Total number of teams competing - 8
Only six Test playing teams - England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India and Pakistan
Sri Lanka not accorded Test playing status at the time
Prudential Assurance - sponsor of inaugural World Cup (also for the next two world cups)
Based on a simple format of two groups of four teams each
India`s group included England, New Zealand and East Africa (the non test-playing team)
The teams in each group played each other once and then the best two teams of each group proceeded to the quarter-final.
India`s unique contribution to the World Cup - Madan Lal bowled the first ball of this first World Cup to England`s Dennis Amiss.
Sunil Gavaskar scored his historic 36 not out, which took sixty overs
India has the distinction of suffering the heaviest defeat by runs in the World Cup, losing by 202 runs
New Zealand`s Glenn Turner, made highest score of 171 not out against East Africa, in any one-day international
Gary Gilmour emerged star of the match between Australia and England which is called "Gilmour`s Match"
The 15 games of the inaugural World Cup drew an estimated 117,900 spectators
Bureau Report