1975 English cricket season

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The 1975 English cricket season was notable for hosting the first-ever Cricket World Cup which was won by West Indies, who defeated Australia in an exciting final.

1 Honours
2 Test Series
3 Leading batsmen
4 Leading bowlers
5 Notes
6 References

[edit] Honours

County Championship - Leicestershire
Gillette Cup - Lancashire
Sunday League - Hampshire
Benson & Hedges Cup - Leicestershire
Minor Counties Championship - Hertfordshire
Second XI Championship - Surrey II
Wisden - Ian Chappell, Peter Lee, Rick McCosker, David Steele, Bob Woolmer

[edit] Test Series

England played a four-Test Ashes series against Australia but lost the first at Edgbaston following Mike Denness's surprising decision to put Australia in.^[1] The other three were drawn, the one at Headingley being abandoned in controversial circumstances when the pitch was destroyed overnight by political protestors. Australia therefore retained the Ashes.

[edit] Leading batsmen

Rohan Kanhai of Warwickshire topped the averages with 1073 runs @ 82.53.

Other leading batsmen were Geoff Boycott, Clive Lloyd, Doug Walters, Barry Richards, Rick McCosker and Glenn Turner who all averaged above 55. Boycott with 1915 runs was the leading runscorer.

[edit] Leading bowlers

The leading bowlers were Andy Roberts and Mike Hendrick who averaged 15.80 and 15.83 respectively. Peter Lee and Sarfraz Nawaz both took over 100 wickets.