Maximum catches
In the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England, the maximum catches were taken by Clive Lloyd of West Indies. He played in 5 matches and took 4 catches. On 7th June 1975 at Manchester in the match between West Indies and Sri Lanka, Lloyd took 3 catches which are the maximum catches taken by a cricketer in a single match in this championship.
Maximum dismissals by wicketkeepers
Rod Marsh of Australia effected the maximum dismissals (10) in the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England. He took 9 catches and stumped 1 batsman. Deryck Murray of West Indies took 9 catches. If the maximum dismissals in a single match are considered, 4 batsmen were dismissed by Murray on 7th June 1975 in the match between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Manchester. Marsh dismissed 3 batsmen twice during the competition – on 7th June 1975 against Pakistan at Leeds and on 21st June 1975 against West Indies at Lord’s. On 14th June 1975 at the Oval in the match between West Indies and Australia, Murray dismissed 3 batsmen. Wasim Bari of Pakistan dismissed 3 against West Indies at Birmingham on 11th June 1975.
Maximum wickets
Gary Gilmour has taken 11 wickets during the 1975 Cricket World Cup, which are the maximum wickets taken by any bowler in this tournament. He played in 2 matches, bowled 24 overs, out of which 8 were maiden, conceded 62 runs at a bowling average of 5.64 and had the best bowling figures of 6 for 14. He took 4 wickets in a match twice. Bernard Julien of West Indies bowled 60 overs in 5 matches and out of these 11 were maiden. The batsmen scored 177 runs of his bowling and he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 17.70 with 4 for 20 as his best bowling performance. Keith Boyce of the West Indies also took 10 wickets in the 52 overs he bowled, out of which 3 were maiden, in 5 matches and 185 runs were scored. He had a bowling average of 18.50 and his best bowling performance was 4 for 50.
The best bowling figures in this championship are of Gary Gilmour. He displayed a spell of 6 for 14 in a match between Australia and England at Leeds on 18th June 1975. The next best bowling performance is of 5 for 34 by Dennis Lillee of Australia against Pakistan at Leeds on 7th June 1975. The third best figures are again of Gary Gilmour. On 21st June 1975 at Lords while playing against West Indies he took 5 wickets and conceded 48 runs. John Snow of England gave 11 runs for 4 wickets on 14th June 1975 at Birmingham against East Africa. Bernard Julien took 4 wickets while conceding 20 runs at Manchester on 7th June 1975 against Sri Lanka. On 18th June 1975, he again took 4 wickets for 27 runs against New Zealand at the Oval. In the match between Pakistan and West Indies on 11th June 1975 at Birmingham, Sarfraz Nawaz of Pakistan took 4 wickets for 44 runs.