1975 Cricket World Cup statistics explained

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

Team statistics

Highest team totals

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

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
	334/4		Lord's, London
	330/6		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
	328/5		The Oval, London
	309/5		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
	291/8		Lord's, London

Batting statistics

Most runs

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

Player	Team	Runs	Innings	Avg	Highest score	100s
		333	3	166.50		2
		243	4	60.75	137	1
		209	3	69.66	84	0
		207	3	69.00	131	1
		201	5	40.20	101	1

Highest scores

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
		171 not out	201	16	2		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
		137	147	18	0		Lord's, London
		131	147	13	0		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
		114*	177	13	0		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
		102	85	12	2		Lord's, London

Highest partnerships

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		Rick McCosker and Alan Turner		The Oval, London
2nd	176		Dennis Amiss and Keith Fletcher		Lord's, London
3rd	149		Glenn Turner and John Parker		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
4th	149		Rohan Kanhai and Clive Lloyd		Lord's, London
5th	89*		Dennis Amiss and Chris Old		Lord's, London
6th	99		Ross Edwards and Rod Marsh		The Oval, London
7th	55		Syed Abid Ali and Madan Lal		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
7th	55*		Doug Walters and Gary Gilmour		Headingley, Leeds
8th	48		Brian McKechnie and Dayle Hadlee		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
9th	60		Syed Abid Ali and Srinivas Venkataraghavan		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
10th	64*		Deryck Murray and Andy Roberts		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

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

Player	Team	Wickets	Matches	Bowling average	Best bowling
		11	2	5.63	6/14
		10	5	17.70	4/20
		10	5	18.50	4/50
		8	4	20.25	3/21
		8	5	20.62	3/39

Best bowling figures

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

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
		12.0	6/14		Headingley, Leeds
		12.0	5/34		Headingley, Leeds
		12.0	5/48		Lord's, London
		12.0	4/11		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
		12.0	4/20		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

Fielding statistics

Wickket-keeping dismissals

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

Player	Team	Matches	Dismissals	Caught	Stumped
		5	10	9	1
		5	9	9	0
		3	6	6	0
		4	4	3	1
		3	2	2	0

Most catches

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

Player	Team	Matches	Catches	Max
		5	4	3
		3	3	2
		3	3	2
		4	3	2
		5	3	1

External links

• Cricket World Cup 1975 Stats from Cricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest Totals . https://archive.today/20130122095337/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=534;type=tournament . dead . 22 January 2013 . 2011-08-22 . ESPN Cricinfo .
2. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers . 2011-08-22. ESPN Cricinfo.
3. Web site: Cricket World Cup: High Scores . https://archive.today/20130122144628/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=534;type=tournament . dead . 22 January 2013 . 2011-08-22 . ESPN Cricinfo .
4. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets. https://archive.today/20130122085218/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?id=534;type=tournament. dead. 22 January 2013. 2011-08-22. ESPN Cricinfo.
5. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs. https://archive.today/20130122162458/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_for_any_wicket.html?id=534;type=tournament. dead. 22 January 2013. 2011-08-22. ESPN Cricinfo.
6. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets . 2011-08-22. ESPN Cricinfo.
7. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures . https://archive.today/20130122140745/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=534;type=tournament . dead . 22 January 2013 . 2011-08-22 . ESPN Circinfo .
8. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals . https://archive.today/20130122090503/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?id=534;type=tournament . dead . 22 January 2013 . 2011-08-22 . ESPN Cricinfo .
9. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Most Catches . 2011-08-22. ESPN Circinfo.