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How much do you know about the first World Cup?

When Alvin Kallicharran, only 5'4", bareheaded, and with his shirt unbuttoned halfway down, decided to meet fire with fire against Dennis Lillee

England were wary of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson going into the semi-final of the 1975 tournament, but they were swung out by a 23-year-old rookie

Ian Chappell and two of his team-mates took on Viv Richards the fielder in the 1975 World Cup final, and lost

The inaugural World Cup saw teams treat the infant format like truncated Tests

Cricket was a latecomer to global tournaments, and the first one came to be largely because the game was not financially strong

Javed Miandad was not yet 18 when he was picked for the 1975 World Cup, and he made his ODI debut in perhaps the most thrilling game of the tournament

When Ian Chappell took on Viv Richards and lost

When Clive Lloyd took the biggest stage by storm, in the title match of the first tournament