (52.3 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-7 (Frasat Ali), 2-7 (Yunus Badat), 3-15 (Walusimbi), 4-21 (JawahirShah), 5-42 (Harilal Shah), 6-72 (Mehmood Quaraishy), 7-76 (Sethi), 8-79 (McLeod), 9-88 (Zulfiqar Ali), 10-94 (Pringle)

England Bowling


⇒ Snow 12-6-11-4
⇒ Lever 12-3-32-3
⇒ Underwood 10-5-11-0
⇒ Wood 7-3-10-0
⇒ Greig 10-1-18-2
⇒ Old 1.3-0-2-1


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