The Cricket World Cup’s Early Years | A Century of Stories: Cricket | #23

From being doubted by naysayers when it began to becoming the focus of all eyes by the end of the 1970s, the Cricket World Cup had quite a fascinating journey in its first few years of existence. They also brought us interesting characters and stories. Hear veteran journalist Ayaz Memon recount his memories from the 1973 Women's World Cup and the first two men's World Cups in 1975 and 1979 with Cyrus Broacha on A Century of Stories: Cricket podcast, presented by IDFC FIRST Bank. 00:00 - Intro 01:44 - The Women’s World Cup 3:11 - The 75 World Cup and Ayaz’s Kanhai connect 6:10 - India at the 75 World Cup 7:45 - Sunny G’s 36* off 174 8:48 The 79 World Cup 9:32 - India in the ‘79 World Cup 11:32 - The English blunder in the ‘79 Final 15:23 - Imran’s first World Cup in 75 16:57 - Gavaskar’s epic 221 at the Oval in ‘79 17:58 - Growth in the popularity of World Cup 19:25 - West Indies’ dominance in ‘75 and ‘79