With 97 days to go, in our latest World Cup Countdown, we recall Clive Lloyd's spectacular century in the 1975 final.
With 98 days to go, in our latest World Cup Countdown, we recall Gary Gilmour's superb all-round show against England.
With 99 days to go, in our latest World Cup Countdown, we recall Alvin Kallicharan's scintillating 83-ball 78 against Australia.
With 100 days to go, we begin our World Cup countdown looking back at the maestro Bishen Singh Bedi’s superlative spell of 12-8-6-1 against East Africa at Leeds on June 11, 1975.
Gary Gilmour was playing only his third career ODI, chose the most opportune of occasions to announce himself to the world when he dominated the World Cup 1975 semi-final against England both with the bat as well as ball.
Sunil Gavaskar played at a snail’s pace all throughout the Indian innings and ‘carried his bat’; a feat worth applause in Tests but far from it in that particular match.
Keith David Boyce was a cricketer from Barbados, who went on to represent West Indies in 21 Tests and eight One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
The day when two Sri Lankan batsmen had to be carried off to the hospital.
Gary Gilmour’s fairytale saga did not end with the semi-final against England at Headingley.
It seems almost unbelievable that World Cup 1975 was the first multi-nation ODI tournament in history.