school project-history of the cricket world cup-i need info about the 1st world cup asap?

Answer 1

Please check the following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Cricket_World_Cup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup

Answer 2

Prior to the World Cup
The first cricket Test match was played in 1877 between Australia and England. Cricket was contested at the 1900 Summer Olympics where Great Britain defeated France by 158 runs.[1] However, the International Olympic Committee cancelled cricket as an Olympic sport afterwards.

The first attempt at arranging an international cricket competition was the 1912 Triangular Tournament. It was a Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test playing nations at the time; England, Australia and South Africa. Due to poor weather and a lack of public interest, the experiment was not repeated.[2] From then on, international test cricket teams only generally engaged in bilateral series as opposed to tournaments or leagues involving more than two nations.

In the early 1960s, English county cricket teams began playing a shortened version of cricket, which only lasted for one day. Starting in 1962 as a 4-team knockout competition known as the Midlands Knock-Out Cup,[3] and the Gillette Cup in 1963, one-day cricket grew in popularity and in 1969 a national league called the Sunday League was created. The first one-day international came about from a rain-aborted Test match at Melbourne between England and Australia in 1971 and was played on the final scheduled day. The forty over match (eight balls per over) was used to fill the time as compensation for the frustrated crowd.[4]

The success and popularity of the domestic one-day competitions in England and other parts of the world as well as the early One-day Internationals prompted the International Cricket Council to consider organising a Cricket World Cup.[5]

The Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England, which was the only nation that was able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude.[6] The first three tournaments were officially known as the Prudential Cup after the financial services company Prudential plc who sponsored the event. The matches were of 60 overs per team and played in traditional white uniform and red balls. They were all played during the day. Eight teams participated in the first tournament: Australia, England, the West Indies, Pakistan, India, and New Zealand (the six Test nations at the time), with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa. One notable omission was the South African cricket team who were not competing due to the international sports boycott. West Indies won the first Cricket World Cup by defeating Australia by 17 runs in the final.

The Cricket World Cup in 1975 (aka Prudential Cup, 1975) was the first edition of the tournament. It was held from June 7 to June 21, 1975 in England. 8 countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in 2 groups of 4 each. The top two teams in each group played the semifinals, whose winners played the final.

The matches played consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day and hence started early. One of the most bizarre batting efforts in one-day history was made by Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar. England scored 334-4 off 60 overs with Amiss scoring 137. Gavaskar's response was to bat for the entire Indian innings and score 36 not out (with only 1 four). [1]

The Prudential Cup was lifted by Clive Lloyd, captain of the West Indies who started as the favourites.

Contents [hide]
1 Participants
2 Venues
3 Group Stages
3.1 Group A
3.2 Group B
4 Finals
5 External links



[edit] Participants
Australia (Group B)
England (Group A)
India (Group A)
New Zealand (Group A)
Pakistan (Group B)
West Indies (Group B)
Other teams

Sri Lanka (Group B)
East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) (Group A)

[edit] Venues
City Ground Location Capacity
Birmingham Edgbaston Edgbaston, Birmingham 21,000
London Lord's St John's Wood, London 30,000
Headingley Leeds Leeds, Headingley 14,000
Manchester Old Trafford Stretford, Manchester 19,000
Nottingham Trent Bridge West Bridgford, Nottingham 15,350
London The Oval Kennington, London 23,500


[edit] Group Stages

[edit] Group A
Team Pts Pld W L RR
England 12 3 3 0 4.94
New Zealand 8 3 2 1 4.07
India 4 3 1 2 3.24
East Africa 0 3 0 3 1.90

7 June 1975 England v India.

England 334/4 (60 overs) England won by 202 runs
DL Amiss 137 (147)
S Abid Ali 2/58 (12)
Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England
Umpires: DJ Constant (Eng) and JG Langridge (Eng)
Man of the Match: DL Amiss (Eng)

India 132/3 (60 overs)
GR Viswanath 37 (59)
P Lever 1/16 (10)


7 June 1975 East Africa v New Zealand.

New Zealand 309/5 (60 overs) New Zealand won by 181 runs
GM Turner 171* (201)
PG Nana 1/34 (12)
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England
Umpires: HD Bird (Eng) and AE Fagg (Eng)
Man of the Match: GM Turner (NZ)

East Africa 128/8 (60 overs)
Frasat Ali 45 (123)
DR Hadlee 3/21 (12)


11 June 1975 England v New Zealand.

England 266/6 (60 overs) England won by 80 runs
KWR Fletcher 131 (147)
RO Collinge 2/43 (12)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
Umpires: WE Alley (Aus) and TW Spencer (Eng)
Man of the Match: KWR Fletcher (Eng)

New Zealand 186ao (60 overs)
JFM Morrison 55 (85)
AW Greig 4/45 (12)


11 June 1975 East Africa v India.

East Africa 120ao (55.3 overs) India won by 10 wickets
J Shah 37 (60)
Madan Lal 3/15 (9.3)
Headingley Stadium, Leeds, England
Umpires: HD Bird (Eng) and A Jepson (Eng)
Man of the Match: FM Engineer (Ind)

India 123/0 (29.5 overs)
SM Gavaskar 65 (86)
DJ Pringle 0/14 (3)


14 June 1975 England v East Africa.

England 290/5 (60 overs) England won by 196 runs
DL Amiss 88 (116)
Zulfiqar Ali 3/63 (12)
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England
Umpires: WE Alley (Aus) and JG Langridge (Eng)
Man of the Match: JA Snow (Eng)

East Africa 94ao (52.3 overs)
RK Sethi 30 (102)
JA Snow 4/11 (12)


14 June 1975 India v New Zealand.

India 230ao (60 overs) New Zealand won by 4 wickets
S Abid Ali 70 (98)
BJ McKechnie 3/49 (12)
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Umpires: WL Budd (Eng) and AE Fagg (Eng)
Man of the Match: GM Turner (NZ)

New Zealand 233/6 (58.5 overs)
GM Turner 114* (177)
S Abid Ali 2/35 (12)



[edit] Group B
Team Pts Pld W L RR
West Indies 12 3 3 0 4.35
Australia 8 3 2 1 4.43
Pakistan 4 3 1 2 4.45
Sri Lanka 0 3 0 3 2.78

7 June 1975 Australia v Pakistan.

Australia 278/7 (60 overs) Australia won by 73 runs
R Edwards 80* (94)
Naseer Malik 2/37 (12)
Headingley Stadium, Leeds, England
Umpires: WE Alley (Aus) and TW Spencer (Eng)
Man of the Match: DK Lillee (Aus)

Pakistan 205ao (53 overs)
Majid Khan 65 (76)
DK Lillee 5/34 (12)


7 June 1975 Sri Lanka v West Indies.

Sri Lanka 86ao (37.2 overs) West Indies won by 9 wickets
DS de Silva 21 (47)
BD Julien 4/20 (12)
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Umpires: WL Budd (Eng) and A Jepson (Eng)
Man of the Match: BD Julien (WI)

West Indies 87/1 (20.4 overs)
RC Fredericks 33 (38)
DS de Silva 1/33 (8)


11 June 1975 Australia v Sri Lanka.

Australia 328/5 (60 overs) Australia won by 52 runs
A Turner 101 (113)
DS de Silva 2/60 (12)
The Oval, London, England
Umpires: WL Budd (Eng) and AE Fagg (Eng)
Man of the Match: A Turner (AUS)

Sri Lanka 276/4 (60 overs)
SRD Wettimuny 53 (102)
IM Chappell 2/14 (4)


11 June 1975 Pakistan v West Indies.

Pakistan 266/7 (60 overs) West Indies won by 1 wicket
Majid Khan 60 (108)
IVA Richards 1/21 (4)
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England
Umpires: DJ Constant (Eng) and JG Langridge (Eng)
Man of the Match: Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)

West Indies 267/9 (59.4 overs)
DL Murray 61* (76)
Sarfraz Nawaz 4/44 (12)


14 June 1975 Australia v West Indies.

Australia 192ao (53.4 overs) West Indies won by 7 wickets
R Edwards 58 (74)
AME Roberts 3/39 (10.4)
The Oval, London, England
Umpires: HD Bird (Eng) and DJ Constant (Eng)
Man of the Match: AI Kallicharran (WI)

West Indies 195/3 (46 overs)
AI Kallicharran 78 (83)
AA Mallett 1/35 (11)


14 June 1975 Pakistan v Sri Lanka.

Pakistan 330/6 (60 overs) Pakistan won by 192 runs
Zaheer Abbas 97 (89)
B Warnapura 3/42 (8)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
Umpires: A Jepson (Eng) and TW Spencer (Eng)
Man of the Match: Zaheer Abbas (PAK)

Sri Lanka 138ao (50.1 overs)
APB Tennekoon 30 (36)
Imran Khan 3/15 (7.1)



In the final, the West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs. New Zealand and England were the other semifinalists. The Australian innings was marked by top-order batsman being run out when going for runs after misfields. A total of five of their team were run out.


[edit] Finals
Semi finals Final

18 June - Headingley, Leeds
England 93
Australia 94/6

21 June - Lord's, London
Australia 274
West Indies 291/8



18 June - The Oval, London
New Zealand 158
West Indies 159/5

18 June 1975 1st Semi Final: England v Australia.

England 93ao (36.2 overs) Australia won by 4 wickets
MH Denness 27 (60)
GJ Gilmour 6/14 (12)
Headingley Stadium, Leeds, England
Umpires: WE Alley (Aus) and DJ Constant (Eng)
Man of the Match: GJ Gilmour (Aus)

Australia 94/6 (28.4 overs)
KD Walters 20* (43)
CM Old 3/29 (7)


18 June 1975 2nd Semi Final: New Zealand v West Indies.

New Zealand 158ao (52.2 overs) West Indies won by 5 wickets
GP Howarth 51 (93)
BD Julien 4/27 (12)
The Oval, London, England
Umpires: WL Budd (Eng) and AE Fagg (Eng)
Man of the Match: AI Kallicharran (WI)

West Indies 159/5 (40.1 overs)
AI Kallicharran 72 (92)
RO Collinge 3/28 (12)


18 June 1975 Final: Australia v West Indies.

West Indies 291/8 (60 overs) West Indies won by 17 runs
CH Lloyd 102 (85)
GJ Gilmour 4/48 (12)
Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England
Umpires: HD Bird (Eng) and TW Spencer (Eng)
Man of the Match: CH Lloyd (WI)

Australia 274ao (58.4 overs)
IM Chappell 62 (93)
KD Boyce 4/50 (12)