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Cricket tournament
1975 English cricket season
The 1975 English cricket season was the 76th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The inaugural Cricket World Cup was won by West Indies , who defeated Australia in an exciting final. Australia toured England to compete for the Ashes and won the series 1–0. Leicestershire won their first County Championship title.
England played a four-Test Ashes series against Australia but lost the first at Edgbaston following Mike Denness 's surprising decision to put Australia in.[ 1]
County Championship [ edit ] [ edit ]
1975 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name
Balls
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Peter Lee 4799
199
2067
112
18.45
Sarfraz Nawaz 4342
173
2051
101
20.30
John Lever 4225
155
1807
85
21.25
Bishan Bedi 4640
227
1973
85
23.21
Malcolm Nash 4412
192
2002
85
23.55
^ Playfair Cricket Annual 1976, p8.
International cricket Domestic cricket County seasons
County cricket in 1975
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Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series
Matches in white background were played in England, yellow – in Australia.
International cricket tours of England
Test and LOI tours
Australia Bangladesh India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe
Other tours
Australian Canadian Indian Multi-team New Zealand Parsis Philadelphian South African Sri Lankan West Indian Zimbabwean
