The first World Cup final

21 June 1975. In the first World Cup final, Clive Lloyd’s West Indians overcame the stiff challenge of Ian Chappell’s Australians. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the game involving Lloyd’s spectacular century, the Viv Richards miracles on the field, the Lillee-Thomson collaboration with the bat, and the false alarms that brought the crowd streaming into the field with the match still unfinished.

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