ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 1975 MATCH RESULTS

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World Cup 1975 Match Results
World Cup 1975 was the inaugural edition of the
cricket world cup which was organized by the ICC
in England. Although the cricket world was
mostly familiar with test matches earlier, this
was started as an experiment to check the
popularity of limited overs cricket amongst the
global cricket audience. The matches were played
with red balls and all team played the tournament
in white kits. 1st Match England vs. India (7
June 1975)
World Cup 1975 This was the first match played
in the world cup 1975 of the group stages between
host England and team India at the famous Lords
ground on June 7, 1975. England secured a
convincing victory by defeating India with a big
margin of 202 runs. 2nd Match East Africa vs.
New Zealand (7 June 1975)
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World Cup 1975 The second match of the 1975
world cup got played amongst the teams of East
Africa and New Zealand at Birmingham on 7 June
1975. New Zealand easily outsmarted the east
African team whilst grabbing an easy victory
with 181 runs. 3rd Match Australia vs. Pakistan
( 7 June 1975)
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World Cup 1975 This was the third match to be
held within the same day and played between the
teams of Australia and Pakistan at Leeds.
Australia easily thumped Pakistan to grab a
victory by 73 runs and once again proved their
dominance on the world cricket. 4th Match Sri
Lanka vs West Indies ( 7 June 1975)
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This was the last match of the first day of the
inaugural world cup and been played between the
teams of Sri Lanka and West Indies at
Manchester. West Indies secured an easy win
whilst thrashing the Lankan team by 9
wickets. 5th Match England vs New Zealand ( 11
June 1975)
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The world cup action continued after a gap of 4
days and host England played with the Kiwis at
Nottingham on 11 June 1975. As expected, the
English team won the match with a healthy margin
of 80 runs and almost secured a spot in the
knock out round. 6th Match East Africa vs. India
(11 June 1975)
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Indian team met East African team in the second
match of the day at Leeds on 11 June 1975 and
secured their first win the tournament whilst
defeating the east African team by 10
wickets. 7th Match Australia vs Sri Lanka ( 11
June 1975)
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The next match on the same day witnessed the
teams of Australia and Sri Lanka clashing with
each other at the famous Oval ground. Still, the
Aussies didnt find it much difficult as they
beat the Lankans easily by 52 runs in the
process. 8th Match Pakistan vs West Indies (11
June 1975)
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This was the last match of the day and saw the
teams of West Indies and Pakistan facing each
other in a crucial tie at Birmingham. Although
Pakistan team gave the Windies a tough fight,
they couldnt save themselves from getting
defeated by a close margin of 1 wicket. 9th
Match England vs East Africa (14 June 1975)
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Image Source England was looking confident of
securing a spot in the knockouts as they met the
east African team in a group stage match at
Birmingham. Without getting any tough fight, they
easily won the match with a big margin of 196
runs and became the first team to enter the
semifinals of the world cup 1975. 1st Semifinal
England vs Australia (18 June 1975)
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Two big teams faced each other in the semifinals
of the first world cup tournament and whilst
everyone expected a tough competition, Australia
snatched the victory form the hosts at a
nail-biting thriller held at the Leeds
ground. 2nd Semifinal New Zealand vs West Indies
(18 June 1975)
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The second semifinal match was been held between
New Zealand and the West Indies at the famous
Oval ground. Although the Kiwis did give a tough
fight to the West Indies team, the latter secured
a convincing victory by 5 wickets. The final
Australia vs West Indies (21 June 1975)
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the might West Indians and the Australian team
and the West Indies proved their dominance on
the Aussies by defeating them in a thriller with
17 runs at the Lords ground. https//www.sportzc
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