The World Cup Years: 1975
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Howells and Andy Zaltzman begin their look back on the four men's World Cup tournaments previously held in the UK and their impact on the game.
They start with the first event held in 1975 won by a brilliant West Indies side. Guests include winning captain Clive Lloyd, first tournament centurion Dennis Amiss plus finalists Ian Chappell and Deryck Murray.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:05.6 | Well, hello and welcome to one of our four programs where we're going to try and bring back to life |
| 0:10.3 | the four cricket World Cups that have been held in this country, 1975, 79, 83, and 1999. |
| 0:19.0 | And we begin with the very first men's World Cup, 1975. |
| 0:23.4 | And I am so thrilled we're joined by two men who took part in that historic event, |
| 0:28.8 | a World Cup winner with the West Indies Derek Murray, joining us from Trinidad, |
| 0:33.4 | where I should point out, by the way, at the time of speaking Derek, |
| 0:37.2 | what time is it in Trinidad with you at the moment? |
| 0:40.7 | It's 6.30 in the morning, so I'm just waking up to the beautiful warm dawn. |
| 0:48.3 | So nice to be here. |
| 0:51.1 | Oh, it's brilliant to have you with us. |
| 0:52.9 | And getting up so early, Dennis Ainess, he's had a lie in. |
| 0:55.7 | Semi-File is with England, also got the tournament off to a cracking start with 137 runs |
| 1:01.6 | on the very first day against India. |
| 1:03.4 | And Dennis is in Birmingham, so he didn't have to get up quite so early to join us. |
| 1:07.9 | 1975 World Cup, can you just sum up to begin with when somebody says that to you? |
| 1:14.3 | What does it bring to mind? |
| 1:15.6 | Great excitement. It was the first World Cup and we hadn't played much one day cricket prior to that. |
| 1:23.8 | Domestically we had. I think we had the competition that started in 1963, which was Gillette Cup. |
| 1:30.6 | That was 65 overs and it eventually came down to 60 and then of course we had the one day international. |
| 1:37.6 | We had played a one day international after the 74-75 series against Australia. |
| 1:44.6 | So, and obviously I've played one or two prior to that, but a wonderful excitement. |
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