The 1975 English cricket season was notable for hosting the first-ever Cricket World Cup

Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...

 which was won by West Indies, who defeated Australia

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

 in an exciting final.

Honours

• County Championship - Leicestershire
• Gillette Cup - Lancashire
• Sunday League - Hampshire
• Benson & Hedges Cup - Leicestershire
• Minor Counties Championship - Hertfordshire
  Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
  Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
  
  
• Second XI Championship - Surrey II
• Wisden - Ian Chappell
  Ian Chappell
  Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...
  
  , Peter Lee, Rick McCosker
  Rick McCosker
  Richard Bede McCosker is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer.McCosker played in 25 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals in a career spanning 1975 to 1982 playing as a right hand batsman....
  
  , David Steele, Bob Woolmer
  Bob Woolmer
  Robert Andrew Woolmer was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator...
  
  

Test series

England played a four-Test Ashes

The Ashes

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

 series against Australia but lost the first at Edgbaston following Mike Denness

Mike Denness

Mike Denness is a former Scottish cricketer who played for England, Scotland, Essex and Kent. Scotland did not have a representative international team at the time of Denness' career, so he could only play for England at Test and ODI level. Denness became the first Scotsman to captain England...

's surprising decision to put Australia in. The other three were drawn, the one at Headingley being abandoned in controversial circumstances when the pitch was destroyed overnight by political protestors. Australia therefore retained the Ashes.

Leading batsmen

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1975 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Rohan Kanhai Rohan Kanhai Rohan Bholalall Kanhai is a former West Indian Cricket player of Indo-Guyanese descent. He is widely considered as one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featured in several great West Indian teams, playing with, among others, Sir Garfield Sobers, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, and Alvin...	22	1073	178*	82.53	3
Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen...	34	1915	201*	73.65	6
Clive Lloyd Clive Lloyd Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE AO is a former West Indies cricketer. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s...	27	1423	167*	61.86	6
Doug Walters Doug Walters Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...	18	784	103*	60.30	3
Barry Richards	32	1621	135*	60.03	3

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1975 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen...	34	1915	201*	73.65	6
David Steele	39	1756	126*	48.77	3
Tony Greig Tony Greig Anthony "Tony" William Greig is a former English Test cricketer and currently a commentator.Born in Queenstown, South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall batting all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. He became captain of the...	37	1699	226	47.19	5
Mike Brearley Mike Brearley John Michael Brearley OBE is a former cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2007–08.-Early life:...	39	1656	150	53.41	4
Barry Richards	32	1621	135*	60.03	3

Leading bowlers

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1975 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
David Steele	453	34	148	11	13.45
Andy Roberts	2511	141	901	57	15.80
Mike Hendrick Mike Hendrick Michael Hendrick is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981...	2959	148	1077	68	15.83
Bernard Julien Bernard Julien Bernard Denis Julien played 24 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.He played in England for Kent and joined Packers World Series in 1977. He scored a century at Lords vs England in the 1973 test....	1620	76	707	40	17.67
Peter Lever Peter Lever Peter Lever is a former English cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and ten ODIs for England from 1970 to 1975. He was a successful wicket taker, taking 41 victims from those seventeen Tests, and a handy batsman with a top score of 88 not out...	2515	116	1098	61	18.00

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1975 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Peter Lee	4799	199	2067	112	18.45
Sarfraz Nawaz Sarfraz Nawaz Sarfraz Nawaz Malik is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball...	4342	173	2051	101	20.30
John Lever John Lever John Lever MBE is an English former cricketer, who played in twenty one Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1976 to 1986...	4225	155	1807	85	21.25
Bishan Bedi	4640	227	1973	85	23.21
Malcolm Nash Malcolm Nash Malcolm Nash, is a Welsh cricket coach and former first-class cricketer.- Glamorgan Cricketer :Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Nash was a left arm medium pace bowler who played largely for Glamorgan....	4412	192	2002	85	23.55

External sources

• CricketArchive – season and tournament itineraries

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual
  Playfair Cricket Annual
  Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...
  
   1976
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1976