Cricket World Cup Origin

CRICKET World cup origin

The first cricket world cup tournament was held in 1975.This cricket world cup was the game that was struggled to get popular throughout the world,while other games like soccer,tennis,hockey already spun the whole world.

And the world cup was played for 60 overs.Just imagine,the present generation is crazy with T20 and in those days it was 60 overs match.The first match was played between INDIA and ENGLAND on June 17th at Lord's.Well,let me provide you the whole match results of the first cricket world cup tournament.

1st Match :  England v India at Lord's - Jun 7, 1975

                     England 334/4 (60/60 ov)
                     India 132/3 (60/60 ov)

 RESULT:-  England won by 202 runs

2nd Match:  East Africa v New Zealand at Birmingham - Jun 7, 1975

                     New Zealand 309/5 (60/60 ov)
                     East Africa 128/8 (60/60 ov)
 

 RESULT:-  New Zealand won by 181 runs

3rd Match:  Australia v Pakistan at Leeds - Jun 7, 1975

                      Australia 278/7 (60/60 ov)
                      Pakistan 205 (53/60 ov)

RESULT:-   Australia won by 73 runs

4th Match:  Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester - Jun 7, 1975

                       Sri Lanka 86 (37.2/60 ov)
                       West Indies 87/1 (20.4/60 ov)

RESULT:-   West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 236 balls remaining)

5th Match:  England v New Zealand at Nottingham - Jun 11, 1975

                      England 266/6 (60/60 ov)
                      New Zealand 186 (60/60 ov)

RESULT:-   England won by 80 runs

6th Match:  East Africa v India at Leeds - Jun 11, 1975

                     East Africa 120 (55.3/60 ov)
                     India 123/0 (29.5/60 ov)

RESULT:-   India won by 10 wickets (with 181 balls remaining)

7th Match:  Australia v Sri Lanka at The Oval - Jun 11, 1975

                     Australia 328/5 (60/60 ov)
                     Sri Lanka 276/4 (60/60 ov)

RESULT:-   Australia won by 52 runs

8th Match:   Pakistan v West Indies at Birmingham - Jun 11, 1975

                    Pakistan 266/7 (60/60 ov)
                    West Indies 267/9 (59.4/60 ov)

RESULT:-   West Indies won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining)

9th Match:   England v East Africa at Birmingham - Jun 14, 1975

                     England 290/5 (60/60 ov)
                     East Africa 94 (52.3/60 ov)

RESULT:-   England won by 196 runs

10th Match:  India v New Zealand at Manchester - Jun 14, 1975

                      India 230 (60/60 ov)
                      New Zealand 233/6 (58.5/60 ov)

RESULT:-   New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

11th Match:  Australia v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 14, 1975

                      Australia 192 (53.4/60 ov)
                      West Indies 195/3 (46/60 ov)

RESULT:-   West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 84 balls remaining)

12th Match:  Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nottingham - Jun 14, 1975

                       Pakistan 330/6 (60/60 ov)
                       Sri Lanka 138 (50.1/60 ov)

RESULT:-   Pakistan won by 192 runs

Frome here onwards the semi final starts.Let me cover these news in my next post regarding the first cricket world cup winners.