'Never run off a misfield'
When Ian Chappell took on Viv Richards and lost
21/06Result
Final, Prudential World Cup at London, Jun 21 1975
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![Australia]( "Australia")
274 (58.4/60 ov)
Player of the Match
21/06Result
Final, Prudential World Cup at London, Jun 21 1975
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![Australia]( "Australia")
274 (58.4/60 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Supercat turns it on
When Clive Lloyd took the biggest stage by storm, in the title match of the first tournament
The 40-year itch
How far away and quaint the first World Cup seems now
World Cup memories spur on Sammy
Darren Sammy remembers something that happened eight years before he was born
The deadly arm of Viv Richards
Ian Chappell and two of his team-mates took on Viv Richards the fielder in the 1975 World Cup final, and lost
Super Cat mauls Australia in the final
Elegant brutality was the only way to describe Clive Lloyd's century in the final of the 1975 World Cup
Richards runs out three
The King makes Lord's gape in the first World Cup final - and this time he doesn't have to use the bat
They think it's all over ... it isn't!
A sea of humanity invades Lord's and Dickie Bird loses his hat in the chaos
West Indies victory heralds a new era
A summary of the 1975 World Cup in England