Top 5 England vs. Australia One-Day Internationals

#4 Gary Gilmour destroys England, World Cup Semi-final 1975

The Ashes rivals, who had played the very first one-day international in 1971, went head to head in the semi-final of the inaugural World Cup at Headingley and produced a superb low-scoring encounter for the ages.

Australia won the toss and chose to field first on a green pitch and wet, cloudy weather.

England, who had reached the semi-final in a canter, must have been wary of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson. However, it was left-arm swing bowler Gary Gilmour, who completely destroyed their much-vaunted batting line-up with devastating swing bowling to end with dream figures of 6-14 in 12 overs.

England folded for 93 in the 37th over and while many thought that the match was as good as over, were mistaken. England's pace trio of John Snow, Geoff Arnold and Chris Old then put the Australians into all sorts of trouble as they kept losing wickets.

The match was suddenly alive when Rodney Marsh was bowled by Chris Old and Australia found themselves struggling at 39 for 6. It was England's game but it was Gary Gilmour who along with Doug Walters produced another match-turning performance and scored 28 to steer Australia home in the 29th over by 4 wickets.