West Indies vs Australia, Final at London, Jun 21 1975 - Playing XI

RESULT

Final, Lord's, June 21, 1975, Prudential World Cup

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291/8

(58.4/60 ov, T:292) 274

West Indies won by 17 runs

Player Of The Match

, WI

102 (85) & 1/38

	Australia	West Indies
1	Alan Turner	Roy Fredericks opening batter
2	Rick McCosker top-order batter	Gordon Greenidge opening batter
3	Ian Chappell (c) top-order batter	Alvin Kallicharran top-order batter
4	Greg Chappell top-order batter	Rohan Kanhai top-order batter
5	Doug Walters top-order batter	Clive Lloyd (c) middle-order batter
6	Rod Marsh † wicketkeeper batter	Viv Richards batting allrounder
7	Ross Edwards middle-order batter	Keith Boyce allrounder
8	Gary Gilmour	Bernard Julien allrounder
9	Max Walker bowler	Deryck Murray † wicketkeeper batter
10	Jeff Thomson bowler	Vanburn Holder bowler
11	Dennis Lillee bowler	Andy Roberts bowler

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