England beat India by 202 runs at Lord's in the first ever match of World Cup. Dennis Amiss won the man of the match award for his brilliant century.
1975 World Cup, Match 1 - 7th June 1975, India vs England, Match Scorecard
⇒ Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat first
⇒ Umpires: DJ Costant and JG Langridge
⇒ Match Result: England won by 202 runs
⇒ Man of the Match: Dennis Amiss
England Batting
⇒ John Jameson c Venkataraghavan b Amarnath 21
⇒ Dennis Amiss b Madan Lal 137
⇒ Keith Fletcher b Abid Ali 68
⇒ Tony Greig lbw b Abid Ali 4
⇒ Mike Denness (C) not out 37
⇒ Did not bat - Chris Old not out 51, Barry Wood, Alan Knott (WK), John Snow, Peter Lever, Geoff Arnold
Extras : 16 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 12)
Total : 334/4 (60.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-54 (Jameson), 2-230 (Fletcher), 3-237 (Greig), 4-245 (Amiss)
India Bowling
⇒ Madan Lal 12-1-64-1
⇒ Amarnath 12-2-60-1
⇒ Abid Ali 12-0-58-2
⇒ Ghavri 11-1-83-0
⇒ Venkataraghavan 12-0-41-0
⇒ Solkar 1-0-12-0
India Batting
⇒ Sunil Gavaskar not out 36
⇒ Eknath Solkar c Lever b Arnold 8
⇒ Ajit Gaekwad c Knott b Lever 22
⇒ Gundappa Viswanath c Fletcher b Old 37
⇒ Brijesh Patel not out 16
⇒ Did not bat - Mohinder Amarnath, Farokh Engineer (WK), Abid Ali, Madan Lal
Venkataraghavan (C), Karsan Ghavri
Extras : 13 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 9 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 132/3 (60.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-21 (Solkar), 2-50 (Gaekwad), 3-108 (Viswanath)
England Bowling
⇒ Snow 12-2-24-0
⇒ Arnold 10-2-20-1
⇒ Chris Old 12-4-26-1
⇒ Greig 9-1-26-0
⇒ Wood 5-2-4-0
⇒ Lever 10-0-16-1
⇒ Jameson 2-1-3-0