1975 Cricket World Cup statistics

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

Team statistics

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Highest team totals

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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

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Most runs

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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

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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

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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

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Most wickets

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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

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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

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Wickket-keeping dismissals

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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

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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

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  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.
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