Editing 1975 Cricket World Cup (section)

==Background==
The first multilateral cricket competition at international level was the [[1912 Triangular Tournament]] in England. This was played between the three test nations at the time – [[England cricket team|England]], [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]]. The concept was later dropped because of inclement weather and a lack of public interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com:80/australia/content/story/207248.html|title=The original damp squib|date=23 April 2005|first=Martin|last=Williamson|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324101908/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/207248.html|archive-date=24 March 2008|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> The first [[Limited overs cricket|one-day match]] to occur was in 1962 when four English [[county cricket]] teams filled in a gap to play in a limited overs knockout competition. It was won by [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] who defeated [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] by five wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/510124.html|title=The low-key birth of one-day cricket|date=9 April 2011|first=Martin|last=Williamson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430121854/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/510124.html|archive-date=30 April 2015|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

The limited-over format had been used in what sponsors marketed as a 'World Cricket Cup' in England in 1966 and 1967, contested between England, a [[World XI (cricket)|Rest of the World XI]], and a touring team (the West Indies in 1966 and Pakistan in 1967). The marketing of the event was clearly influenced by the hosting of the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] in the same country. The 1966 'World Cricket Cup' was won by England,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1966/OTHERS+ICC/RWCC/|title=Rothmans World Cricket Cup, 1966|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> that in 1967 by the Rest of the World.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1967/OTHERS+ICC/RWCC/|title=Rothmans World Cricket Cup, 1967|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> A report in the ''Cricketer'' implied that the last such match in this "Triangular Tournament", between Pakistan and the Rest of the World was neither well-attended nor taken entirely seriously: "It was a pity that a larger crowd was not present ... [[Garfield Sobers|Sobers]] took the Cup and the World Xl took the gold medals. They must have enjoyed their holiday".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/world-xi-dominate-221766 |title=World XI dominate|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>

It was not until 1971 that the first official [[One Day International]] (ODI) took place at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (MCG) as a replacement for the third test of the [[1970–71 Ashes series]] between Australia and England. This was due to a deluge of rain that had affected the match for the first three days of the test.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitington |first=Richard |date=1972 |title=Cricket in the seventies |publisher=[[Stanley Paul]] |page=115}}</ref> The match was a forty [[Over (cricket)|over]] match with each over being eight deliveries. After England made 190 from 39.4 overs, Australia chased the target at a steady rate to secure the match with 42 balls remaining.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/464234.html|title=The birth of the one-day international|last=Williamson|first=Martin|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117180444/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/464234.html|archive-date=17 November 2017|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> Two years later at [[Lord's]] during the [[1973 Women's Cricket World Cup]], plans were made for a men's tournament to take place in 1975. The tournament was planned to involve all the [[Test cricket|Test]] nations at the time in two group stages with the top two in each group qualifying for the knockout stage with the final at Lord's.<ref name=SouthAfrica>Browning (1999), p. 4</ref>