Clive Lloyd holds aloft the inaugural World Cup. His side defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final, on the longest day of the year at Lord's.
Gary Gilmour of Australia picked up five wicket hauls in both the semis and the final and is still the only bowler in WC history to have done so.
Glenn Turner of NZ became the first player to score in excess of 150 in the WC during his knock of 171 against East Africa in the league stage.
Sri Lanka was the first team to be bowled out for less than 100 runs in the WC. They were bowled out for 86 against West Indies in their first match.
Australian quickie Dennis Lillee became the first player to take a five wicket haul in the WC. His figures of 5/34 in the league game against Pakistan helped Australia win the game by 73 runs.
Chasing 335 in 60 overs, India only managed to score 132 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the opening game of the 1975 WC against England. Sunil Gavaskar took 174 balls to remain not-out on 36, which is one of the slowest innings ever played.
The first century in a World Cup was scored in the very first game. Dennis Amiss notched up a match-winning 137 as England crushed India by a mammoth margin of 202 runs.
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