WI vs Pak, Birmingham, 1975 World Cup - WI innings

Impetuous batting and some great Pakistani bowling decimated the West Indies' batting card early on. Safraz Nawaz's swing and seam both ways saw the end of Greenidge, Fredericks and then Kallicharan, then Kanhai played on and Richards threw his wicket away. Only Clive Lloyd (53) stood in the way of a Pakistan victory, but when he was given out controversially, West Indies still needed 116 with only three wickets in hand. Wicketkeeper Derek Murray and fast bowlers Vanburn Holder and Andy Roberts refused to surrender, however, batting aggressively and running well between the wickets. Murray (61 not out) and Roberts (24 not out) added an astonishing 64 for the tenth wicket to secure a West Indian victory in the final over. So unlikely did a West Indian win seem that man-of-the-match adjudicator Tom Graveney gave the award to Sarfraz then went for a beer - at the fall of the eighth wicket (he later admitted he'd been too hasty with his decision).

Match scorecard:
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65042.html

Yours in cricket,
The Third Ump

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• West Indies
• Pakistan
• World Cup
• one-day cricket
• Birmingham
• Edgbaston
• 1975
• Derek Murray
• Clive Lloyd
• Sarfraz Nawaz

[Biggus63]

@nphanlon1973 - Whoops, this was when I was a kid, so his foot is ok out there but the front must be inside

[Biggus63]

@nphanlon1973 - Unless they've changed the rules since I was a kid, the rear foot can be outside the return crease but the front foot must be inside it.

[nphanlon1973]

no ball for the wicket at 6.18foot must be inside the sidelines when bowling.

[Brezinski1000]

@yourfather112233

HUH?? didnt Pak come very close to them in this game??

[yourfather112233]

that was when no one can come any where near to WI...

i m so sad that they not playing well any more...

hope they get their glory back...

[panderohit]

omg, what an amazing match!

[khawajaakram]

excellent match