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Test Match Special

The 1975 World Cup Final - fifty years on

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew hears from Sir Clive Lloyd, Dickie Bird and more to remember the West Indies' thrilling win against Australia to lift the first Men's World Cup in 1975.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

0:05.1

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

0:08.7

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

0:13.5

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

0:19.1

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

0:21.7

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

0:24.5

We were, are and always will be right there

0:27.2

at the centre of the narrative.

0:28.6

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

0:31.3

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous

0:34.1

and infamous moments in music,

0:36.1

check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

0:40.4

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.

0:50.1

Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew. Welcome to a bonus test match special podcast, remembering the 1975

0:55.7

men's World Cup final. And during the next half hour, we'll be hearing from Sir Clive Lloyd,

0:59.9

Dickie Byrd, and others looking back on a special Lord's occasion.

1:04.5

The TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.

1:09.4

50 years ago today, the first men's World Cup final took place at Lord.

1:14.0

I remember that happening so clearly.

1:15.7

Australia won the toss.

1:16.8

The Captain Ian Chappell elected to bowl first.

1:19.8

Chappell led aside that included people like Doug Walters, Rod Marsh, Jeff Thompson and Dennis Lilly.

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