Around 20,000 people watched. It was a great moment in the cricket world. It was the first match of the first World Cup between England and India at Lord’s. England won the toss and chose bat. They dominated against India with Dennis Amiss’s 137 runs from 14y balls. Srinivas Venkataraghavan was the only specialist spinner in India’s bowling action.
In response, India decided not to chase the target early. India think to engaged to be batting practice. India completed the innings with 132 runs. Sunil Gavaskar scored just 36 not out. He faced 174 balls!
England 334/4 from 60 overs (Dennis Amiss 137, Keith Fletcher 68, Abid Ali 2/58)
India 132/3 from 60 overs (Sunil Gavaskar 36 not out, Gundappa Viswanath 37, Peter Lever 1/16)
Player of the match: Dennis Amiss
1975 World Cup | England v India | Video