The tournament format was round robin and knockout. The preliminary matches were played in tow groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group played the semi-final. The winners of semi-finals played in the final match for the world cup.
Total matches played in the tournament are 15. The matches were played as 60 overs (6 balls per over) per side. The all matches were played in day. The teams are in traditional clothing and with red balls.
Matches
June 7, 1975
England v India at Lord’s
East Africa v New Zealand at Birmingham
Australia v Pakistan at Leeds
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester
June 11, 1975
England v New Zealand at Nottingham
East Africa v India at Leeds
Australia v Sri Lanka at the Oval
Pakistan v West Indies at Birmingham
June 14, 1975
England v East Africa at Birmingham
India v New Zealand at Manchester
Australia v West Indies at the Oval
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nottingham
June 18, 1975, Semi finals
England v Australia at Leeds
New Zealand v West Indies at the Oval
June 21, 1975; Final
Australia v West Indies at Lord’s
The participants and representing regions
African Cricket Association (ACA): East Africa
Americas Cricket Association (ACA): West Indies
Asian Cricket Association (ACC): India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
East-Asia Pacific (EAP): Australia and New Zealand
European Cricket Council (ECC): England
The venues:
Edgbaston (Birmingham), Headingley (Leeds), Kennington Oval (London), Lord's (London), Old Trafford (Manchester) and Trent Bridge (Nottingham)
The players
Australia: Ian Chappell (captain), Greg Chappell (vice captain), Ross Edwards, Gary Gilmour, Dennis Lillee, Rick McCosker, Ashley Mallett, Rod Marsh (wicetkeeper), Jeff Thomson, Alan Turner, Max Walker, Doug Walters
East Africa: Harilal Shah (captain), Frasat Ali,Zulfiqar Ali, Yunus Badat, Hamish McLeod (wicketkeeper), Praful Mehta (wicketkeeper), John Nagenda, Parbhu Nana, Don Pringle, Mehmood Quaraishy, Ramesh Sethi, Jawahir Shah, Shiraz Sumar, Samuel Walusimbi
England: Mike Denness (captain), Dennis Amiss, Geoff Arnold, Keith Fletcher, Tony Greig, Frank Hayes, John Jameson (wicketkeeper), Alan Knott (wicketkeeper), Peter Lever, Chris Old, John Snow, Derek Underwood,Barry Wood
India: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (captain), Syed Abid Ali, Mohinder Amarnath, Bishan Singh Bedi, Farokh Engineer (wicketkeeper), Anshuman Gaekwad, Sunil Gavaskar, Karsan Ghavri, Madan Lal, Brijesh Patel, Eknath Solkar, Gundappa Viswanath
New Zealand: Glenn Turner (captain), Lance Cairns, Richard Collinge, Barry Hadlee, Dayle Hadlee, Richard Hadlee, Brian Hastings, Geoff Howarth, Hedley Howarth, Brian McKechnie, John Morrison, John Parker (wicketkeeper), Ken Wadsworth (wicketkeeper)
Pakistan: Asif Iqbal (captain), Zaheer Abbas, Wasim Bari (wicketkeeper), Imran Khan, Majid Khan (vice captain), Naseer Malik, Asif Masood, Javed Miandad, Pervez Mir, Mushtaq Mohammad, Sadiq Mohammad, Sarfraz Nawaz, Wasim Raja
Sri Lanka: Anura Tennekoon (captain), Ajit de Silva, Somachandra de Silva, Ranjit Fernando (wicketkeeper), David Heyn, Lalith Kaluperuma, Duleep Mendis, Tony Opatha, Mevan Pieris, Anura Ranasinghe, Michael Tissera, Bandula Warnapura, Sunil Wettimuny
West Indies: Clive Lloyd (captain), Keith Boyce, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, Gordon Greenidge, Vanburn Holder, Bernard Julien, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai, Deryck Murray (wicketkeeper), Viv Richards, Andy Roberts
Group stage matches
Group A
June 7: England v India at Lord’s – England won by 202 runs
June 7: New Zealand v East Africa at Birmingham – New Zealand won by 181 runs
June 11: England v New Zealand at Nottingham – England won by 80 runs
June 11: East Africa v India at Leeds – India won by 10 wickets
June 14: England v East Africa at Birmingham – England won by 196 runs
June 14: India v New Zealand at Manchester –New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Group B
June 7: Australia v Pakistan at Leeds – Australia won by 73 runs
June 7: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester – West Indies won by 9 wickets
June 11: Australia v Sri Lanka at the Oval – Australia won by 52 runs
June 11: Pakistan v West Indies at Birmingham – West Indies won by 1 wicket
June 14: Australia v West Indies at the Oval – West Indies won by 7 wickets
June 14: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nottingham – Pakistan won by 192 runs
Semi finals
June 18: England v Australia at Leeds – Australia won by 4 wickets
June 18: New Zealand v West Indies at the Oval – West Indies won by 5 wickets
Final
June 21: Australia v West Indies at Lord’s – West Indies won by 17 runs
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