
50 years on, Lloyd walks tall at Lord’s
50 years ago, Clive Lloyd – bespectacled, brave, and brilliant – stood at Lord’s and was heralded as cricket’s ultimate champion. It was the summer of ’75, the sun was shining, and the weather was sweet. The left-handed Lloyd batted with aplomb which catapulted the West Indies to victory in the first-ever Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s.