Westindies will Celebrate 50 Years of World Cup Win ( 1975-2025)

The West Indies will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their historic World Cup triumph, achieved at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on June 21, 1975. Then known as the Prudential World Cup, the tournament saw Clive Lloyd famously lift the trophy after a thrilling final against Australia. Lloyd himself played a match-winning innings, smashing a century as the West Indies won by 17 runs.

CWI president Dr. Kishore recently announced the plans at a media conference. "This year we celebrate our 50th anniversary of the first World Cup success we had in 1975. We are in advanced planning stages... just a few things left to finalize.

"It will be a key feature of our annual calendar. We have some 12 of those legends still alive, and we are going to celebrate their success at an event hosted in Barbados. That is another fantastic event for us to look forward to this year, along with all the home series," the CWI president was quoted as saying by Sportsmax website.

The surviving 12 members of the squad are

Gordon Greenidge (73)

Alvin Kallicharran (76)

Rohan Kanhai (89)

Clive Lloyd (80)

Viv Richards (73)

Bernard Julien (75)

Deryck Murray (81)

Vanburn Holder (79)

Andy Roberts (74)

Collis KIng (73)

Lance Gibbs (90)

Maurice Foster (81)

The two players who are no more are Roy Fredericks (died in September 2000 at the age of 57) and Keith Boyce (died in October 1996 at the age of 53).

New seasons of (WTC also starts with 2025-2027)

Series: Australia tour of West Indies, 2025

Format: Three-match Test series

Dates:

1st Test: June 25 - 29, 2025 ( WC final was on June 21, 1975)

2nd Test: July 3 - 7, 2025

3rd Test: July 12 - 16, 2025

Venue:

1st Test: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

2nd Test: St. George's, Grenada

3rd Test: Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

T20 Series: After the Test series, there will be a 5-match T20I series

1st T20I: July 20, 2025 in Kingston, Jamaica

2nd T20I: July 22, 2025 in Kingston, Jamaica

3rd T20I: July 25, 2025 in Basseterre, St Kitts

4th T20I: July 26, 2025 in Basseterre, St Kitts

5th T20I: July 28, 2025 in Basseterre, St Kitts