1975 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1975 Cricket World Cup.

Team statistics edit

Highest team totals edit

The following table lists the five highest team scores during the tournament.[1]

Team Total Opponent Ground
  England 334/4   India Lord's, London
  Pakistan 330/6   Sri Lanka Trent Bridge, Nottingham
  Australia 328/5   Sri Lanka The Oval, London
  New Zealand 309/5   East Africa Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
  West Indies 291/8   Australia Lord's, London

Batting statistics edit

Most runs edit

The top five highest run scorers in the tournament are included in this table.[2]

Player Team Runs Innings Avg Highest score 100s
Glenn Turner   New Zealand 333 3 166.50 171 not out 2
Dennis Amiss   England 243 4 60.75 137 1
Majid Khan   Pakistan 209 3 69.66 84 0
Keith Fletcher   England 207 3 69.00 131 1
Alan Turner   Australia 201 5 40.20 101 1

Highest scores edit

This table contains the top five highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.[3]

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground
Glenn Turner   New Zealand 171 not out 201 16 2   East Africa Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Dennis Amiss   England 137 147 18 0   India Lord's, London
Keith Fletcher   England 131 147 13 0   New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Glenn Turner   New Zealand 114* 177 13 0   India Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
Clive Lloyd   West Indies 102 85 12 2   Australia Lord's, London

Highest partnerships edit

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for each wicket during the tournament.[4][5]

Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Venue
1st 182   Australia Rick McCosker and Alan Turner   Sri Lanka The Oval, London
2nd 176   England Dennis Amiss and Keith Fletcher   India Lord's, London
3rd 149   New Zealand Glenn Turner and John Parker   East Africa Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
4th 149   West Indies Rohan Kanhai and Clive Lloyd   Australia Lord's, London
5th 89*   England Dennis Amiss and Chris Old   India Lord's, London
6th 99   Australia Ross Edwards and Rod Marsh   West Indies The Oval, London
7th 55   India Syed Abid Ali and Madan Lal   New Zealand Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
7th 55*   Australia Doug Walters and Gary Gilmour   England Headingley, Leeds
8th 48   New Zealand Brian McKechnie and Dayle Hadlee   England Trent Bridge, Nottingham
9th 60   India Syed Abid Ali and Srinivas Venkataraghavan   New Zealand Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
10th 64*   West Indies Deryck Murray and Andy Roberts   Pakistan Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham

Bowling statistics edit

Most wickets edit

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the tournament.[6]

Player Team Wickets Matches Bowling average Best bowling
Gary Gilmour   Australia 11 2 5.63 6/14
Bernard Julien   West Indies 10 5 17.70 4/20
Keith Boyce   West Indies 10 5 18.50 4/50
Dayle Hadlee   New Zealand 8 4 20.25 3/21
Andy Roberts   West Indies 8 5 20.62 3/39

Best bowling figures edit

This table lists the top five best bowling analyses in the tournament.[7]

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Gary Gilmour   Australia 12.0 6/14   England Headingley, Leeds
Dennis Lillee   Australia 12.0 5/34   Pakistan Headingley, Leeds
Gary Gilmour   Australia 12.0 5/48   West Indies Lord's, London
John Snow   England 12.0 4/11   East Africa Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Bernard Julien   West Indies 12.0 4/20   Sri Lanka Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

Fielding statistics edit

Wickket-keeping dismissals edit

This is a list of the wicket-keepers who made the most dismissals in the tournament.[8]

Player Team Matches Dismissals Caught Stumped
Rod Marsh   Australia 5 10 9 1
Deryck Murray   West Indies 5 9 9 0
Wasim Bari   Pakistan 3 6 6 0
Ken Wadsworth   New Zealand 4 4 3 1
Farokh Engineer   India 3 2 2 0

Most catches edit

This is a list of the outfielders who took the most catches in the tournament.[9]

Player Team Matches Catches Max
Clive Lloyd   West Indies 5 4 3
Tony Opatha   Sri Lanka 3 3 2
Zaheer Abbas   Pakistan 3 3 2
Brian Hastings   New Zealand 4 3 2
Greg Chappell   Australia 5 3 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Cricket World Cup: High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2011.

External links edit