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    "title": "1975 Prudential World Cup - An Introduction",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">A new chapter was written in Cricket books with the introduction of &#39;WORLD CUP&#39; in 1975.&nbsp;The tournament that gained immediate success is undoubtedly the most popular and most awaited sporting tournament at present in cricket playing nations across the globe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">England hosted the inaugural edition of the world cup. It was played in between 7 to 21 June 1975 and popularly&nbsp;known as the &#39;Prudential&nbsp;Cup&#39;. Total 8 Teams including&nbsp;six Test-playing nations - India, Australia, England, West Indies, Pakistan, New Zealand and two associate members - Sri Lanka and East Africa&nbsp;participated in the tournament.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">All the matches were 60-overs-a-side games and played&nbsp;in traditional white clothing with red balls. Eight teams were divided in two groups of four each. The top two teams from each group then played the knock-out rounds of semi-finals and final. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#113559;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The final was played between West Indies and Australia on 21st June at the famous Lords&#39;&nbsp;cricket&nbsp;ground in which Clive&nbsp;Lloyd&rsquo;s West Indies Team beat the Australians by 17 runs and become first&nbsp;cricket&nbsp;World&nbsp;Cup&nbsp;Champion.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#113559;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The tournament proved an&nbsp;outstanding&nbsp;success and laid the foundation of future editions. This was the only&nbsp;ODI&nbsp;World&nbsp;Cup&nbsp;which didn&#39;t feature a sub-continent team in the semi-finals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"color:#008080;\">1975 Prudential World Cup Statistics<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Format&nbsp;- One Day International<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Tournament formats&nbsp;- Round robin and Knockout<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Host&nbsp;- England<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Champions&nbsp;- West Indies&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Participants&nbsp;- 8<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Matches played&nbsp;- 15<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Attendance&nbsp;- 158,000 (10,533 per match)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Most runs&nbsp;- Glenn Turner (333)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Most wickets&nbsp;- Gary Gilmour (11)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u200b<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\">1975 Prudential World Cup Match Summary<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>1st Match<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>-&nbsp;\u200bEngland v India at Lord&#39;s - Jun 7, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">England won by 202 runs (Eng 334\/4; Ind 132\/3)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>2nd Match -&nbsp;East Africa v New Zealand at Birmingham - Jun 7, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Zealand won by 181 runs (NZ 309\/5; EA 128\/8)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>3rd Match -&nbsp;Australia v Pakistan at Leeds - Jun 7, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Australia won by 73 runs (Aus 278\/7; Pak 205)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>4th Match -&nbsp;Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester - Jun 7, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 39.2 overs remaining) (SL 86; WI 87\/1)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>5th Match -&nbsp;England v New Zealand at Nottingham - Jun 11, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">England won by 80 runs (England 266\/6; NZ 186)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>6th Match:&nbsp;East Africa v India at Leeds - Jun 11, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">India won by 10 wickets (with 30.1 overs remaining) (EA 120; India 123\/0)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>7th Match -&nbsp;Australia v Sri Lanka at The Oval - Jun 11, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Australia won by 52 runs (Aus 328\/5; SL 276\/4)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>8th Match -&nbsp;Pakistan v West Indies at Birmingham - Jun 11, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">West Indies won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining) (Pak 266\/7; WI 267\/9)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>9th Match:&nbsp;England v East Africa at Birmingham - Jun 14, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">England won by 196 runs (Eng 290\/5; EA 94)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>10th Match -&nbsp;India v New Zealand at Manchester - Jun 14, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>\u200b<\/strong>New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 1.1 overs remaining) (Ind 230; NZ 233\/6)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>11th Match -&nbsp;Australia v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 14, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>\u200b<\/strong>West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 84 balls remaining) (Aus 192; WI 195\/3)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">1<strong>2th Match -&nbsp;Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nottingham - Jun 14, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>\u200b<\/strong>Pakistan won by 192 runs (Pak 330\/6; SL 138)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>1st Semi Final -&nbsp;England v Australia at Leeds - Jun 18, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>\u200b<\/strong>Australia won by 4 wickets (with 31.2 overs remaining) (Eng 93; Aus 94\/6)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>2nd Semi Final -&nbsp;New Zealand v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 18, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>\u200b<\/strong>West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 19.5 overs remaining) (NZ 158; WI 159\/5)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>Final -&nbsp;Australia v West Indies at Lord&#39;s - Jun 21, 1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>\u200b<\/strong>West Indies won by 17 runs (WI 291\/8; Aus 274)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<div style=\"background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-world-cup-1975\/trivia\">1975 World Cup Trivia<\/a>&nbsp;l&nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-world-cup-1975\/points-table\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><b>1975 World Cup Points Table<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CRICKETNMORE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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