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1975 World Cup in England

Final - West Indies v Australia
Semi-Final - West Indies v New Zealand
Semi-Final - Australia v England
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1975 World Cup Final - West Indies v Australia - 21st June, at Lords, London

West Indies innings
RC Fredericks         hit wicket         b Lillee               7
CG Greenidge          c Marsh            b Thomson             13
AI Kallicharran       c Marsh            b Gilmour             12
RB Kanhai                                b Gilmour             55
*CH Lloyd             c Marsh            b Gilmour            102
IVA Richards                             b Gilmour              5
KD Boyce              c GS Chappell      b Thomson             34
BD Julien             not out                                  26
+DL Murray                           c & b Gilmour             14
VA Holder             not out                                   6
Extras                (lb 6, nb 11)                            17
Total                 (8 wickets, 60 overs)                   291

DNB: AME Roberts.

FoW: 1-12, 2-27, 3-50, 4-199, 5-206, 6-209, 7-261, 8-285.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                      12      1     55      1
Gilmour                     12      2     48      5
Thomson                     12      1     44      2
Walker                      12      1     71      0
GS Chappell                  7      0     33      0
Walters                      5      0     23      0

Australia innings
A Turner              run out                                  40
RB McCosker           c Kallicharran     b Boyce                7
*IM Chappell          run out                                  62
GS Chappell           run out                                  15
KD Walters                               b Lloyd               35
+RW Marsh                                b Boyce               11
R Edwards             c Fredericks       b Boyce               28
GJ Gilmour            c Kanhai           b Boyce               14
MHN Walker            run out                                   7
JR Thomson            run out                                  21
DK Lillee             not out                                  16
Extras                (b 2, lb 9, nb 7)                        18
Total                 (all out, 58.4 overs)                   274

FoW: 1-25, 2-81, 3-115, 4-162, 5-170,
     6-195, 7-221, 8-231, 9-233, 10-274.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Julien                      12      0     58      0
Roberts                     11      1     45      0
Boyce                       12      0     50      4
Holder                      11.4    1     65      0
Lloyd                       12      1     38      1


Umpires
HD Bird, TW Spencer

Man Of The Match
Clive Lloyd 

Result
West Indies won by 17 runs
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1975 World Cup Semi Final - New Zealand v West Indies - 18th June, at The Oval, London

New Zealand innings
*GM Turner            c Kanhai           b Roberts             36
JFM Morrison          lbw                b Julien               5
GP Howarth            c Murray           b Roberts             51
JM Parker                                b Lloyd                3
BF Hastings           not out                                  24
+KJ Wadsworth         c Lloyd            b Julien              11
BJ McKechnie          lbw                b Julien               1
DR Hadlee             c Holder           b Julien               0
BL Cairns                                b Holder              10
HJ Howarth                               b Holder               0
RO Collinge                              b Holder               2
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 7)                   15
Total                 (all out, 52.2 overs)                   158

FoW: 1-8, 2-98, 3-105, 4-106, 5-125,
     6-133, 7-139, 8-155, 9-155, 10-158.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Julien                      12      5     27      4
Roberts                     11      3     18      2
Holder                       8.2    0     30      3
Boyce                        9      0     31      0
Lloyd                       12      1     37      1

West Indies innings
RC Fredericks         c Hastings         b Hadlee               6
CG Greenidge          lbw                b Collinge            55
AI Kallicharran                      c & b Collinge            72
IVA Richards          lbw                b Collinge             5
RB Kanhai             not out                                  12
*CH Lloyd             c Hastings         b McKechnie            3
BD Julien             not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
Total                 (5 wickets, 40.1 overs)                 159

DNB: +DL Murray, KD Boyce, VA Holder, AME Roberts.

FoW: 1-8, 2-133, 3-139, 4-142, 5-151.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Collinge                    12      4     28      3
Hadlee                      10      0     54      1
Cairns                       6.1    2     23      0
McKechnie                    8      0     37      1
HJ Howarth                   4      0     15      0


Umpires
WL Budd, AE Fagg

Man of the Match
AI Kallicharran

Result
West Indies won by 5 wickets
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1975 World Cup Semi Final - England v Australia - 18th June, at Headingley, Leeds

England innings 
DL Amiss              lbw                b Gilmour              2
B Wood                                   b Gilmour              6
KWR Fletcher          lbw                b Gilmour              8
AW Greig              c Marsh            b Gilmour              7
FC Hayes              lbw                b Gilmour              4
*MH Denness                              b Walker              27
+APE Knott            lbw                b Gilmour              0
CM Old                c GS Chappell      b Walker               0
JA Snow               c Marsh            b Lillee               2
GG Arnold             not out                                  18
P Lever               lbw                b Walker               5
Extras                (lb 5, w 7, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (all out, 36.2 overs)                    93

FoW: 1-2, 2-11, 3-26, 4-33, 5-35, 6-36, 7-37, 8-52, 9-73, 10-93.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                       9      3     26      1
Gilmour                     12      6     14      6
Walker                       9.2    3     22      3
Thomson                      6      0     17      0

Australia innings
A Turner              lbw                b Arnold               7
RB McCosker                              b Old                 15
*IM Chappell          lbw                b Snow                 2
GS Chappell           lbw                b Snow                 4
KD Walters            not out                                  20
R Edwards                                b Old                  0
+RW Marsh                                b Old                  5
GJ Gilmour            not out                                  28
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, nb 6)                        13
Total                 (6 wickets, 28.4 overs)                  94

DNB: MHN Walker, DK Lillee, JR Thomson.

FoW: 1-17, 2-24, 3-32, 4-32, 5-32, 6-39.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Arnold                       7.4    2     15      1
Snow                        12      0     30      2
Old                          7      2     29      3
Lever                        2      0      7      0 


Umpires
WE Alley, DJ Constant

Man of the Match
Gary Gilmour

Result
Australia won by 4 wickets
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