1975 CWC The numbers don’t lie—how inaugural tourney exceeded expectations
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(Part 46.) Getting inside the numbers. At the last men’s 50-overs-per-side Cricket World Cup in 2023, Australia’s vanquishing of previously unbeaten hosts India and their ruining of the anticipated victory party at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad earned them a champions’ purse of US$4 million. Compare that to the roughly US$9,000 earned by the …
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