the australians, inexperienced at one-day cricket, adopted a casual yet aggressive approach, often employing a full slips cordon for their opening bowlers. gilmour was twelfth man in the early stages of the tournament, but selected for the semi-final against england at headingley. on a day tailor-made for his style of bowling, he finished with 12 overs, six for 14, thus bowling out the opposition for 93. this was the first time that a bowler had taken six wickets in an odi, and remained the best odi bowling performance until winston davis claimed 7–51 in the 1983 competition.